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Supply Chain Leadership Series VI: Pam Heminger, Senior Vice President of Procurement & Planning, Caterpillar

NC State SCRC

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

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Cross Border B2C E-Commerce Market Demand Estimations and Industry Dynamics Forecast Report, 2030

Vinculum

Internet of Things (IoT) . The Internet of Things is entirely credible, effective, capable of managing issues in a fraction of a second. 869 million has been invested by North America to enhance such technologies and explore for future growth. Robotic Automation.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Technology – Shopify and Panasonic

Supply Chain Matters

The provider has placed a special effort in its business strategy to not compete with its merchants but rather seeks to be a ” one-stop ” platform technology provider for businesses including availability of customer buying intelligence tools that can identify what customers tend to buy and when.

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Friends with Fitbits: Fitness Tracking and Taking Supply Chain Planning to the Next Level

Talking Logistics

As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. I purchased my first fitness tracker, set my goals, and the competition began. Our parent company, Dassault Systèmes, places great emphasis on the health and wellbeing of its 14,000+ employees.

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How to Handle Spare Parts Inventory Management (& Who Benefits from What)

Unleashed

Manual methods that relied solely on a keen eye are now the core of some leading manufacturing software. Specific aspects of managing inventory include procurement, storage, and utilisation tracking. This valuation paints a picture of how much companies invest in procuring inventory to sustain the functions of their facilities.

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4 Use Cases of the IoT in Retail: Operations Transformed for Greater Efficiency and Profitability

GlobalTranz

The Internet of Things (IoT) is all around us. Per Bill Chamberlin of Forbes magazine , new revenue opportunities will include fewer lost purchases due to long waits or being “out of a certain item.”. Your smartphone tracks your daily activities.

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