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

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For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. As an example, let’s say that as a part of its customer service promise, your company guarantees its customers that they will receive their orders within 24 hours. Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

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A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. For example, for a yogurt company, decision of where to ship a short lifecycle product coming out of a factory is done daily because “demand can shift in very short time frames.” Gottemukkala asserts. Thus, the initial plan must be modified.

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How to Successfully Implement a Transportation Management System

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The cost saving and service improvement benefits of a transportation management system (TMS) are well documented. Geoff says you still have to do the requirements document and set priorities, but it’s important to get the right people involved. What are the key ingredients to a successful TMS implementation?

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

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Some try delving into deep learning or a crash course in generative AI (GenAI), but I don’t recommend starting there. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think.

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Blockchain Technology is Set to Transform the Supply Chain

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It exists in multiple copies spread over multiple computers, typically known as nodes. The nodes connected to the blockchain network get updated versions of the ledger every time a new transaction takes place. Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 14-18, 2019)

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The only remaining and responsible course of action is to proceed to liquidation. In the pilot, two large global chemical companies facilitate document and data transfer of invoices, purchase orders, delivery tenders and proof-of-delivery posts. An EU official will now visit all 27 capitals to coordinate no-deal plans.