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

Logistics Viewpoints

The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? For example, last year Germany established the legal framework to enable the introduction of self-driving trucks, And their use is already a reality in some states of the USA.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. As an example, let’s say that as a part of its customer service promise, your company guarantees its customers that they will receive their orders within 24 hours. Distribution Network Costs. Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?

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The Inventory Accuracy “Confidence Gap”

Talking Logistics

Our 2018 study tells us a greater percentage of Above Average Performers have “High Confidence” in inventory accuracy across all supply chain nodes compared to Average & Below Performers. For more research results, including insights on the role and importance of distributed order management (DOM), download the full report.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

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Based on ARC Advisory Group’s recently released study of the market, this puts them in the top 5. A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. When it comes to the constrain-based models, Mr. Gottemukkala continued, it’s not just about modeling the factories and the distribution centers.

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

Here are a few examples: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. In short, blockchain by itself does not solve the “garbage in, garbage out” data quality problem; you’ll still have garbage data, but in a distributed ledger that’s better encrypted and traceable.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

With all that in mind, I thought I’d share some examples of the highs and lows of online and in-store retail that enterprises have endured between late 2019 and early 2021, and highlight some of the most notable changes in the retail supply chain arena during that period. In 2019, I mentioned the fact that Amazon is a tough act to follow.