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Data Quality: Your Digital Transformation Depends on It

Logistics Viewpoints

In a prior post , I wrote about the various ways data is transforming global supply chains. Data is the raw fuel of digital transformation and the linchpin to accelerating industry collaboration, automation, predictive insights and so many more cutting-edge capabilities (including those yet to be invented). So, what is quality data?

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The Definition of Transparency

Blue Grace Logistics

As it is with most problems there is a lack of a clear and concise definition, according to an MIT study which conducted a survey of the apparel industry only to find wildly different results. Another explanation for being slow to act is inaccurate data coming from upstream, assuming there is data to be had at all.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

Data the “new” gold, is in high demand all over the world and especially now in the shipping and freight industry. But just data alone is not going to assist. Data and its usage must be standardised and there must be a standardised approach to digitalisation. So that Industry Blueprint was quite crucial.

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Cardinal Health Invests in Visibility to Improve Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. Brian Rice, their chief information officer, stated in the annual report that “data is critical to everything we do as a company, and to our future growth.

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Customer remains focal point for the future of intralogistics

Logistics Business Magazine

But this also means a door has opened for companies to walk through it and grab hold of new opportunities to optimize their business models. BB: Firstly, there is the potential of digitalization, particularly the growing importance of data- and cloud-based solutions. BB: We bring together all of a customer’s data points.

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“The focal point of intralogistics remains the customer”

Logistics Business Magazine

But this also means a door has opened for companies to walk through it and grab hold of new opportunities to optimise their business models. A: Firstly, there is the potential of digitalisation, particularly the growing importance of data- and cloud-based solutions. A: We bring together all of a customer’s data points.

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KPIs to assist manufacturers and distributors with supply chain challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The definition of “on-time” can vary depending on the shipping method and if partial deliveries occur but should be based upon the agreed date. Manufacturers need to set a base level using internal data and then measure the percentage change up or down against time.