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Silk vs. Steel: Rebuilding Supply Chains After COVID-19

All Things Supply Chain

Supply chain disruption was a popular topic long before the world was seized by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Paving the Way for U.S. Supply-Chain Independence

Supply Chain Brain

The challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic lies in the unprecedented scope of its impact, both in terms of human lives and what it reveals about the United States’ dependence on foreign goods.

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Important post-pandemic actions to consider

Prophetic Technology

Have you figured out how to re-start your business after the pandemic?

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Manhattan Associates: Gartner Quadrant Leader For The 12 Years Running

SCJunction

Supply chains are both more pressurised and more important than ever, as the world continues to struggle with the impact of Covid-19. With survival proportionate to the embracing of digitisation, omnichannel and ecommerce structures, you can count on Manhattan WMS for the adaptability and efficiency required to navigate and thrive through this transition.

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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Manufacturing Resiliency During COVID-19: Lessons to Succeed in the New Normal

Resilinc

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Restarting production: How to ensure the flow of materials

SupplyOn

As transport networks collapsed during the pandemic, the smooth flow of materials to the plants and thus the restart of production is at risk. The Transport Volume Forecast provides remedy. The coronavirus pandemic has turned everything upside down: Plants around the world had to shut down production. As a result, supply chains and thus transport networks often collapsed across the board.

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Supporting the Dutch Healthcare System with AIMMS-based Optimization During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AIMMS

The post Supporting the Dutch Healthcare System with AIMMS-based Optimization During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on AIMMS.

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Methods to Improve Demand Forecasting

Demand Solutions

Demand forecasting is one of the most important business activities. Poor demand forecasting leads to businesses making purchases of products that they can’t move, or buying too little product and being unable to meet customer demand, potentially putting their business at risk. However, many businesses don’t do demand forecasting very well.

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Beverage Sector Performance in 2020 – Unleashed Special Report

Unleashed

The beverage industry story has been particularly dramatic, with rapid expansion and growth in the last two years, followed by a turbulent ride through the recent pandemic. With shutdowns affecting retail outlets and hospitality venues in particular, some players have been hard hit – while others have benefited from spikes in consumer demand. In writing this beverage industry sector report we analysed aggregate data from 235 beverage companies that use Unleashed’s cloud-based inventory managemen

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AI-Enabled Robotics Software for Manufacturing Automation: Speeding Time-to-Value

Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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An accounting rule engine to solve persistent account clearing problems (French translation provided)

Axway

We invite you to follow the series of three webinars we are currently producing on a subject that may seem outdated: account clearing.

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Memorial Day 2020

Enterra Insights

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. In normal times, people look to forward to vacations, picnics, and other outdoor activities; however, these aren’t normal times and this Memorial Day is different. Memorial Day was created to remember and honor those who have fallen during conflicts both past and present. This Memorial Day finds us fighting a new kind of war — this time, with a virus.

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