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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. A digital twin would give every decision-making team a better understanding of how to handle that new ship-from-store policy and help manage fulfillment through multiple and varied channels.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley (Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper), three urgent care centers, and more than 100 outpatient offices from Southeastern Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore.

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Supply Chain Leaders Prepare For The Long Haul. Caution: It Will Be Gray.

Supply Chain Shaman

While my town in Pennsylvania is releasing restrictions, and people are starting to gather again in large groups, I say, “We cannot be too careful.”. Supply chain management as a discipline—a set of flows combining the processes of source, make and deliver together to drive value– is relatively new. A Long Road Ahead.

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Barcoding: The Holiday Lifesaver

AB&R

Businesses need to be able to hit the ground running, preparing to help customers quickly on the storefront, while warehouse workers ensure the appropriate inventory quantities are available, and that customers’ purchases are shipped to the correct address on time. Sources Cited. [1] Barcoding is cost-effective. HAVE QUESTIONS?

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

Identifying Potential Fraud : Grover notes, “Big Data can be put to use to detect frauds which could take hours of manpower and numerous interviews to zero-in on the likely source.” ” Although the above discussion may make it sound like using advanced analytics is straight forward and easy, that’s not the case.

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Accessing Bathrooms

Cathy Roberson

(Source: Reddit ) There’s been a lot of supply chain pains over the years, many of which are well documented – port congestion, capacity issues, rising spot rates, plunging spot rates, hidden fees, maxed out warehouses – just to name a few but one that I’m still trying to wrap my head around is access to bathrooms.

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4 Tips for Finding and Hiring Millennials for Supply Chain Careers

RFgen

Shipping, handling and other distribution tasks occur behind the scenes. Many millennials people view inventory, shipping and warehouse management jobs as grunt work and don’t recognize the potential of such positions or the training that goes into the career, according to Supply Chain Brain. Innovative Recruiting.