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What are Digital Twins and How Can They Drive Warehouse Efficiency?

Logistics Viewpoints

How the digital twin concept drives benefit By using advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms, digital twins can provide real-time insights and recommendations to optimize operations, reduce costs, and increase productivity. Do they purchase a 3D warehouse simulation and modeling tool?

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

The distribution center (DC) hadn’t released the order, but customer service didn’t have access to the right systems to see exactly what was wrong. Customer service couldn’t call the DC, only email them, and her emails weren’t getting responses. Only persistent calls got my order back on track.

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How CPG Brands Can Harness the Power of POS Data

Silvon Software

They may include varying levels of detail in their POS reports. Their report formats may be inconsistent. Some of the most common real-world applications of POS data analytics include: Sales Analysis to identify trends in customer behavior, assess the effectiveness of pricing strategies, and evaluate the success of marketing campaigns.

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KeHE Distributors Undergoes a Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Govindarajan is the Senior Director, Supply Chain (Systems, Processes & Analytics) at KeHE. Govindarajan : Our previous Supply Chain Purchasing and Inventory Management tools were not enabling us to solve business challenges, we pivoted to Manhattan’s Demand Forecasting and Inventory Optimization software.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

Here I want to address the question, “Why is the focus on the basics of supply chain a barrier to adopting new forms of analytics and supply chain processes? ” (The use of the term “basics” is usually code for the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

The South African Weather Service on Tuesday forecast a second cold front making landfall in Western Cape province with more rain expected. For example, the grocer released its first report on corporate social responsibility efforts last year. An earlier system included waves peaking at 10 meters (32.8 That’s all for this week.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Forecasting and new product introduction has always been the issues for many FMCG companies, P&G is no exception. The result is that the forecast accuracy is improved because a demand planner has an additional source data to make a better decision. . Cost of inbound logistics is not taken into account.