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How Can Supply Chain Leaders Use Big Data as a Tool to Continuously Improve?

GlobalTranz

As explained in a previous blog post, continuous improvement in an organization can be achieved through the use of performance measurement tools via big data. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post How Can Supply Chain Leaders Use Big Data as a Tool to Continuously Improve? Performance Measurement and Management.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

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We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. INFOGRAPHIC: 3D Printing and the Supply Chain to Drastically Alter Manufacturing: Who would have thought that modern manufacturing could be done without a factory? What is the new-growth factory for a company?In

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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Those brands include Pepsi, of course, but also Lay’s, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos, and Gatorade. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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5 Automated Logistics Technologies Predictions for Success in 2018

GlobalTranz

The ongoing self-optimization process of modern systems will give rise to smart, intelligent factories and logistics networks. Cross-platform development tools will enable integrations between existing systems and these automated logistics technologies, like chat-bots, in order to power the digital omnichannel supply chain.

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The (Internet of Things) IOT Supply Chain Benefits Now Coming Clearer

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However, over the course of several months, this slight change in pressure could cause permanent damage to the machine, or it may cause additional problems for other aspects of the manufacturing process. For example, a subtle change in hydraulic pressure may still permit the machine to operate. The supply chain will adore the IoT.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

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In 1994 Reza Raji described the concept in IEEE Spectrum as “[moving] small packets of data to a large set of nodes, so as to integrate and automate everything from home appliances to entire factories” However, only in 1999 did the field start gathering momentum.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

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Being able to blend systems and implement tools on a scalable basis is what sets the technology of the future apart from the unwieldy enterprise-wide software packages that were popular in the previous era,” said Marshbank. 2016 Supply Chain Trend #3: Augmented Reality a.k.a But what does Artificial Intelligence mean in the supply chain?