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Negotiating With A Chatbot: A Walmart Procurement Case Study

Talking Logistics

This past February we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — “Is your company using Artificial Intelligence in its supply chain or logistics operations?”

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain Management (Lessons from the Past)

Talking Logistics

As I highlighted last week in “Negotiating With A Chatbot: A Walmart Procurement Case Study,” despite all the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), relatively few companies are using AI in their supply chain or logistics operations today. Simply put, we’re still in the very early adopter stage.

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

Logistics Bureau

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. This operation was proving too costly and too slow, so the company launched an initiative to achieve a 10% supply chain cost reduction within four years.

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Case Study: From Manual to Industry 4.0 in One Year

Logistics Business Magazine

They are delivered to end customers and to HANSA-FLEX branch operations by three different CEP service providers. “It was important for us to procure the entire system from a single source. ” The post Case Study: From Manual to Industry 4.0 Most of these packages come in different sizes and weights.

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Case Study: Roll Out the Barrel for Tailored Materials Handling

Logistics Business Magazine

For an operation dealing with diverse loads of different shapes and sizes, a one-size-fits-all approach to its materials handling needs is unlikely to deliver the levels of productivity required. Marston’s has a history that dates back to 1890 when it originally operated as Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries. Trusted dealer service.

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Streamlining University Logistics: The Path to Efficiency and Sustainability

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

According to a study by Barth et al. A case study of the University of California, Berkeley, showed that implementing a green procurement policy resulted in an estimated annual cost savings of over $200,000 (Marrone, 2010). Moreover, UBC’s energy management initiatives have saved over $4.4

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

Boeing is now a case study in how not to outsource a supply chain. Recent investigations have revealed serious production control problems within Boeing’s supply chain operations. These suppliers, in turn, outsourced various parts of the modules they produced to their suppliers. Quality issues have recently bedeviled Boeing.