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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. We recently finished a study of 127 respondents and wrote a report. One of my favorites was the board game Risk. This increases risk. Figure 1: Bullwhip Impact.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

Even when other costs such as coordination, transport, and logistics are taken into account, it still makes sense for many companies to outsource to China as onshore overall production costs would be much higher, a study of Australian manufacturing firms concludes. Access to China’s Mass Consumer Market. Government policy.

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Procurement Analytics Hot Topic at Procurement Leaders West Coast Forum and ISM Carolinas

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to attend the Procurement Leaders in San Francisco forum two weeks ago, followed by attending the ISM Carolinas-Virginia meeting in Winston Salem last week. Procurement is increasingly taking on the role of being able to become the “source of truth” for data – and enabling other functions with data.

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10 Technologies That Are Going To Change Your Life

Supply Chain Game Changer

Thanks to the ease at which data can be shared automatically between devices, we can tie together information from many different sources. They’re not just going to look at each cell: they’re going to crack the cells open and study each one, right down to their gene structure.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Florence Et Al.

Supply Chain Shaman

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. To prepare, stratify your suppliers into strategic, single source and high volume flows. This data is from a recent study, but we fear that the visibility issues are greater than the research shows.) ” The answer is not so easy.

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Marketing and Big Data

Enterra Insights

… A new study that tracked how 2,444 Americans used their mobile devices over 14 months backs up the general sense of tech fatigue.”[5] They may have to use different data sources to understand consumers than they have in the past. Kimberly A. They’re worried about being tracked. They have tech neck, and it hurts.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.