Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 2, 2025

Drip Big Data. Business leaders are unable to access planning data and model outcomes. We have not designed the planning systems to serve managers, directors, and vice presidents, aiming to improve decision-making and collaboration across the source, make, and deliver processes. Industry 4.0. The Connected Supply Chain.

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Logility

APRIL 21, 2023

“That disruption data is foundational for supply chain processes that companies build in the future.” Acquiring this repository of historical data and real-time information, known collectively as big data, has become a natural part of doing business.

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Logility

MARCH 14, 2023

It’s no longer considered magic because we now have advanced analytics systems that harness and organize massive amounts of disparate data and model that big data in ways that allow humans to be proactive and make informed decisions. How can big data lead to supply chain optimization?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 21, 2021

He writes, “To gain resilience, agility, and faster more accurate decision-making capabilities with the aim of futureproofing operations, supply chain and manufacturing organizations must implement technologies to link silos in which data and processes sit.” The post Big Data, Analytics, and Industry 4.0

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 7, 2015

Big data utilization is the wave of the future for all aspects of business including supply chain management. The problem is that not every company has the resources to begin the process of big data management and have yet to see the extent of benefits it can provide to analyze and use such data management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. I hate the term Big Data. So, in summary, today, we don’t have a big data problem. Instead, and more exciting, I believe that we have a big data OPPORTUNITY! I believe that data matters.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Background Expert opinions appear to be the most important source of information for a trend prediction. More details can be found as below, 7 Megatrends 1) Big Data as a product : large companies have invested in the software system so they can mine the big data in-house. How can we identify them really?

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Supply Chain Opz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Data analytics or “Big Data” also bears huge potential for increasing supply chain efficiencies. Better detection of demand trends, and active control of demand variation by promotions and advertising bears the potential to curb variability at its source.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

So, as we think about the drivers for the tipping points—and the coalescence of new forms of analytics with big data systems, 3D printing, and the Internet of Things—there is a need in this value network to quickly to automate the supply chain moments of truth. Big data supply chains Bricks Matter'

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

What is Source to Pay (S2P)? Yet in the case of source to pay, it is wholly justified. That said, many organizations, including large enterprises, may not think in terms of source to pay as an end-to-end process, if they think about it at all. Or rather, it should not, in a data-driven environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

This is because most classical planning solutions lack the modeling capability and computing power to accommodate different data sources, large SKU count, and detailed constraints and contingencies to build an immediately executable plan. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Procurement, activities such as strategic sourcing, are one of the main processes in the supply chains that can generate a positive impact on companies by giving them a competitive advantage in the market. Strategic sourcing can help supply chain leaders identify potential risk factors and develop procurement mitigation plans.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

Philip Evans shares how today’s consumer is sharing a colossal amount of data to come to a buying decision. Some people call this “Big Data”. Others consider how this “data” is used, and use the term “Omni-Channel” or “Internet of Things”. They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

They write, “This includes tackling bigger issues such as compliance, supplier relationship management, risk and disruption, responsible sourcing, and transparency. “AI allows you to integrate real-time data from various sources, helping you devise more efficient delivery routes and schedules.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sourcing and procurement comes in close second at 88 percent, followed by innovation at 87 percent. Sourcing and Procurement In sourcing and procurement, the top focus area for 2024 continues to be supplier/vendor relationship management (SRM). With the continued challenges facing supply chains, that is no surprise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2023

In short, what does an organization need to do when they learn data is bad? Companies need to determine whether they can resolve a given data quality issue, or whether they need to go back to external providers who were the source of the data. While Big Data is a popular concept, most companies are drowning in data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The term is a spin-off of the “Big Data” work from the open source innovation of the last decade. Ironically, supply chains are big data problems where the buyers have little understanding of the new technology approaches. I first encountered the term “digital transformation” in 2011.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

