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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

But they’ve also invested in route optimization, which uses algorithms to save up to 10 million gallons of fuel annually by reducing miles driven in the US. We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain.

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Toyota’s EV Product Development and Market Growth Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

Background In a prior Supply Chain Matters commentary published in October 2023 which we titled as: Told You So Moment for Akio Toyoda , we highlighted for readers and clients that in his CEO role, family icon Akio Toyoda questioned the timelines of the global auto industry’s wholesale transformation toward an all-electric model offerings.

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Who is the Supply Chain Planner in the Age of AI?

Logistics Viewpoints

AI and machine learning (the subset of techniques most in use in business today) figure prominently on the agenda, as companies want to improve forecast accuracy with demand sensing, predict yields and lead times, optimize inventory, get recommendations on how to respond to disruptions, and more.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The start-up’s foundational AI model is termed “ Claude ” and has previously been made available as part of an AWS service termed Bedrock. is being established cooperatively by OCEMA , Georgia Ports Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, North Carolina State Ports Authority, SACP, and CCM.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

In our client services and published Supply Chain Matters commentaries over the years, we strive to educate and assist the supply chain management community link and align line-of-business sales and service strategies with that of the most optimal product demand and supply chain network capabilities. Business Model.

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The Flexe Story with Dave Glick

The Logistics of Logistics

in Physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Integrating technology, open logistics networks, and elastic economic models allows Flexe customers to move fast, at scale, and with precision. It reinvents warehousing and fulfillment to optimize the global delivery of goods. About Flexe.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I helped create the first North American chapter of BVL International in the Carolinas, and we hosted two meetings at Volvo in North Carolina and Thyssen-Krupp in South Carolina. Such technologies will become the foundation for network optimization, global material visibility, and end-to-end integration.