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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. Let’s take a look at the challenges associated with digital twins and how real-time data systems are changing the game for companies looking to leverage them. Get the insights you need.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, the largest supercomputer in the world for AI training has just been unveiled. UPS has been preparing contingencies for some time. As far back as last year, it directed managers not to schedule paid time off during July and August 2023, periods when they could be pressed into service to move parcels if there was a strike.

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The Backorder, March 20 2024

Unleashed

Stabilising supply chains and reduced lead times have resulted in improved performance for the global manufacturing sector, based on an analysis of 2,600 organisations. Stabilising supply chains and reduced lead times have resulted in improved performance for the global manufacturing sector, based on an analysis of 2,600 organisations.

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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

Supply chains as social entities Supply chains are more than just faceless corporations and transactional flows. We had a hard negotiation and then a really good dinner and spent time together, and we’re always seeing each other at different events. and the Future of Work.

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Leadership Commitment to Strategic Suppliers Makes a Big Difference

Supply Chain View from the Field

What that means is that just as traditional sources of supply are in decline, sources that only a decade ago were uneconomical to recover are now in play, thanks to advancements in technologies such as horizontal drilling. midcontinent … Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas … as well the Gulf Coast and in B.C.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

In a recent interview with Supply Chain Dive , Rick Hernandez, senior vice president of sales and business development at the FRONTdoor Collective, said of the initiative, “ You’ve got entrepreneurs who aren’t just focused on their patch, […] they share notes with each other. It’s not just, ‘I want to run my business.’

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Thirty-six years ago today marks either one of the greatest marketing blunders or success stories of all-time, depending on how you look at it, of course. The speculation here was the new formula was just a veiled attempt to drive interest in the original formula, which saw a huge uptick in sales once it was reintroduced and rebranded.