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Achieving Significant Transportation Savings through Improved Demand Forecasting

Logistics Viewpoints

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. Customers also needed to be educated on the new system.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

SCMDOJO

In the realm of supply chain careers, there appear to be two distinct paths – those who stumble into it by luck and those who consciously choose to educate themselves, often through formal university programs. Here are some compelling reasons why diving into supply chain management is a fantastic career choice.

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What role will human planners play in the supply chain of the future?

DELMIA Quintiq

Marc Ambasna-Jones writes in The Guardian that online education will play a big role in helping people improve their skills and adapt to changes. Fausty David, Head of Global Demand Management, FCI Electronics. “We’re Many pundits have weighed in. But what about the supply chain executive?

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The Innovative Solution Strategy to a True Real-Time, Predictive Digital Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Through the partnership, which started off with transportation management (TMS), JDA is able to provide value to many different supply chain scenarios through the predictive analytics provided by TransVoyant. These predictive analytics, which are gathered through Big Data sources, allow customers to take immediate action within JDA’s TMS.

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The Innovative Solution Strategy to a True Real-Time, Predictive Digital Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Through the partnership, which started off with transportation management (TMS), JDA is able to provide value to many different supply chain scenarios through the predictive analytics provided by TransVoyant. These predictive analytics, which are gathered through Big Data sources, allow customers to take immediate action within JDA’s TMS.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the digital transformation these traditional applications manage low-velocity transactional data. High-velocity or streaming data requires different architectures built on non-relational, cloud-based architectures using open source tools like Apache Spark. source Moody’s). Responsive Supply Chain. Challenging the Status Quo.