Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Solvoyo has a metric they call the user acceptance rate. This metric measures the percentage of time the planners accept replenishment, transportation, or inventory plans as they are without any change in the timing of the delivery or the quantity to be delivered. We have lots of functions, lots of analytics, lots of reports.”

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Logility

MAY 18, 2020

Chances are, if you’re in marketing, sales, or one of the more technical aspects of business, you’ve used predictive analytics in some part of your job. But your company doesn’t have to be a retail giant to use predictive analytics. using predictive analytics?built built into their supply chain analytics software.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Erika is Vice President of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Currently Vice President of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, she leads the vision, strategy, and execution of advanced security protections. Erika holds a Ph.D.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Technologies such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and predictive analytics enable smarter inventory management, real-time tracking, and predictive maintenance, reducing waste and costs. This pillar is about creating value, reducing risks, and positioning the organization for long-term success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Key technologies like blockchain, IoT, and AI offer foundational support for DPPs by ensuring data security, real-time monitoring, and advanced analytics. This integration includes tracking individual components and collecting data on environmental impact, including sustainability metrics such as carbon footprint and recyclability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. Build capabilities to manage planning master data. What to do?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. Build capabilities to manage planning master data. What to do?

Analytics Software 195

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

That’s where data analytics comes in. By harnessing the power of data science and analytics, you can gain end-to-end visibility across your entire network, breaking down information silos and optimizing every stage of your operations. In this post, we’ll explore how data analytics can revolutionize your supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Predictive analytics helps logistics companies anticipate disruptions and adapt proactively. Set Measurable Goals: Establish clear targets for emissions reduction, energy efficiency, and sustainability metrics. AI-powered warehouse management improves inventory flow and reduces waste.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 25, 2025

This democratization of advanced analytics allows businesses of all sizes to benefit from sophisticated techniques once available only to enterprise organizations with dedicated data science teams.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Maturity in Analytics.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2025

Forecasting has evolved into a sophisticated science, combining historical data, real-time market signals, and predictive analytics. Retailers implementing these solutions are seeing improvements in customer engagement metrics and repeat purchase rates.

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Arkieva

DECEMBER 4, 2024

KPIs: More Than Metrics – They’re Tools for Change was first posted on December 4, 2024 at 11:02 am. Learn how to design effective supply chain KPIs that drive organization change, align teams, and improve performance with actionable insights.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

BOSTON, February 16, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has partnered with Planalytics to integrate their weather-driven demand (WDD) analytics with ToolsGroup’s retail planning solutions, enabling customers to isolate, measure, and manage the influence of weather on their businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1 billion to $23.07 billion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And the linked nature of supply chains mean that collaboration is necessary to ensure that a solution to a problem doesn’t meet the metrics for one link but negatively impact another. Underlying both are analytics, which allow you to understand that impact by having the richest information available to make the best decisions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). A focus on functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance.) We Give to You.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

There is so much data, and to make use of it, we need to use data mining and analytics to drive meaningful insights that can be put to some good use. Now, we can do better than that by using advanced analytics, which can be extended to include more dimensions, such as trends, and provide further insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. Out of desperation, they turned to the use of descriptive analytics. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics. What are functional metrics? Start small and test and learn.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you want to gain more supply chain analytics knowledge, you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled a list of 10 great supply chain analytics books to help you better understand the concepts and strategies behind this vital business field.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Developing Analytical Skills Data analysis is at the heart of effective supply chain management. MTSS platforms support the development of these analytical skills by integrating advanced tools and resources that allow learners to engage with real-world data sets.

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Taulia

DECEMBER 6, 2024

How are companies rethinking their liquidity management strategies in response to the recent degradation across major working capital metrics? In the wake of economic uncertainty, many companies have experienced a degradation in key working capital metrics.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll examine the key components of efficient supply chains, explore essential performance metrics, and uncover the fundamental drivers that influence efficiency. Efficient supply chains strengthen collaborative relationships through automated communication systems and shared performance metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is my hope that we can side-step political discussions demonstrated in my stories and ground the problem solving in scientific methods to understand the properties of data, the potential of supply chains through modeling, and the alignment of metrics. Relative Importance of Supply Chain Skills. All the best in your journey.

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Logility

MARCH 14, 2023

The Science and practice of predictive analytics is well established and rapidly gaining ground in the public and private sectors. How would your supply chain decision-making be enhanced if you had the power to harness the data of the past into decisions for the future using predictive analytics modeling?

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Silvon Software

APRIL 11, 2024

Without analytical tools and methodologies, navigating through vast amounts of data can be overwhelming. Nonetheless, when harnessed through analytics, data transforms into a powerhouse of valuable insights. Data stands as the cornerstone of the global economy, offering significant leverage to businesses poised for expansion.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. In the survey, 48% of companies were driving digital transformation, but the only element that improved performance was descriptive analytics. Tougher than most understand. The answer is not digital transformation. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A shift from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard. I like the use of growth, margin, inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital, customer service and ESG metrics. The focus on functional metrics sub-optimizes balance sheet results. Funny, isn’t it?

S&OP 351

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) Look for the full report next week.).

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chains must be connected and collaborative so all links can align to business strategy and oriented toward a common set of the most important metrics (and not functional metrics that drive siloed behavior). But to operate at the board level we need to be able to speak the CFO’s language. Spike up to protect against attack.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Identify metrics, analytics and projects to drive business improvements. There were two primary issues to the discussion: how do we accomplish the goal of operational excellence and where do we start? One place to start is in assembling a well-represented, well-formed steering committee.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

This requires using advanced analytics to analyze historical demand patterns, link the demand peaks to the promotional offers, and adjust future forecasts based on planned promotions. The solution of incorporating promotions while managing inventory lies in data analytics.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. The metrics that underpin MRP could be described as the balls in this juggling act. This article takes an in-depth look at the crucial metrics every supply chain professional needs to know.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. By comparison, vendors have been investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to enhance their offerings. versus $4.84

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

While supply chain software companies offer solutions that come with analytic solutions, the data used for the analytics is usually archived data. But this conference was focused on a near real-time analytics solution they developed called Rebus. Here “near real-time” is defined as a refresh of key metrics every five minutes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Analytical techniques like linear programming can create the mathematically “optimal” plan, but these methods must be implemented well to avoid creating other challenges. Fusing analytical approaches improves the math behind optimization, but to avoid highly-efficient silos it should be paired with concurrent planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But you don’t just have to wait to see what has happened; planners can proactively create scenarios to simulate decisions and weigh trade-offs on the metrics that matter across the network, not just one link at a time. A change to one link (e.g. increased materials lead times) triggers the impact across the rest of the chain (e.g.

Inventory Reduction 331

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