It combines decisions across sell, deliver, make and source processes to drive value based outcomes. As a result, they are championing the collection and use of channel data, and the building of outside-in processes based on customer consumption. This includes optimization and discrete event simulation. I hope that this helps.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 27, 2018

Transitioning from hype to reality, artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining momentum across industries thanks to an explosion in computing power and storage, the emergence of IoT (Internet of Things) and big data, and algorithmic advances. Machine learning.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Companies across all industries and sizes struggle to make sense of and value from the available mountains of data. Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. Figure 1: Demystifying Data Units.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. On September 30, the big data company Palantir went public in an initial 22B$ market valuation. I am frequently asked, “Can a big data data science company help to alleviate the current market pain in the supply chain?”

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Enterra Insights

MAY 23, 2022

Carey Wodehouse, Senior Manager of Creative Content at Pure Storage asserts, “Through big data analytics, organizations can predict emerging trends and discover valuable insights that help them make strategic decisions.”[4] Thriving in competitive business markets is just a dream without big data analytics.”

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2017

Harnessing Big Data. Technology has created an extraordinary amount of data ; within this data there is great opportunity, but it also can be overwhelming. The industrial internet of things (IIoT) has exponentially increased the amount of data produced. Drive for Efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. This includes internal and external data sources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 26, 2023

Or there is no true relationship management in the structured data models in Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Or a unified data model across source, make, and deliver for planning? In contrast, a graph database is a non-linear data structure based on vertices and edges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2021

While rates and costs are top of mind, sourcing and capturing capacity is the first priority in many industries.” Finally, the freight under management feeds the ability of the managed trans provider to leverage Big Data in their systems to provide better insights and value to their customers. Managed Trans is Strategic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. Big data supply chains Demand Market-Driven New technologies Risk management Sales and Operations Planning Supply Chain network design technologies Supply chain planning' These technologies are applicable to solve many problems. We hope to see you there!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Demand forecasts are improved with access to downstream data (point of sale, Nielsen retail data, and access to competitor promotion schedules). Other external data, like industry data or economic data, is used for other types of forecasts. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Supply chain leaders were slow to adopt advances in Big Data Analytics. In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization, increasing access to China as both a channel and a supply source. This did not improve during the pandemic, and most companies are busy investing in AI-based engines using enterprise data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

The data sourced from Y charts was charted by Regina Denman and shared with the statistics department at Georgia Tech. The bad news is that this is in conflict with traditional modeling of single outputs in traditional Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). I look forward to your feedback.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

As an old gal attending multiple conferences (more than I would like at times), I have listened to speakers waft eloquently about the value of concepts like networks, big data, industry 4.0, Each has a cycle, typically a large investment, but leaves no fairy dust residue. and digital supply chains. Did these investments drive value?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 21, 2016

Here is a summary of these five key data processing steps to help streamline and automate supply chain data analysis. Pre-configured and adaptable data connectors can enable your business users to easily tap into nearly any data system. Create new tables, append values to existing tables, or update existing table values.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Go to the source. Data Everywhere, Insights Are Few. In one of the case studies, a manufacturer reported that they had 1700 employees with the term “data” in their title, but they lacked insights. I encourage all to explore the data available and how to drive insights.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 15, 2023

Big Data Analytics and AI are at the forefront of this technological revolution, offering unprecedented opportunities for retailer agencies and agents to optimize their operations and enhance customer experience.”[1] In doing so, it appears they are not so crazy. Improving Customer Experience. .”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation. It’s the promise of Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. Big Data, Social Media, Cloud Computing, and Mobile will continue to dominate the headlines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They would ask how social can impact their supply chain source, make and deliver processes. Big data supply chains Demand Supply Chain Jive Lithium social social enterprise networking socialcast supply chain supply chain insights yammer' They would take the steps to be market driven. Are supply chain organizations doing this?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. But in 2021, “all of a sudden there were just completely random shortages that occurred with no warning.” Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time.

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