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WMS + SaaS + Automation = Smooth Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

As anyone who’s experienced change in supply chain technology over the past five-to-ten years can attest, we’ve come a long way, baby. Artificial intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, robotics, mobile apps, big data, the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

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What Is the Difference Between Optimization Modeling and Simulation?

River Logic

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Scenario Modeling Is Now Crucial for Supply Chain Network Design

AIMMS

How are companies leveraging scenario modeling for network design and optimization ? Current Technologies in Use for Supply Chain Network Design . The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together.

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IBP Scenario Modeling for Recovery, Restructuring and Resilience

AIMMS

Our first webinar with Oliver Wight discussed common people, process and technology pitfalls that hinder IBP initiatives. Our second webinar delved deeper into the technology aspect, focusing on analytical capabilities and scenario modeling.

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Guide to Mathematical Optimization & Modeling

What is mathematical optimization and how does it compare to other types of analytics? Which tool should you use to develop optimization applications and scale them across the business? What are best practices for successful adoption? Read now.

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Five Advanced Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

If there’s a bright spot anywhere it’s the fact that, as logistics challenges have grown, so has the availability of advanced technologies to manage these challenges. Another advanced technology that’s becoming imperative is warehouse task automation.

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Supply Chain Modeling: Here’s What You Need To Know

River Logic

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Model N

Supply Chain Shaman

Model N, a revenue management enterprise software provider, went public on March 20, 2013. I only know of two public offerings in the enterprise applications market in the last year: Model N and E2Open. They are very different models serving different industries with different management styles; but one thing that I do know, there have been too few IPOs in the enterprise applications software space. That is what we did at Model N.

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What is Freight Demand Modeling?

Supply Chain Game Changer

There are many software programs out there that can assist companies of every size in knowing what to expect. If you want to understand the significance of freight demand modeling, you should understand a bit about the job of a freight forecaster. Freight Demand Modeling.

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5 Top Online Courses For Financial Modeling!

Supply Chain Game Changer

4 Best Online Learning Tools for Remote Instruction! Financial modeling is an essential component of what you do in finance and banking in particular. All of the online courses on this list will teach you financial modeling, but they also provide something more. Subscribe Here!

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Easily Build an Optimization App and Empower Your Data

Speaker: Gertjan de Lange

Solving complex business problems requires optimization modeling techniques and data to compare scenarios and make the best decisions. With AIMMS you can rapidly build an optimization app on top of your data and deploy it to the end-user in just a few clicks.

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The Evolution of Mobileye & the Automotive Software Business Model

QAD

As one of the first companies to develop software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles , Mobileye has quickly grown into a multibillion-dollar company. Phase 1: Creating a Revolutionary Automotive Software Solution.

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A Model for Employing Disabled Workers in Warehousing

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber is a leading provider of logistics software, material handling, voice, and consulting solutions. Technology Can Aid in Hiring the Disabled. Part of the story of this retailer’s employment of the disabled in their DCs is a story of technology adoption.

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Questions To Ask SaaS Providers Regarding Security

Abivin

SaaS, or Software as a Service, offered via a cloud computing platform, brings out enormous benefits for businesses, such as: cost savings and fast speed in deployment, communication improvement compared to a business using on-premise software for the same purpose.

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Why Supply Chain Platforms?

Talking Logistics

As digital technologies embed themselves across supply chains, they will inevitably rewire existing business models into industry platforms. The question is not “if” or “when,” but “how” best to anticipate and get ahead of supply chain platform disruptions. Understanding the benefits of collaboration platforms allow businesses to better prepare themselves for the process changes on the horizon. The Role and Benefits of Supply Chain Platforms.

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New Research: The State of Supply Chain Network Design in 2022

This report explores how the state of supply chain network design has changed – including how the tools, maturity models, and market demands are transforming the network design practice.

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Supply Chain Process Modeling

SCM Research

Are you planning to integrate process modeling in your supply chain curricula? As part of a group work, the task of the students is to model processes between supply chain partners using the standard Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). Initially, I thought about letting the students model the processes in PowerPoint or Visio, but then I realized that this isn’t the most appropriate way for such a group task.

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The 5 Benefits of Hybrid SaaS TMS

GlobalTranz

New, innovative technology platforms have greatly sped the expansion and evolution of transportation as well as logistic solutions. Most notably are we seeing technology platforms that improve and simplify the users by means of integrating partners and using collected data. In today’s post, we talk about the 5 main benefits derived from the use of SaaS TMS and introduce what we call a Hybrid SaaS TMS. What is SaaS TMS & Introducing Hybrid SaaS TMS.

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The Best Artificial Intelligence Tools for Education!

Supply Chain Game Changer

But Artificial Intelligence tools for Education address those issues through their various features. Students who have different learning styles can now avail themselves of these AI tools. Artificial Intelligence tools for Education. These platforms are very user-friendly.

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Will Cloud Computing in Logistics Replace On-Premises Systems for Good?

