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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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Rise of the Industrial Data Scientist

Logistics Viewpoints

Enter the industrial data scientist, a new breed of data analyst with access to more industrial data than ever before and the advanced technology to translate that information into actionable intelligence. However, leveraging AI requires data science capability, which adds additional complexity to an already complex environment.

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The Top Floor to Shop Floor Production Planning Handoff is Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Meanwhile, inventory optimization and production scheduling are more of a black box. Customers that implement inventory optimization or production scheduling and then turn it off, Mr. Botha argued, often have a lower level of supply chain maturity. They may have a sense that a plant can produce 20,000 units of a product in a week.

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IoT in Logistics “The Maersk Case Study”

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

According to the article “ How IoT can improve the logistic pro ces s ” the internet of things (IoT) provides data, which describes objects “physical assets” for example a good to be transported and distributed worldwide. Cloud based services : this makes easier for the customers to get data faster.

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Real-Time Trackers: A Welcome Labor Solution for Logistics

Among these new tools and technologies, many logistics firms are turning to shipment tracking solutions that address labor constraints by providing real-time location and condition data that allow LSPs, drivers, and receivers to do their jobs more efficiently. Why streamlining data simplifies the logistics role.

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Exiger Has Taken the Supply Chain Risk Market by Storm

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Daniels reports they have 870 employees, so based on a market study recently completed by ARC, this claim is credible. In these situations, a problem at a supplier’s plant is likely to have severe impacts on a company using that supplier’s raw materials and components to make their own products.

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Demand Forecasting: How It Enhances Ecommerce Operations

Ship Monk

As the holiday shopping season reaches its peak, ecommerce business owners everywhere are crossing their fingers, hoping they have enough product in stock and that they didn’t order too much. In truth, demand forecasting, or estimating how much product you’ll sell in the future, is one of the toughest challenges for any ecommerce business.