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Go to Market Strategy before Supply Chain Strategy

10xLogistics

There are a lot of conversations happening relative to all sorts of strategies for supply chains (and no lack of consultants who want to sell you on the latest and greatest ideas). My thesis here is that the first thing you have to develop and fully understand is your business' go to market strategy. Just do what you say you will do.

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5 Big Themes from RILA’s LINK2019 Conference

Stord

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)’s conference attracts retail and supply chain leaders from the biggest brands in the country, providing a forum for innovation, networking, and collaboration. If you couldn’t make it, or want to refresh your memory, here are five big themes from the 2019 conference.

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FedEx CIO Attests to Data-Driven Strategies in Pandemic Times

IoT World Today

As organizations continue to adapt to the roller-coaster ride of 2020, some leaders’ pre-pandemic IT strategies brought business resilience even as COVID-19 struck. Indeed, some organizations spent several years laying the foundations for data-driven strategy and remote operations even prior to COVID-19.

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Highlights from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2015

AIMMS

This month, I had the pleasure of attending Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix. Its agenda included over 60 sessions covering the full spectrum of supply chain—from strategy and planning to distribution and logistics. In this post, I will summarize some of my favorite takeaways from the conference.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas. The use cases just keep expanding.

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World Cup 2018 – Transport Planning Challenge & Strategy

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

I’ve been to a lot of concerts, conferences, festivals… But nothing as big as the World Cup. FIFA 2018 World Cup transport planning challenges and strategy. As we are digging up into flow management during the Logistics class, I wondered myself about events that required a really complex organization and planning.

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Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2.

247 Customs Broker

Let’s add Big Data , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the conversation, all of which have been on the menu at this year’s conference. . An example is the way the Kindred robot learns to pick an item – in the best case scenario. The post Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2. Can we talk about robots?