Logistics Viewpoints

Today, data and software programs can be saved or run in any data processing center in the world. Cloud computing has made installation, administration, and updates significantly easier and has thereby laid the foundation for Software as a Service (SaaS).

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New Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design

Many companies are looking to redesign their supply chain network to lower costs, improve service levels and reduce risks in the new year. Check out our updated Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software with research insights and learnings!

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How to Use Reference Data to Jumpstart Building Data Models

Logility

We believe users should be able to generate results immediately and be able to benchmark a model against their known costs. A key factor in the success of Logility’s network optimization solution is the use of reference data.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

We have to change the mental model of our organizations to move forward.” We have used Lean process systems and swim-laned ourselves to death. Both sets of trading partners have concrete mental models that define the supply chain. In exchange for acceptance of a consignment model, suppliers could have redesigned processes to enable better sharing of daily usage and case scheduling on a daily basis.) The mental model is one of supply. New models are required.

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How Does Your Flow Profile Affect Your Steering Model?

Demand Driven Technologies

Your supply chain management model must be adapted to the profile of your production flows. Learn more about the four most common typologies — and how to pace them to market demand. Source.

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Evolving Supply Chain Models and the Outlook for Investors

Logistics Bureau

At the point of sale, customers today enjoy an unprecedented degree of choice in the range, price, and quality of products on offer, primarily due to the development of mobile technology, connectivity, and platform-based commerce. 2: From Asset Ownership to Platform Exploitation.

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Supply Chain Network Design: The Ultimate Use Cases eBook

Explore the most common use cases for network design and optimization software. This eBook shares how supply chain leaders leverage their supply chain design software to tackle a variety of challenges and questions.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

When my fiance heard about the price, he advised that I find a local hairdresser and set up a frequent-shopper account with them for a few months until the tool is back in stock. Network cost modeling. The planning platforms need to evolve with changing business needs.

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

Supply Chain Models Enable Companies to Compare and Test GHG Reduction Strategies. Companies can set up models of their supply chains to identify major sources of emissions and model different scenarios, quantifying the financial benefit or costs of achieving sustainability goals. They can build multi-year models to develop and phase GHG reduction programs, and to monitor and report on progress during implementation.

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Why manufacturers should integrate business intelligence tools into their ERP software

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manufacturers rely on data and their ERP platform to answer critical questions: What are our inventory levels? Mid-market manufacturers need a tool that’s tailored to their needs. The BI tool needs to be able to easily pull all this data together for analysis.

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Platform or a Collection of Tools: Which One Do You Prefer for your Digital Transformation Efforts?

Solvoyo

The blender and the oven comprise a collection of tools that includes exchangeable tips and settings that can be used for different cooking endeavors. The difference between a Platform and a collection of Tools is the great recipe book and the right oven settings in our cookie analogy.

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Implementing Supply Chain Network Design

Companies want to maximize service levels, but they also want to cut costs. These goals are often at odds with one another. How do you find the optimum balance? This guide offers hands-on advice that will help you use network design to achieve successful results.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

The technology market is rife with unsubstantiated claims and myths. Each year, I publish a report analyzing the technologies in the S&OP space. I sent the report to technology vendors listed in the appendix with a deadline for feedback on factual accuracy for 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday. The technology choices are not black and white. In my view, a four-box model by an analyst firm is a cop-out. New technology is evolving. It happens with all systems.

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Modeling Supply Chains with “Digital Twins”

ToolsGroup

The growing momentum around systems-based thinking in supply chain planning has given rise to a new concept called the “digital twin”. There has been a lot of discussion around this topic lately and I wanted to offer a few insights, including around the importance of the data model in high-quality decision making using digital twins. These are virtual counterparts to the physical world that model a product’s uniqueness and its lifecycle.

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Fixed Logistics Model vs Flexible Logistics Model

Locus

With the supply chains of all businesses going through a transformational shift, it is important for them to make tough decisions concerning logistics models. After the pandemic hit, flexible logistics models helped businesses to easily penetrate into dense urban markets at economical costs.

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A New Model for Grocery Delivery with Sean Coakley

The Logistics of Logistics

A New Model for Grocery Delivery with Sean Coakley. Sean Coakley and Joe Lynch discuss a new model for grocery delivery. Capstone Logistics is the leader in providing specialized, technology-enabled solutions for the most challenging supply chains.

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The Essential Supply Chain Network Design Tooling Checklist

Dedicated supply chain network design software is fuelled by intuitive scenario analysis capabilities and powerful mathematical optimization. Answer 10 relevant questions to see if advanced network design & scenario modeling technology can help you.

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How to Choose the Right E-Commerce Business Model!

Supply Chain Game Changer

E-Commerce business model article and permission to publish here provided by No-BS Marketplace. E-commerce has arrived decades ago, and its relevance now booms in the current advancement of technology. Understanding Business Models. Subscribe Here! Email Address.