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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Logistics Viewpoints

Aera Technology offers a solution they call “Aera Decision Cloud” A key challenge for manufacturers is connecting integrated business planning (IBP) – a longer term plan – to operational planning and execution – what needs to be done in the near term. What part of the plan should be executed?

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The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of

Logistics Viewpoints

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President Supply Chain, Ferguson. Mr. Jacobs is the senior vice president for supply chain at Ferguson. While nominally a distributor, “supply chain management is our core competency. In particular, Ferguson’s supply chain is built for speed and to provide high service levels.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

September 26, 2019) A new study by ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, and Spinnaker, a supply chain services company, has found that only 7% of companies are reaping the benefits of digital transformation of supply chain planning. BOSTON, Mass.

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Mobile Collaboration - Supply Chain Planning at Your Fingertips

Logility

I “enjoyed” a rather turbulent ride on a recent flight into Denver International Airport the other day. My E-Ticket ride got me thinking about the value of forward-looking intelligence in removing turbulence in demand forecasting and the role mobile collaboration can play. ” "I am on the road visiting customers."

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Meet our Spring additions

Alloy

Most recently, Adrienne led North American national sales at YG Acoustics , where she coordinated everything from demand planning to marketing budgets, product setup, and overall process development to create business. She has dual degrees in Sociology and European History from the University of Denver, and hails from New Orleans, LA.

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A Gartner Summit Just For The Supply Chain Planner

DynaSys

“Who says supply chain cannot be a hotbed of creativity?” Linkner’s guest keynote was on the second day of Gartner’s first annual Supply Chain Planning Summit , held at Denver’s sparkling new Gaylord Resort Nov 4-5 for the supply chain planner. The Supply Chain Planner Will Never Surrender.