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Infor Nexus is Taking an Interesting Approach to Generative AI

Logistics Viewpoints

A good example is saying “What are my demurrage issues at the Port of Long Beach?” This check involves connecting carrier contract data and shipment dwell times. They look at the data and ask themselves, “is this a problem?” It is data in context. The digital assistant becomes that analyst. It is a visual control.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

This is where big data technologies come into play. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics. Logistics and transport service providers create enormous data records as they manage the flow of goods. These data include information such as types of goods, location, weight, size, origin, and destination.

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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

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The supply chain nodes which were once deemed to be relatively static have become far more dynamic in the recent past. The rapid shifts to eCommerce during the pandemic caused retailers and brand owners alike to flex their network nodes (where goods are made and inventories are stocked) significantly.

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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

The devices will improve visibility by transmitting data on a real-time basis from each container. Tracking devices from Nexxiot and ORBCOMM are being installed that will provide location data based on GPS, measure temperature, and monitor any sudden shocks to the container. It has so many data points.”.

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The Future of Ocean Data Sharing and Visibility

Talking Logistics

How are these advancements improving the way data is shared in ocean transportation? Andrew explains that, “Due to regulatory changes, every truck has to have an [ELD] device for tracking data. This data is collected via APIs, eliminating the need for EDI transactions. Timely data is an important factor enabling them to do that.

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Why are WMS Sales so Persistent? Here is How I Learned of WMS’ Ongoing Importance

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, “maximize revenues within a theoretical facility that had two constraints.” This was a technical process, applied in a fairly simple fashion to an extremely high-level set of examples. But it applied them in greater detail to aggregate supply and demand across numerous nodes. What about the data quality?

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

Logistics Viewpoints

A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. Those insights are driven from data connections across the vast amounts of data these companies have access to. There are vendors that supply this data.