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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

The new supply chain intelligence platform, called FourKites X, combines data from FedEx’s network of more than 16.5 But, if a company wants to work with a new supplier, and that supplier is in the network, metrics on that carrier also exist. FedEx Corp. million daily shipments. Infor Nexus.

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5 Signs You Need Advanced Supply Chain Analytics to Make Better Last-Mile Decisions

Locus

All it took Billy Beane from Oakland A’s to break the myth that more money can win more games was data. Your business needs data that reflects on-ground reality to build cost-effective plans for the final mile, and the need for advanced supply chain analytics arises here! And the numbers prove it. trillion dollars.

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“Moneyball” and Your Business

Supply Chain Action Blog

A while back, the film “Moneyball” showed us how the Oakland A’s built a super-competitive sports franchise on analytics, essentially “ competing on analytics ”, within relevant business parameters of a major league baseball franchise. What about visibility of supply chain performance ? It’s baseball season again!

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Siemens BT: Every analytical transformation requires a “Jonah Hill”

NC State SCRC

In the movie, the new coach of the Oakland A’s baseball team uses analytics to build his organization from the ground up. To initiate their analytics journey, Siemens worked with Dr. Robert Handfield from the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative to create a white paper that helped define the vision and the business case.