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3 Core Metrics & 10 Soft Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

GlobalTranz

3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. If cost reduction is not the only thing to measuring supply chain performance, that begs the questions: "Maybe we should be measuring other Supply Chain Management activities and what would they be?". Read more. . Read more. . Read More. .

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The Evolution of Logistics: Connectivity, Data Integration, and Virtual Design

SCMDOJO

The term “logistics” may be relatively new, but its general principles date back to ancient civilizations. The early Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans pioneered the principles of logistics and designed trade routes to facilitate their connections with other nations.

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Unlocking Efficiency with AI in Business Process Automation

Elementum

Natural Language Processing (NLP): Facilitating Human-like Interactions NLP allows for natural interaction between humans and machines, making it invaluable in customer service and data processing. Performance Metrics When looking at performance metrics , they must reflect efficiency gains and throughput increases.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. Before diving into some takeaways from the sessions I attended and participated in, here are some high-level stats about Descartes (a Talking Logistics sponsor): Descartes is now a $200M+ company and continues to grow.

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Has Driverless Supply Chain Planning Already Arrived?

ToolsGroup

In addition, Lennox is starting to redefine their customer service around autonomous operations and new business models. Costa calls their transformation "revolutionary" with significant improvements in operational and logistics metrics and an approximately 10X increase in points of sale.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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The 10 inventory management trends to watch for in 2022

Unleashed

Internet of Things a ‘return to growth’ accelerator. More widespread third-party logistics. Connected omnichannel services. Cloud services also: Eliminate data silos by connecting disparate business functions (e.g. accounting, inventory, customer service) to a central database. Inventory forecasting.