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An interview with Norm Jerome: BP

AIMMS

Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. This was our first big project with AIMMS in Petrochemicals. Replacing those spreadsheets with a central tool allows people to learn a huge amount about what is going on that they never knew.

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An interview with Norm Jerome: BP

AIMMS

Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. This was our first big project with AIMMS in Petrochemicals. Replacing those spreadsheets with a central tool allows people to learn a huge amount about what is going on that they never knew.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Users photograph their grocery receipt using the Evocco app, which identifies the food products by reading the printed text and using machine learning. Walmart is looking to expand its marketplace, where suppliers can offer their products via the company’s website, and the services that branch off of it, like fulfillment and advertising.