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Implementing Last-mile Delivery Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

To remain competitive, retailers and carriers must excel in the crucial last-mile delivery stage. To Build or To Buy Companies looking to implement new or improve existing delivery technology face a crucial decision: should they build an in-house platform or buy an existing solution from a vendor?

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

I was speaking to a frustrated CFO last week that said, “If I had 1% of the money spent on technology to improve inventory management, I would be a rick man.” I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization. Most planning happens in Excel Spreadsheets.

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The Intersection of Sustainability and Consumer Behavior

QAD

The last 25 years has probably brought us greater innovation than we have seen in quite some time. It has most definitely impacted how people buy products of all types and in all industries. However, at the same time, the technology of better data management is most definitely helping manufacturers as well.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Re-implement demand planning, trade promotion management, and revenue/price management together to improve the baseline demand signal. This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. In addition, build a planning master data management system.

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Responding to Disruptive Innovation

QAD

How do you respond to innovation threats? Different Types of Innovation. First, what kind of innovation are we talking about? Gary Pisano offered a matrix which is now a very accepted set of innovation definitions in his HBR article , “You Need an Innovation Strategy”. Source: Corning; Gary P.

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Unlocking Efficiency with AI in Business Process Automation

Elementum

Business Process Automation AI: Revolutionizing Efficiency in the Digital Age Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically transforming Business Process Automation (BPA), ushering in a new era of operational efficiency and innovation. AI-driven systems improve understanding and management of workflows.

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No-Code Platforms for Supply Chain – All You Need to Know

SCMDOJO

No-code platforms allow for the creation of excellent applications and services by simply dragging and dropping components. No-code platforms for the supply chain create better self-service process applications that allow for a more innovative approach and better scalability. Linked Data Networks. Techcrunch.