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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I bought a shirt at Bloomingdales on Walnut Street in Philadelphia for 1$. Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. IBM, in contrast, purchased over fifteen supply chain acquisitions but drove little innovation. Should we do better?

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Stord to Represent Atlanta as Best Tech Startup at National Awards

Stord

After tens of thousands of collective votes during Timmys voting, STORD has been elected by the local tech community for exemplifying strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, as well as an ability to foster an outstanding work environment even in trying times. 29, selected by an expert panel of judges.

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All Eyes Remain Focused on the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

All of these innovations are making last mile logistics much more complicated. Because consumers now expect purchases to be delivered fast (with next-day or same-day delivery becoming the norm), retailers are frantically buying and/or building warehouses so they can locate goods closer to consumers. miles, respectively. ”[4].

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference. CLX Logistics: Annual Customer Conference, TBA (usually in September in Philadelphia). 3Gtms : Innovate 2019 , TBA (2018: May 1-3, Dallas, TX). Home Delivery World 2019 , April 3-5, Philadelphia, PA. Takeaways from SMC3 Jump Start 2018 Conference.

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AGCO: Driving a Digital Manufacturing Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

When her employees kept breaking their tablets on the production floor, Peggy used lean-production thought processes to innovate for new answers. AGCO’s culture of innovation policy deployment enabled employees to pioneer a technology solution for manufacturing. They are an innovator in agricultural equipment. About Agco.

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5 Ways to Put AI to Work in Your Supply Chain

Bristlecone

At LogiPharma 2019 in Philadelphia, Deepak Ghodke, Vice President, Bristlecone Labs, spoke about how it is, therefore, not at all surprising that the increase in AI adoption has also extended to enterprises in recent years. Artificial Intelligence has become so deeply engrained in our lives that we don’t always realize it anymore.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2015

Talking Logistics

The title of my presentation is Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results: Why Innovation Matters in a Fast-Changing World. Elemica : Reveal 2015 , TBA (last year in Philadelphia and Frankfurt). HighJump Software : Innovation 2015 , TBA (last year in May in Las Vegas, NV). GT Nexus : Bridges 2015 , June 8-11, Miami, FL.