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6 Ways AI Empowers End-to-End Decision Automation in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Consequently, everyone asserts they are utilizing AI, and those in the supply chain world are no exception. How will it address “the world hunger problem” in supply chains, particularly in the context of supply chain planning? How can AI contribute to end-to-end decision automation?

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The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Logistics Viewpoints

I’ve completed research on supply chain planning (SCP) boutiques. We are teaming up to bring you the coolest supply chain boutiques, listed alphabetically, that we identified through those studies. enVista provides across-the-board supply chain and logistics consulting. What is a boutique?

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? The reason?

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters. I admit it.

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ToolsGroup-IHL Group 2022 Retail Inventory Study Shows Diminishing Customer Loyalty Due to Out-of-Stock Concerns

ToolsGroup

Improving inventory position can help retailers secure consumer loyalty and capture impulse spending. Across other retail sectors, customers have increased their trust in inventory availability from 1-7%. In July 2022, IHL and ToolsGroup surveyed U.S. consumer trust in retailers over the last two years as a result of out-of-stocks.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

A Supply Chain Design Solution from Coupa Imagine you’ve just received the job offer of your dreams. If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests.

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How to Hurdle the Biggest Barrier to Supply Chain Transparency: Data

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s just come right out and say it – without the ability to capture, aggregate, and understand your supply chain data, you have gray area within your organization. Yet, the money was spent, and the technology is now in place. How can you make it all work together and build a better supply chain business, fast?