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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Mistrust of data and analytics tools is not just a supply chain and logistics issue. Getting There.

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What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions? 

AIMMS

It’s great to see the enthusiasm for this interactive tool. . These quiz responses are fairly consistent with a 2017 survey by Lora Cecere’s Supply Chain Insights, which revealed that 65% of companies use spreadsheets for network design. It’s time to kick the spreadsheet habit. Spreadsheets are inexpensive and familiar.

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What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions? 

AIMMS

It’s great to see the enthusiasm for this interactive tool. . These quiz responses are fairly consistent with a 2017 survey by Lora Cecere’s Supply Chain Insights, which revealed that 65% of companies use spreadsheets for supply chain network design. It’s time to kick the spreadsheet habit.

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Supply Chain Technology: It’s Not Just for Big Businesses Anymore, but is it Enough?

247 Customs Broker

Spending on supply chain management software hit an estimated $13 billion in 2017, up 11 percent year-over-year, according to Gartner. According to a 2017 Logistics Trends and Insights survey, 58 percent of respondents believe digitization of all services will be the most common improvement among freight forwarders in the next five years.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

At the point when optimisation planning began, sourcing and inbound logistics were managed by teams in various countries, each with different levels of SCM maturity, and using different tools and systems.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

At the point when optimisation planning began, sourcing and inbound logistics were managed by teams in various countries, each with different levels of SCM maturity, and using different tools and systems. The enterprise as a whole was not taking advantage of synergies and economies of scale (and the benefits of the same).