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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. When it comes to adopting AI in supply.

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

Logistics Bureau

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . These capabilities can bring efficiencies to decision-making across the supply chain.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

Despite the apparent complexities involved in supply chain management, achieving excellence really doesn’t have to be too difficult. Just review and build on our three fundamental pillars of great supply chain management. Pillar 1: Supply Chain Service Alignment. The Importance of Alignment.

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Beyond data: Supply chain intelligence offers pathway to reduced spend, improved relationships

FreightWaves SONAR

That is where supply chain intelligence comes into play. SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) takes the high frequency data SONAR is known for one step further by providing data analysis that leads to actionable insights. In fact, SONAR SCI customers reduce transportation costs by 4-10% on average. “It

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Successful Product Innovation Requires Supply Chain Insight

Material Handling and Logistics

“The costs of a new product’s supply chain can easily outstrip its profit generation, and consistently poor new product initiative management leads to SKU complexity, which can cripple the company’s supply chain.”. It also outlines nine best practices to ensure that new product initiatives increase value. “All