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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was far a cry from the neon and glitzy hotels of Las Vegas where I am often speaking. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. The theatre was packed.

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SXX?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I attended the SAS Analyst Day at Steamboat Springs and the Logistics and SCM 2013 event in Las Vegas. Manufacturers are not dealing with petabytes of data yet, and unstructured data is largely underused. Now an Eye on Serving Manufacturing Industries. Here I share my insights. I find this exciting.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. 803 billion U.S. Grocery Industry Remains Reluctant to Adopt Automation.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 9-13, 2016)

Talking Logistics

On Wednesday Hyperloop One (one of several companies, including Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , focused on bringing this idea to life) conducted a test of its propulsion system in North Las Vegas. What could the industry achieve if manufacturers and retailers actually “walked the talk” on collaboration?

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Data Optimization Is in the Spotlight at ICON

BlueYonder

ICON 2023 , the annual Blue Yonder customer conference held May 2-5, 2023, in Las Vegas, will address the most pressing challenges facing supply chain professionals today. Data Management: A Critical Piece of the Puzzle Why is optimal data management so important?

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Meeting the Need for Personalized Shopping Experiences with Category Management

BlueYonder

Adopt a collaborative assortment planning model that involves your suppliers, merchandise planners and data miners. It’s now possible for category managers to not only create customer-centric planograms, but to also unite retailers and manufacturers together in the planning process for more granular, localized assortments every time.

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Meeting the Need for Personalized Shopping Experiences with Category Management

BlueYonder

Adopt a collaborative assortment planning model that involves your suppliers, merchandise planners and data miners. It’s now possible for category managers to not only create customer-centric planograms, but to also unite retailers and manufacturers together in the planning process for more granular, localized assortments every time.

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