BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. This Part 2 blog post will explore the next remedies and innovative solutions that will help accelerate digital transformations and attainment of benefits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every day has felt like a major squall, from natural disasters closing down manufacturing facilities and ports, to container shortages and labor issues, to rising costs and the ongoing pandemic. If fewer humans are driving the trucks, what does that mean for the insurance industry that used to insure those humans, as just one example?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

While innovation has slowed in Enterprise Resource Plannning (ERP) and Supply Chain Planning, I am bullish about some of the innovation coming from the supply chain network design technology providers like JDA, Llamasoft and Solvoyo. For example, we discovered that transportation and duties are 5x the expense of labor and overhead.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. Let’s take an example. Let me give you an example. Technology change is moving faster than process innovation. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , September 3rd-6th, 2019, at UI Labs, Chicago, IL.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” Let’s take an example. A common issue in financially-driven companies is the heavy utilization of manufacturing assets past reasonable limits throwing the supply chain out of balance. Background.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2015

Editor's Note : In this guest blog post from Adams Nager, of ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) , he stresses the importance of fostering innovation and spurring competitiveness of American Manufacturing by focusing on more R&D from both the public and private sectors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

It is morning in Chicago. They are paving a way for manufacturers to rethink their processes. For example, why are we not using Google search trends as a causal factor for forecasting? Let me give you an example to use these three concepts. I crave coffee. I cannot sleep. It is hard to quiet an unquiet mind.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 22, 2016

James and Curry have come to dominate the NBA in two very different ways, and in doing so embody two very different types of innovation. Most teams win—and most players succeed—through a series of incremental innovations that provide continuous, but gradual improvement. Imagine an NBA team like a product.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Traverse City, Michigan based provider Starboard provides an innovative and interactive digital twin of a physical supply chain network leveraging gaming technology to allow users to explore what-if supply chain and business scenarios. Supply chain planning technology provider Logility, Inc., Wonder Group Closes $350 Million Funding Round.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 20, 2013

In anticipation of his presentation at JDA’s Innovation Forum in Chicago on September 10, Supply Chain Nation sat down with Rick Blasgen, president and CEO of CSCMP, as part of our Expert Insight series to get a preview of his presentation on the State of Supply Chain Management. Here are some highlights from that discussion.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

This week, I spoke at the Chicago CSCMP round table event. At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Reflections.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The trade group says a rail strike of one-month could result in an economic impact of up to $160 billion, and within one week many chemicals manufacturing plants could shut down, lowering GDP and leading to more inflation. Boston, and Chicago. billion in chemicals cargo a week. That’s all for this week.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. And it is humanity, not machines, that innovates.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Examples include human resources or IT departments, manufacturing plants, or project teams. For example, if your company has a gym membership program for employees, this would be considered a discretionary cost. For example, salaries for accounting staff would be considered a non-discretionary cost.

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Inmar

MARCH 21, 2019

At the same time, we learn from Chicago magazine’s 2012 coverage of a Joint Center on Political and Economic Studies report that life expectancy may be lower for those living in food deserts. One example is the North Market in North Minneapolis, an Inmar client in one of the country’s largest food deserts.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

On top of this we can see examples of marketing driven service providers that very doubtfully brand their product S&OP, or make up new names for existing S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2019

I shared some examples of how others shared data in a fun way. As part of the 7% of manufacturers attempting to use cognitive computing for demand planning, he shared, “Lora, the magic is not in the new technology. Since 2000, in manufacturing industries, there were more than 200,000 M&A transactions. What to do?

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? And we found that freight innovation is hot. Chicago only. Holland Container Innovations.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

During her keynote speech, Dana Stiffler, research VP at Gartner shared statistics highlighting how hard it is to find professionals who have the supply chain domain competence and strong knowledge of AI/ML technologies in the greater Chicago area. Population of greater Chicago ~ 3,600,000. of these, those with AI/ML skills ~ 35.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Yet the inability to pivot quickly from fossil fuels has the Biden administration considering innovative ways to build more batteries. Supply Chain Dive reports: “ The effort includes funding and resources for domestic lithium mining and the end-to-end supply chain, including the processing and manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries. ”.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Not the Chicago Cubs, of course, but the Little League Cubs of our city. Some follow-up thoughts based on the comments received: First, from a supply chain and logistics perspective, I believe Walmart continues to innovate and lead the industry in many areas. The Cubs finally made it to the World Series.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 8, 2022

As a result, their companies will have a definitive customer, innovation, employee, and productivity advantage for years to come. Davis of the University of Chicago, who studies the evolving workplace and was one of the authors of the productivity study. ” Concluding Thoughts. ” Step 2.

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ShipBob

APRIL 2, 2021

In this article, get inspired by great examples of fast-growing online stores that use Shopify Plus to grow their brand and automate their logistics operations. 9 examples of successful Shopify Plus websites. Boie offers eco-friendly personal care products designed and manufactured in the USA. Manuel de la Cruz, CEO at Boie.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

Here are some examples: Disruption. Meanwhile, turbulence is the norm for manufacturing supply chains. For example, Friday, I spent an hour on the phone with Bonvoy (the new Marriott branding) to get disconnected three times. Innovators need to define business cases. Disruption of the flows of goods is daily occurrence.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I’m dialing in from our quarters in Chicago. We originally started in India, and we set up our global headquarters in the US, in Chicago. I moved to the US in December 2021 right in Chicago. You’ve got to move to Chicago in fall and you go, “This is the perfect place.” China is the other example.

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