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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance. ”[2].

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Epitaph

Supply Chain Shaman

They were born from well-intentioned, bright professors from great schools – Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT )– in operations research. They knew little about the software market. SmartOps was purchased by SAP. SAP released an S&OP solution using HANA in 2011.

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Trends 2022: Food and Beverage

Enterra Insights

In 2020, 57% of American households purchased plant-based foods.” Peter Grinspoon, a primary care physician on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains, “CBD, or cannabidiol, is the second most prevalent active ingredient in cannabis (marijuana). ” Getting High on Cannabidiol-infused Products. Footnotes. [1]

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Our prior full edition of this column was published on July 14 and featured news related to global battery manufacturer Panasonic and warehouse services start-up Flexe. Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. This new era brings with it an acceleration of innovation and disruption.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Running on autopilot

Kinaxis

Robots already stand side-by-side with their human counterparts on many manufacturing floors, adding efficiency, capacity (robots don’t need to sleep!) It is still the dream of many manufacturers today. Robots are becoming cheaper and easier to deploy thanks to less expensive sensors and free open source software.