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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. The forecaster should not assume there will be a similar spike in sales next January in Phoenix.

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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Nevertheless, over the past few years there have been some significant changes in the manufacturing sector, including the maturation of additive manufacturing and the emergence of the Internet of Things (often referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)). Manufacturing trends. ”[1] Those arguments still hold.

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The Basics of Clearing Customs with Christopher Wall

The Logistics of Logistics

Christopher is also a partner at Phoenix Asset Management, a California-based venture capital fund, and software holding company. Manufacturer or Supplier. Christopher Wall is the Founder and CEO of Zeus Logics , a next-gen digital customs brokerage platform. If shipping by ocean, the customer provides an ISF (f.k.a. Ship to Party.

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NeoGrid’s Chief Operating Officer to co-present session at 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

NeoGrid, a global technology provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, has announced that chief operating officer Gilson Torii will co-present a session at the 2017 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference scheduled for 22-25 May in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Modeling Supply Chains with “Digital Twins”

ToolsGroup

At the recent Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, analyst Marc Halpern clarified three key concepts about supply chain digital twins in his presentation “Busting the Myth of Digital Twins to Deliver Value.” The experience of our customer SKF, the world’s largest bearings manufacturer , bears this out.

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Guest Commentary: P.O. Management Programs – Know Pain, Know Gain!

Talking Logistics

The company maps and measures manufacturing lead times and combines it with experienced transit timelines for more accurate order lifecycle requirements. Robinson through the acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in 2012. Logistics staff manages transportation costs through mode and carrier selection guidelines.

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Do Supply Chain Planning systems generate any value?

Kinaxis

Lora is running the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit next week in Phoenix, and one of the agenda items is about the Supply Chain Index she has been working on. Did anyone see that wonderful spoof in which a daughter gives her elderly father an iPad who then uses it as a cutting board? This is Lora’s point. Unfortunately I cannot be there.