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Strategy. Strategy. Wherefore Art Thou Strategy?

Supply Chain Shaman

The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. Analytics investments are essential. We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence.

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From Predictions to Operations: Compelling Supply Chain AI Use Cases

ThroughPut

With rapid fluctuations and uncertainty, predicting customer demand is like shooting in the dark. With so many changing variables, excel sheets or human intervention alone can’t gain the level of visibility needed to forecast the future. We call this AI-powered ability to predict near-term demand as demand sensing.

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2018: What Will It Look Like?

Supply Chain Insights

I hate prediction articles. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible. This includes SCOR, APICs, Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains, Gartner Hierachy of Metrics, etc. Analytics Approaches.

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5 Strategies For Improving Distribution Operations: An Essential Guide

SCMDOJO

It involves various activities, such as warehousing, inventory management, transportation, and logistics. This involves understanding customer buying behaviour trends, seasonal variations, production schedules, and more. Optimizing inventory can also be achieved by leveraging technology and data analytics.

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Tips for Retailers (And All Shippers) to Overcome the Amazon Effect

GlobalTranz

There is no doubt, that the retail landscape is increasingly looking like an online one as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, such as Toys R Us, Foot Locker, and Best Buy mobile shutter hundreds of stores unable to keep up with the changing customer that wants fast, free delivery all with just a click of a button. trillion, a 3.8

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

The visibility will include not just the short-term purchase order or ASN-level visibility, but also the tactical kind of forecast collaboration with the suppliers. If the organization is used to doing certain things in Excel, just automating the same process will not be sufficient.

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How to Measure & Optimize Inventory Health For Ecommerce Success

ShipBob

These metrics provide valuable insights into how well your inventory is managed. Using ShipBob: ShipBob’s analytics tools provide real-time data on sales and inventory levels, allowing for accurate calculation of the turnover ratio. Let’s explore the top indicators of inventory health and see how they can be effectively monitored.