Enterra Insights

JANUARY 18, 2024

Few technologies stir human emotions as much as artificial intelligence (AI). The emergence of artificial intelligence technologies, such as generative AI, captured global attention and dominated headlines. Some people anticipate great things happening thanks to AI, while others feel only deep anxiety about humanity’s future.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Remember 12 months ago, when we were all merrily celebrating Thanksgiving and starting our Christmas shopping, blissfully unaware of what was awaiting us just around the corner in 2020? This will lead to a growing trend of businesses replacing older SC planning and execution software with modern SaaS technology (1).

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2024

1] They add, “We know from extensive research that decisions matter — a lot. Antifragility can transform how supply chains perform in uncertain times in support of a growth agenda. They insist implementing dynamic decision processes during uncertainty can result in nearly 5 times greater impact on positive revenue.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Developed by Open AI as a large language model-based chatbot, the LLM allows end users to generate texts, code, and images. OpenAI, a UK-based AI research laboratory, was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, among other notable tech figures. It’s a noteworthy date for the AI chatbot. In fact, AI’s been around since the 1950s.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

How do we use technology to make better decisions? I worked for AMR Research (now Gartner). On a call, Pete gave me a hard time. His position was that the research that I was writing was not being aggressive enough in the definition of global supply chain planning requirements. Gain insights? Why does it matter?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

When it comes to network design, you can’t just set it and forget it anymore. Technology is part of the problem. As Lora Cecere writes , systems are becoming more complex, “but the primary means to manage trade with network partners is through spreadsheets and email.” Technology needs to be more accessible .

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AIMMS

MARCH 4, 2021

When it comes to network design, you can’t just set it and forget it anymore. Technology is part of the problem. As Lora Cecere writes , systems are becoming more complex, “but the primary means to manage trade with network partners is through spreadsheets and email.” Technology needs to be more accessible .

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SCMDOJO

MAY 20, 2024

However, the emergence of technology boosted brands’ access to customers in the first place, and thus, a need for more efficient supply chain practices. This article reviews how traditional internet technologies have influenced today’s supply chain solutions. Modern supply chains are more efficient and faster than ever before.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here I share some insights from my research. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. Trade Representative; and other senior officials from the Executive Office of the President and other agencies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I share insights, based on research, for the supply chain leader. I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. This type of response is just not helpful. Shifts in Technology. Background. Background. They did it. …and at the edges.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 12, 2017

Supply Chain Insights has just started a six month Putting Together the Pieces study on demand planning solutions. This report series provides guidance to supply chain leaders in their technology selections. At the time, the significance of the server structure was completely over my head… but it makes sense now!

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

My previous blog post focused on defining what a Warehouse Execution System (WES) is, as well as the benefits this solution delivers for retailers, manufacturers and logistics services providers (LSPs). Joe recently joined me for a LinkedIn Live event called “Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative.”

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 5, 2023

I shared perspectives from my research and was joined by two experienced industry leaders who shared lessons learned from working with manufacturers on their digital twin efforts. Virtual twins are not static models, but rather a responsive and connected system between the physical and the digital world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. There is no unifying data model; all items are treated equally, regardless of the flow. The demand must be embraced as a flow, not an analysis of time-phased data, to drive better insights. Let me explain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 2, 2024

ERP trends 2024 – achieving business success through the use of innovative technologies Now that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are firmly established, we expect to see a massive take-up of these technologies by manufacturers in 2024. It’s a sizable market, with research conducted by HG Insights stating that 1.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

A previous supply planning implementation, of an SCP system from a different supplier, had not gone well. A previous supply planning implementation, of an SCP system from a different supplier, had not gone well. 94% of US and Canadian healthcare systems use Cardinal Health in one capacity or another.

