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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. A Positive Example. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

Lately the term “socio-technical system has been starting to show up more and I thought this would be an opportunity to weigh in on what I think it means. People who try to describe the meaning tend to describe a system “that integrates the social and technical aspects” or words like that. The Long Wall Method.

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Artificial Intelligence in Logistics: Current Status & Opportunities

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In a study by INFORM and Logistik today , experts from various logistics disciplines see the most important areas of application for ML in demand forecasting and sales planning, transport optimization (e.g., through autonomous transport systems), and production optimization. Nevertheless, it is far from having arrived in the industry.

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. Not understanding that supply chain is a complex system.

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HRM and Logistics, Take 2

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Learning and Development/Training => Unit that pushes innovation forward by training staff in the latest approaches, technologies, and concepts to do the job most efficiently. A Logistics Manager tends to be in charge of designing logistic models that can revolve around Queuing Theory. And the model will remain In the theory.

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TMS in the Cloud: Some Lingering Misconceptions

Talking Logistics

I’ve been researching the Transportation Management Systems (TMS) market for over 18 years and obviously a lot has changed over that time period. And through advancements in system architectures, companies are able to extend the solutions with their own development. Did the company have any questions or concerns with either model?

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7 Key Strategies To Keep Up With Changing Last-mile Customer Expectations

Locus

Take last-mile deliveries for example. Consistently failIng to do so means definitely losing their confidence, which reduces your revenue, and a decline in profitability. The advanced route planning feature in a dispatch management platform factors in real-world constraints for determining the most efficient routes.