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SupplyChain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supplychain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.
SupplyChain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supplychain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?
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Click here to send us your comments January New that supplychainsoftware provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?
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