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How did Comcast Transform Planning Across Business Units?

o9 Solutions

Nearly three years later, Comcast has moved from fragmented, Excel-based processes to an integrated, AI-powered planning platform. After refining the scope, Comcast implemented purchasing and replenishment, resulting in greater planner productivity and more proactive decision-making.

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CPG Shippers: It’s Time to Gear Up for Hurricane Season

Zipline Logistics

Hurricane Beryl was deemed the earliest Category 5 on record, while Hurricane Helene pummeled the Southeast with insane rain and flooding, and Hurricane Milton tore across Florida with deadly flooding and tornadoes. Purchase Insurance Purchasing insurance remains the most overt solution to prepping your business for natural disasters.

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RFID, AIDC and IoT News on Thow Shall Still Follow the 10 Commandments of Bar Coding Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Years ago, SCDigest caught up with Meyers at his Florida home, and he sent us a copy of a long article on the 10 Commandments. Excellent operator performance will be achieved with training sessions that emphasize CONFIDENCE building along with the use of tools like Data Identifiers or Application Identifiers.

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” As a result, companies should buy inventory management technologies based on process requirements, IT standardization and cultural fit. These are my thoughts.

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Why Digitalizing Sourcing is a Must for Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Bundled offers (if you buy X, Y, and Z from me, I can offer a 10% discount or in case of transportation, grouping of backhaul lanes at a discount along with inbound lanes). Trying to evaluate bids with such complexity is well beyond the realm of manual methods and Excel spreadsheets. These criteria become constraints on the bid.

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I am MAD!

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence. We can connect through EDI, but a document has latency and limitations for unstructured data. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering?