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Demand Forecasting: How It Enhances Ecommerce Operations

Ship Monk

Demand forecasting has more to do with consumer interest in your product, trends in the marketplace, and how these and other factors could affect your future day-to-day operations. Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them.

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

This was written four years before I first encountered Toyota Kata , and reflected my experience as a lean director operating within a $2billion slice of a global manufacturing company. Kaizen Events. Are neither necessary nor sufficient to implement [our operating system]. Kaizen tools included. Kaizen tools included.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. Cooper uses this solution to improve their service levels and operational efficiencies. A customer of the risk solutions begins by listing key suppliers.

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15 Aerial Lift Safety Tips for Operators, Managers, and Pedestrians

Conger

This article is all about aerial lift safety tips for operators, managers, and pedestrians. Inspect Before Operating. Objects falling from the lift, such as tools or materials, can strike someone beneath the lift. Aerial lifts can tip over if operated on uneven or unstable terrain. The most common aerial lifts hazards.

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2020

AIMMS

This promises to be a very eventful year. operations will be powered by 100% renewable energy this year. Dubbed YAFO, the modeling tool also helps users understand how forests will adapt to a changing climate, drawing on data from multiple European countries. . What’s on the horizon for supply chain professionals?

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Supply chain recovery hinges on incorporating robust data analytics and other data-driven tools into business operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs and proactively manage risk. Supply chains will survive COVID-19, of course, but not without interim pain and structural change. We can’t operate the way we have.

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Service-Level Agreements Maximize Efficiency, Preserve Relationships

Blue Grace Logistics

These agreements should include measurable expectations while leaving enough room for flexibility and agility on both sides in the event of extreme market disruptions like those seen over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Trompeter emphasized the importance of collecting and tracking data via business intelligence tools.