ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

ToolsGroup identifies five key drivers shaping the future of supply chains: changing customer expectations, heightened competition, rising operational complexity, technological advancements, and geopolitical tensions. Technological Advancements Real-time inventory tracking and predictive analytics give leading firms a competitive edge.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

One of the industry’s biggest concerns is how to digitise and transform quickly, without starting from scratch and having to throw away your enormous investment in traditional systems. The good news is that you don’t have to—even if you have hundreds of legacy systems and ERP instances across your company.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

OTR freight represents a long-standing aspect of supply chain operations and transportation management. M odern transportation networks and supply chains continuously adapt to market volatility and transitions. Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology . Remote Tendering and Shipment Execution .

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Logistics technology is expanding to keep up with increased demand, and shippers need to know which technologies can make or break success rates in 2018. Some of the top logistics trends to affect the industry in the coming year include these key automated logistics technologies. Download Here.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Avenues of transport are declining as major cargo airlines, like Cathay Pacific , drastically reduce flights to mainland China and Hong Kong. A recent online survey conducted b y MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics aimed to understand how companies are reacting to the Coronavirus outbreak. – Tweet this.

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AIMMS

APRIL 29, 2019

I’ve watched many times as customers experience the power of modeling and prescriptive analytics for the first time. a skilled AIMMS developer can capture and produce a digital representation of that supply chain including assets, processes, machines, products, customers, transportation, costs, constraints, geocodes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The product flow paths and modes of transportation altered radically as well even without accounting for any network node changes, owing to port closures or shortages in various transportation lanes. Instead, AI powered prescriptive analytics can proactively start recommending scenarios for users to consider.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

Descriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics. For everyone trying to navigate new technology options, this is an important question. With the evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms and the zealous implementations of many business consultants, the basics of planning were lost. Machine learning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2025

Simultaneously, the landscape of supply chain planning is shifting due to both rapid advancements in technology and workforce changes. Boost Productivity with Decision Automation : Explainable and prescriptive recommendations help teams act with confidence while reducing manual intervention.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C. An estimated 11.5

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The advent of transportation management systems (TMS) in the 1990s introduced near-infinite metrics and data points into the supply chain yet brought with it more questions than answers: How do we centralize the data? The Fundamentals of Managed Analytics. How well is my transportation routing guide performance?

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In this post, I will break down the four main types of supply chain control towers, ranging from those that offer basic visibility and analytics, to those that let you act on exceptions in real-time, and even go as far as autonomous execution. What is a supply chain control tower?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. HighJump Software Announces New Latin American Partnership.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Tune in as they discuss the value of data and how organizations can use it not only descriptively but prescriptively as well. We are more into data acquisition and data analytics, which is one of the things we are going to talk about. I have designed power systems and communication systems. They want action.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you want to gain more supply chain analytics knowledge, you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled a list of 10 great supply chain analytics books to help you better understand the concepts and strategies behind this vital business field.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

It offers an overview of the enormous breadth of solutions for Supply Chain planning, giving you insight into the many fields where you can leverage technology to boost your company’s performance. Prescriptive Analytics. Predictive Analytics. Diagnostic Analytics. Capable-to-Promise Systems.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2018

The time is ripe for investment in intelligent supply chain technologies , but supply chain executives must first understand the key components and implementation challenges of intelligent supply chain management. However, newer systems have inherent capabilities, making these concerns seem irrelevant. Implement IoT-based systems.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

In this commentary we focus specifically on the importance of a broader end-to-end data management framework while overcoming the fragmentation of data that is locked in separate, unconnected software applications.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. There is no good system for visibility. Few planning systems update delivery based on actual dwell times; and despite the abundance of Internet of Things (IOT) data, there is no place to put streaming data signals into traditional planning systems. We are awash in a sea of self-interest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2024

Countless companies grapple with the fundamental flaw of disjointed processes, which leaves planning blind to crucial factors such as transportation, warehouse, and labor constraints. Disconnected Systems : The inability of systems to communicate exacerbates the gap between planning and execution.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

It offers an overview of the enormous breadth of solutions for Supply Chain planning, giving you insight into the many fields where you can leverage technology to boost your company’s performance. Prescriptive Analytics. Predictive Analytics. Diagnostic Analytics. Capable-to-Promise Systems.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

These planners are working more in tandem with the computer as a tea mm ate, rather than working with it purely as a decision support tool. Think of a modern soldier – no longer a “grunt” – but outfitted with technology, connected with the outside world, and even supported by semi- autonomous systems such as drones.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! By harnessing the power of data and analytics, companies can uncover valuable insights into their supply chain processes, pinpoint areas in need of improvement, and make informed decisions that can boost their bottom line. Key Takeaways What is Supply Chain Analytics?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2019

Today, in addition to those activities, new analytical tools are available to help business leaders predict what could happen in the future. Those tools became possible with the creation of large datasets (aka big data) and the maturation of artificial intelligence (AI). ” Types of analytics. Descriptive analytics.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2025

As our Supply Chain Matters readers may have noticed from various social media feeds, this week has been one that featured two supply chain technology focused conferences and a noteworthy product release announcement. This application is built on Kinaxiss AI-powered Maestro platform and delivered by select Kinaxis supply chain experts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

There is no class of technologies, or common definition, for “control towers.” While there are many types of visibility (see Figure 1), the most common use case is either sourcing or transportation visibility. The average company has five-to-seven Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and twelve Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2017

The decision support technologies that we use today–price management, trade promotion management, network design, supply chain planning, transportation planning, supplier risk management–are on the cusp of redefinition through new forms of analytics. A hype cycle starts with a technology trigger. Buyer beware.

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AIMMS

MARCH 7, 2018

Some of my early projects included initiatives like helping large retailers transform from a pure paper-based operation inside their 4 walls to a first-generation Warehouse Management System (WMS). Why AIMMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. As a result, when I was a Gartner analyst and technology providers would provoke me to write a Magic Quadrant on visibility solutions, I would laugh. When we ended the discussions, we agreed that visibility is supply chain capability not a well-defined technology classification.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2015

To do so, I will dive into data analytics and the role it could play in making supply chain logistics more efficient. Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. When you talk about analytics, you probably use one of the three adjectives describing the nature of the beast: Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

Analytics are evolving from basic information and becoming more in-depth and providing not only a historical picture but a forward-looking one as well: Descriptive : what happened Diagnostic : why did it happen Predictive : what will happen Prescriptive : How can we make it happen. As CEO of Pierbridge, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

Consultants and technology leaders are rebranding under a “digital umbrella” without clear definition. Confluence of Technologies. New approaches –using the confluence of new technologies along with innovation in analytics– will drive a more agile supply chain response. Analytics Approaches.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

The Hackett Group provides a useful visual for describing the maturity stages that supply chain is moving through as the industry strives to leverage data and advanced analytics. Supply Chain Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Hackett Group). Descriptive Analytics (What happened?). Diagnostic Analytics (Why did it happen?).

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Logility

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Climbing the Ladder of Analytics Value. Amid the general buzz in the supply chain planning field regarding optimization solutions and algorithmic planning, a diagram of value vs. difficulty lays out four stages of analytics by their difficulty and potential value. The Descriptive Analytics level is easiest to achieve.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Kuebix Surpasses 10,000 Companies Using Its Transportation Management System (TMS). JDA Launches “JDA Luminate” Next-Generation SaaS and Digital Edge Solutions. NASA announced this week that it has signed “a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Business leaders typically focus on optimising operations and partnership, gaining market share, advancing the use of technology and improving profitability. is beyond information technology and more about exploring what the customer wants. Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) are key enablers for Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0.

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