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now that just enough progress has been made to rebuild and strengthen these operations, a sense of “normalcy” has been restored consumer access of desirable products. However, we might not be out of the weeds just yet. They simply cannot keep pace with business dynamics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

The technology market is rife with unsubstantiated claims and myths. Each year, I publish a report analyzing the technologies in the S&OP space. It took me six months to do the research and sixty hours to write the report. The technology choices are not black and white. It is just too easy. The reason?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 10, 2021

The marketing funnel was a reliable model for over a century. Kirk Williams ( @PPCKirk ), owner of ZATO, explains, “The marketing funnel, for those unaware, is a concept created in 1898 to describe the ‘theoretical customer journey’ and assist in targeting the right message to the right person at the right time. …

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. In 2017 it showed the world the D2C trend was coming by slashing its 30,000 retail partners down to just 40. billion to $64,334.41

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

1] As data became more available, it provided the missing ingredient that had, for decades, halted the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. … Powerful new ‘foundation’ models are fast moving from the lab to the real world.”[2] That is exactly what is happening with artificial intelligence.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Some experts are now referring to the technological revolution unfolding in agriculture as “Farming 4.0.” “Experts caution,” they write, “that if history is anything to go by, technological revolutions typically result in greater inequality as the rich capture most of the benefits.” ”[1]. .”

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C3 Solutions

JULY 24, 2020

Upping your technology game is key to survival. If you've been reading our retail series, you may have already seen our papers on Automation, Emerging Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and more. Choosing the right technology is the recurring theme in the battle for retail survival. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. For the longest time modeling and designing such nodes, modes, and flows has been the realm of Supply Chain Design. The demand patterns significantly shifted in terms of the product and channel mix.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2024

As the press release announcing this new offering noted, “The rate of change experienced by companies due to inflation, changeable consumer behavior, challenging supply chains, and other macro issues is faster than their ability to adapt with their existing tools and processes. A war game involves a model or simulation.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

He shared his views on how to apply innovations to solve deep-rooted supply chain challenges and insights into the $1 billion investment in research and development. Gurdip: Our company’s goal is to become the supply chain operating system for the world. If there was ever a time when uncertainty ruled the world, it is now.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 25, 2024

Maria Helena Marinho , formerly Google’s Senior Research & Insights Manager, and Elizabeth Tran , Google’s Product Marketing Manager, observe, “Improving online privacy is one of the most important steps marketers can take to boost their brand preference and ensure that nearly half their customers don’t switch to another brand.”[2]

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Logility

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In a nutshell, machine learning is a type of supervised or unsupervised artificial intelligence where software can learn without being explicitly programmed. Because we work with clients every day who are faced with this challenge, we have developed purpose-built ML software for demand forecasting. You should be part of it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Port congestion, capacity constraints, large increases in rates across all modes, labour shortages and long delays in shipments—these are just some of the operating realities supply chain and logistics professionals face today. Risk planning and technology utilisation. Will the environment improve in 2022 or get worse?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Months went by, but we were in the thick of the pandemic, with global supply chains under immense pressure, so I just assumed materials shortages were to blame. The distribution center (DC) hadn’t released the order, but customer service didn’t have access to the right systems to see exactly what was wrong. I should have known better.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 2, 2023

And, at the time, he notes, “Artificial intelligence was not yet a thing.” Lee believes that companies just starting their digital transformation journey should broaden their aspirations. Every week more discussions about the importance of digital transformation take place in business settings. The promise?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

The delays are attributed to supply chain issues at every stage – from the time of booking transport to gate in at the port as well as ocean transit time of shipping containers. Just take a look at what’s been happening over the last 3-4 months. points the month before, for the first time in months. points from 44.8

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

This Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech commentary provides highlights and added perspectives on this week announcement regarding Kinaxis’ s completed acquisition of supply chain execution B2B SaaS platform provider MPO. Background. As we move toward the second half of the year, that cycle indeed continues.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Background In various Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, this supply chain technology industry analyst has raised awareness, perspectives and added focus to the critical importance of establishing synchronous processes and more timely decision making across an end-to-end supply chain network. All are very much interrelated.

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