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The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

The Guardian reports that the Victoria Unboxed project will hope to eliminate invisible waste from supply chains by replacing cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates. Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. That’s why AOV is an essential metric to improve.

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The Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index: Signs of Recovery as 2023 Closes

Unleashed

According to the Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index – a new quarterly business health and performance index published today – UK manufacturers have responded well to current global challenges, while Australian manufacturers lag the northern hemisphere, despite overall improvement.

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3 companies tell you their success with Quintiq

DELMIA Quintiq

could place inventory and fulfill from Sydney for Australasian customers, ready to be delivered locally or to neighboring New Zealand. Although PKN ORLEN had already implemented a supply chain planning solution, it was missing two important aspects. For example, a big sporting brand’s products headquartered in the U.S.

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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

New manufacturing data has revealed which industries and nations are leading the way in the post-pandemic economic recovery – and the tactics they’re using to beat supply chain disruption. In 2022 New Zealand manufacturers have experienced a 9.55% increase in the average price paid for the same group of goods.

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Is it time to take your supply chain glocal?

Kinaxis

In case the term is new to you, glocal, in a supply chain context, is the blending of global integration with local responsiveness. Pekar, the VP of Roland DG’s Global SCM Division, gave some interesting insights on the changing role of IT in supply chain. by Alexa Cheater Nope, that’s not a typo.

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American Software Reports Third Quarterof Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

For the Supply Chain business, professional services revenues for the quarter ended January 31, 2022 increased by 13% to $5.4 These methods help companies take massive data sets and turn them into digestible, actionable insights for their supply chain practices. million compared to $9.5 million when compared to $4.8

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Is Reinforcement Learning the Future of Artificial Intelligence?

Enterra Insights

For the 2021 edition of the America’s Cup, reigning champion Emirates Team New Zealand ventured that reinforcement learning, an advanced AI technique, could optimize its design process. ”[5]. This makes reinforcement learning ideal for the automation of processes or for managing dense, data-generating business processes.”