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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Complex supply chains generate more data, which companies can use to drive greater efficiency or engage in innovation that disrupts an entire industry—think Amazon. More data is coming in than ever before.

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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

While COVID did see some modal shifts of everything from wheat to Peloton exercise bikes, there are certainly products that are less likely candidates for shifts. With more easily accessible data and bookings, alternatives to, yes, historically alternative routes suddenly become far more viable.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. Big Data and Analytics With the latest analytics technology, you can further refine your fleet’s efficiency and plan more accurately.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. « Collaborative Platform for Enterprise of Future | Main | Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry » Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support.

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Going Beyond Brokerage: How North American Capacity Solutions Can Go to Work for You

Talking Logistics

It may be time to evaluate your transportation network and approach to procurement and make the move from simply fixing logistics problems as they present themselves to a more strategic, scalable model derived from analytics and not simply rates.

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The water in the well – how much readiness is enough?

Logistics in War

Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the ‘logistics enterprise’ to respond. Thirdly, it articulated the need to protect logistics data which is particularly vulnerable to espionage and manipulation. At present, they aren’t. 1] See Eccles, H.,

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Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element

Logistics Bureau

Often, in our experience, the problem is a human one… It’s not the data, not the process, not the technology, or the strategy, but the people. Pundits typically emphasize data and digital technology when proselytising for the S&OP concept. But what makes it so challenging to implement S&OP successfully? The Demand Planner.