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Fixed Logistics Model vs Flexible Logistics Model

Locus

With the supply chains of all businesses going through a transformational shift, it is important for them to make tough decisions concerning logistics models. After the pandemic hit, flexible logistics models helped businesses to easily penetrate into dense urban markets at economical costs. What is fixed logistics?

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

Can you tell me about HEINEKEN’s AIMMS-based Brewing Capacity Model? I understand your team took ownership of this model. Yeah, so there was an existing Brewing Capacity Model which lived in an Excel file. It was taxing to report above the country level with this tool. This was not easy to do with an error-prone tool.

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Zaro Transportation Leverages SONAR to Augment Its Rate Model and Manages Freight Better

FreightWaves SONAR

View the Full Case Study. Using SONAR’s Predictive Rates tool to generate accurate shippers’ prices and offering more competitive rates to LSPs and carriers. And we are continuously using SONAR data to improve our internal rate model and the algorithms that power it. View the Full Case Study. Kunal Dovedy.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

Can you tell me about HEINEKEN’s AIMMS-based Brewing Capacity Model? I understand your team took ownership of this model. Yeah, so there was an existing Brewing Capacity Model which lived in a spreadsheet file. It was taxing to report above the country level with this tool. How did the model come together? .

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology. This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity.

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The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network

Logistics Bureau

Maybe it’s because the tools are out there to do it now, but I’d like to highlight other approaches that are less time-consuming and resource-hungry. We did it all on spreadsheets in the early days because there were no specialist tools around. Now there are great tools, such as Supply Chain Guru and others. Spreadsheet Models.

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The FDA issued an exposure modification order that allows the claim to be made that “scientific studies show that switching completely from conventional cigarettes to IQOS significantly reduces your body’s exposure to harmful or potentially harmful chemicals.”. The tool was able to create a model going out multiple years.