Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
To tell their story they flashed up a screen of JDA demand planning (which has not changed much since I worked on it in 1995), and proceeded to tell me a story of how their cognitive application improved forecast error (measured by Mean Absolute Percent Error or MAPE) by over 30%. They showed the details by item on improved accuracy.
NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In effect the team must educate themselves through a detailed analysis of the marketplace and identify how best to meet the forecasted demand (generated by the spend analysis and interviews with stakeholders) given the market conditions that will occur in the next year.
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Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
He then led the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) for Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) in Iraq and Kuwait. He also served as Director of the Ryder Logistics Network and Vice President of the Gulf Region for Intermodal Trucking Company. This experience included leading a $1.5B
Supply Chain Movement
DECEMBER 9, 2013
We are already producing for export to the Middle East and North Africa and as a group we are trying to establish the individual requirements for different countries, such as Iran, Iraq, Jordan etc to work out the best logistical solution. So is forecasting with accuracy. Which supply chain challenges keep you awake at night?
ThroughPut
MARCH 3, 2020
From the frontlines, travelling during this period, has reminded me of the commitment and humanity of people that I hadn’t witnessed firsthand since running Yemen operations and visiting Iraq a few years back. And if you don’t want to see things from the humane aspect, then let’s look at it from the US stock market perspective.
NC State SCRC
JUNE 15, 2021
In effect the team must educate themselves through a detailed analysis of the marketplace and identify how best to meet the forecasted demand (generated by the spend analysis and interviews with stakeholders) given the market conditions that will occur in the next year.
NC State SCRC
MARCH 10, 2022
The US gets the vast majority of its imported crude oil from Canada (4 million barrels per day), Mexico (492,000 barrels per day) and Middle East oil giants like Saudi Arabia and Iraq (a combined 695,000 barrels per day). But that doesn’t mean we aren’t impacted.
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