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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Demand forecasts are improved with access to downstream data (point of sale, Nielsen retail data, and access to competitor promotion schedules). Other external data, like industry data or economic data, is used for other types of forecasts. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores.

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As Uses of Big Data in Business Grow, the Need for Ethics also Increases

Enterra Insights

“Big data is reshaping the world,” asserts Joe Lodewyck (@joelodeaz), dean of assessment at the University of Phoenix College of … Continued. The post As Uses of Big Data in Business Grow, the Need for Ethics also Increases appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

Supply Chain View from the Field

Had a great time today speaking at the ProcureCon conference in Phoenix today, and spent a good deal of time talking to a number of the different solutions providers in the vendor area. Several companies are working on data readiness issues that are driving new technologies.

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The Power of Partnerships with The Matt Silver

The Logistics of Logistics

is a dynamic pricing infrastructure for the logistics industry that optimizes and enriches historical and real-time market data to predict buy rates and sell prices that are 2 – 3X more accurate than traditional pricing methods, empowering LSPs to increase profit per transaction and volume per rep. Greenscreens.ai About Greenscreens.ai

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Three Ways Center-of-Gravity Studies Lead You Astray

Logility

Example 1 : A recent quote from Phoenix to LA and from LA to Phoenix shows more than a 2X difference in the rate per mile (rpm) for one direction over the other. Logility’s solution uses rapid prototyping technology and market data to give an accurate picture of transit times and costs. Problem #2 ?

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Manhattan Associates Momentum 2023 Conference

Logistics Viewpoints

Manhattan Associates hosted its annual user conference, Manhattan Momentum, in Phoenix, AZ this week. For live unloads, Active Yard Management can leverage real-time inbound shipment visibility data from the TMS mobile app and from shipment visibility providers such as FourKites to match doors to projected inbound shipments.

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Modeling Supply Chains with “Digital Twins”

ToolsGroup

There has been a lot of discussion around this topic lately and I wanted to offer a few insights, including around the importance of the data model in high-quality decision making using digital twins. They link to and monitor real-world data in a simulated environment. He says: Digital twins are more than just CAD.

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