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LLMs, Optimization and Automation: Supply Chain’s Defenses Against Market Swings

Blue Grace Logistics

Three technologies have emerged as game-changers for third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain experts: large language models (LLMs), freight optimization platforms and no-code automation. These AI-driven models can understand and generate human-like text based on the input provided. The answer lies in data.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. When most people hear the word “optimization,” they immediately think about minimizing costs. But optimization is much more than that! Let’s continue with this analogy.

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Distribution Network Optimization: Modeling Tools Won’t Give You the Answer

Kane is Able

Distribution network optimization has become a white-hot topic these days as “the Amazon effect” leads businesses to evaluate how quickly they can get products to customers. Warehouse optimization modeling exercises examine the upside of being closer to customers versus the downside of carrying more inventory in more locations.

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New Business Model to Master Shopfloor Complexity and Competitive Threats

Logistics Viewpoints

Another way to solve operational complexity is by adopting new business models. One of the most compelling new models is software built upon location awareness and in-motion resource management that intelligently automates manual decisions to decrease complexity.

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The Essential Supply Chain Network Design Tooling Checklist

Dedicated supply chain network design software is fuelled by intuitive scenario analysis capabilities on the front end and powerful mathematical optimization on the back end. Answer 10 relevant questions and find out if your needs qualify for advanced network design & scenario modeling technology.

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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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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain optimization has also improved in significant ways that can address these trade-offs better than before. Analytical techniques like linear programming can create the mathematically “optimal” plan, but these methods must be implemented well to avoid creating other challenges. Supply chain optimization for today’s realities.

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Guide to Mathematical Optimization & Modeling

For decades, operations research professionals have been applying mathematical optimization to address challenges in the field of supply chain planning, manufacturing, energy modeling, and logistics. This guide is ideal if you: Want to understand the concept of mathematical optimization.