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Supply Chain Software In The Cloud

Talking Logistics

Cloud-based software applications (also referred to as “software-as-a-service”) have been available for many years, although their adoption has varied by company and application type, especially in the supply chain realm. How receptive is your company to using cloud-based supply chain software?

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Don’t Propagate Chaos with Your Supply Chain Planning System!

Logistics Viewpoints

Kinaxis used to refer to itself as a supply chain planning supplier. In the broad sense, optimization refers to creating plans that help improve supply chain performance. One executive refers to this as “propagating chaos.” Like many enterprise application providers, they had a story to tell about artificial intelligence.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

He was often referred to as a guitar god, playing with blistering speed and bringing the tapping technique to the mainstream. Earlier this week, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen died after a decade-long battle with cancer. One of the coolest stories I have heard about him this week was how he came to play the solo on Michael Jackson’s Beat It.

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Control Towers: If Only There Was A Clear Definition

Supply Chain Shaman

Make sure that the data is harmonized to ensure all data has the same time reference. The reference for supply chain leaders is an airport control tower. Carefully design conrol systems to compare reference data to control theory.) 2) Latency. One client that I visited built a great room to monitor yesterday’s data.

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Gartner Report: Everything You Need to Know About Supply Chain Control Towers

Use –– Best practices and use case references. How are these related to the five building blocks of a supply chain control tower: 1. Technology. Governance. To know everything you need to know about control towers, download this complimentary report from TadaNow today!

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Why Supply Chain Complexity Isn’t a Bad Thing

Logistics Viewpoints

Most professionals I interacted with during my early days in this industry were still referring to “materials management” and “procurement” when they spoke of what we call “supply chain” today. When I started my career the term “supply chain” was just emerging.

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Demand Forecasting in an Inflationary, Supply-Constrained, Semi-Post-Pandemic Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

I once heard a prominent economist refer to influential long-term factors as “ anchors ” to expectations. Not so coincidentally, the link above references an interview where this same economist references the Federal Reserve’s injection of liquidity as an anchor of expectations.

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology. This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity.