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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Plenty of examples of warehousing. But, there are actually many different types of warehouse storage in logistics and supply chains. Looking for a private warehousing definition? Find your way with our full-service warehouse design and consulting services. Their pros and cons. Answers to common warehouse questions.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

Coupa offers a Business Spend Management (BSM) platform based on a public cloud. The platform connects hundreds of organizations representing the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, with millions of suppliers globally. The cloud also allows access to Big Data, which greatly improves the platform’s ability to do machine learning.

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Companies Improve their Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence

Logistics Viewpoints

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. The agent technology is much more complicated than the math.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

From shortages of personal protective equipment to a variety of grocery items to electronics and apparel, coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) has hit the global supply chain in expected and unforeseen ways, and it seems likely that it could take many months to recover. Bringing Analytics to Supply Chain Management.

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Polycrisis, Antifragility, and What’s Missing from Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Wishing your supply chain were strengthened rather than strangled under these conditions? There’s an older term now being applied to supply chains for this capacity: antifragility. As much as we conflate digital transformation with technology, without these missing ingredients your initiative will fail.

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Mars, AB InBev, and the Art of Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability and the concept of “going green” continues to drive a lot of operational initiatives and innovations as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly. Mars and Supply Chain Sustainability. UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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AIMMS mentioned in four areas of Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies

AIMMS

We are really excited to get multiple mentions in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies , which was released in October 2019. We feel like we’ve come a long way with our supply chain focus in recent years and Supply Chain Planning seems like ‘home sweet home,’ with all of our capabilities covered.