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…the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, is uniquely positioned to assist companies with digital transformation as the only vendor listed in Gartner’s multienterprise network as well as both supply chain planning Magic Quadrants. E2open has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant as the vendor with the highest overall score in its November 2018 Magic Quadrant for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks. Download the complimentary 2018 report to see Gartner’s take on the market with their evaluation of E2open and the other vendors. As the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, Gartner…
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…all job postings, according to Indeed.com. But while “data science” may sound cut-and-dried to outsiders, the practitioners who really deserve their big bucks are anything but. Making data science sing is a matter of mastering statistics, math and programming, and then deploying them to derive insights using the same business understanding - and gut instinct - that drives most company-executive decisions. Which, of course, means that only a fraction of data scientists do their jobs well. Data Is Money The average data scientist today earns $123,000 a year, according to Indeed.com. But the operating term here is “today,” since data…
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…an art to some. But it’s most definitely a science. Over time, you develop ideas about how to improve a process. But until you can actually prove it, it’s just a hypothesis. That’s why truckload and supply chain research is so important. Because the findings can actually prove (or disprove) a theory. The results can improve your truckload rates and services and ultimately help you develop better working relationships with carriers. C.H. Robinson and TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, teamed up with students from MIT to research lead time. Here’s a quick overview of some of the top findings…
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Many people think supply chain research is boring and it is the ivory tower that they don’t need to climb. This article will show you why research is relevant to you and how to study without damaging your brain! Background What is Supply Chain Research? In layman’s terms, research is the way you solve problems in a systematic manner and, you know very well, problems are part of the business environment. The reason people feel a research or scholar article is a turn-off because they don’t know which one they should read, which one they shouldn’t. Not Everything is Equal…
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…a crucial player in the global semiconductor industry. More Supply Chain News Indiana Tests Futuristic Highway that Can Charge EVs While Driving USPS Sees Increase in Revenue but Overall Net Loss in Q2 Shipping Dispute Heats Up: Peloton vs. Flexport Williams-Sonoma Hit with Record Fine For Misleading Customers “Today's announcement is a massive win for Canada and our dynamic tech sector. It will create high-paying jobs, invest in innovation, strengthen supply chains, and help make sure the most advanced technologies are Canadian-made. Semiconductors power the world, and we're putting Canada at the forefront of that opportunity,” said Justin Trudeau, Prime…
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…customers with real-time decision engines to optimize material and information flow in the supply chain. The acquisition, which is subject to approval by Reddwerks’ shareholders and other customary closing conditions, will enhance Dematic’s existing software suite and deliver additional value to Dematic customer solutions. Ulf Henriksson, Dematic President and CEO stated, “The global supply chain needs to be flexible, responsive and agile, empowered to deliver goods to consumers on demand. Retailers and manufacturers need to be positioned to respond to this dynamic demand.” “The only way to effectively achieve responsive order fulfillment is through an automated supply chain, powered by…
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…article will examine these logics, the 7 myths of supply chain management and explain why you should avoid them. Background While doing the research for the book ”Operations Rules: Delivering Customer Value Through Flexible Operations”, Professor David Simchi-Levi of MIT found that there are certain kind of barriers that prevent companies from achieving better performance. These barriers are basic principles that make lots of sense but often yield less than desirable results. These “myths” are presented on the infographic below and will be explained more in the following section. Today’s Business Challenges Operations and supply chain pundits have long emphasized…
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…extensive effects than ever before, and manufacturers and their supply networks may not be prepared for the risks. For cyber risk to be adequately addressed in the age of Industry 4.0, cybersecurity strategies should be secure, vigilant, and resilient, as well as fully integrated into organizational and information technology strategy from the start. A new study conducted by Deloitte confirms what many supply chain managers have long suspected: Cyber breaches are on the rise for major companies. According to Deloitte, the U.S. manufacturing sector is “woefully unprepared” for the cyber threats associated with new connected technology. In the study “Industry…
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Untangling Quantum Entanglement in the Supply Chain & Logistics In Erwin Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment, a cat is trapped in a box with a bit of poison the release of which is controlled by a quantum process. The cat, therefore, exists in a quantum state of being both dead and alive until somebody opens the box and finds the cat either dead or alive. The perplexing phenomenon of quantum entanglement is central to quantum computing, quantum networking, and the fabric of space and time. The famous “Jim twins,” separated soon after birth in the 1940s, seemed to live parallel lives…
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…and new product launches?” “Am I able to allocate supply in real time across my entire network to maximize revenues?” “Are we able to reduce our freight costs and maintain on time deliveries?” “Do we have any opportunities to reduce inventories while simultaneously improving customer service levels?” These are the types of questions being asked by business executives who are under pressure to increase sales, decrease risk, and improve profitability on a daily basis. To be effective, executives need a set of core master data about customers, products, locations, vendors, and suppliers in order to answer these questions. Today these…
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…Barbara Melvin oversees the SCPA's terminal operations, carrier sales, information technology and support services, intermodal, inland ports, crane and equipment maintenance, engineering, environmental, Port Police, procurement, the logistics solution center, and cruise operations. Ms. Melvin also serves as the SCPA’s lead staff person on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Project. On July 1, 2022, Ms. Melvin will become president and CEO of South Carolina Ports. Melvin will be the sixth leader in the history of the port and the first woman to lead a top 10 U.S. operating container port. During her 20-plus years with SCPA, Ms. Melvin has held…
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…said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. “This vista of starry fireworks and glowing gas is a fitting image for our celebration of 25 years of amazing Hubble science.” The sparkling centerpiece of Hubble’s silver anniversary fireworks is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2, named for Swedish astronomer Bengt Westerlund, who discovered the grouping in the 1960s. The cluster resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Carina. To capture this image, Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 pierced through…
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…FORTUNE article written by Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences at IBM, Guha states “there are tell-tale signs that Moore’s Law is slowing, and we are almost certain that the law will cease to hold within a decade.” In 1950, at a time when there were fewer than 10 digital computers worldwide, Bill Pfann, a 33-year-old scientist at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, discovered a method that could be used to purify elements, such as germanium and silicon. He could not possibly have imagined then that this discovery would enable the silicon microchip and the rise of the computer industry,…
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…innovative outcomes, such as a cloud platform for commercial supply chains being used to rapidly develop applications for the U.S. Marine Corps and the healthcare industry. To understand what I’m talking about, there are three concepts that you first need to understand: multi-tenancy; network tenancy; and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). PaaS. The idea here is that enterprises can build applications for themselves and for each other that run on a cloud-based platform. This is already recognized as a major trend. As long ago as 2011, Gartner was already proclaiming it to be “the year of PaaS”, and since then the concept has…
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…going to have an even bigger impact on their supply chains. The 2013 holiday period demonstrated customers’ willingness to shop online. Retailers are becoming reliant on e-commerce sales to boost overall results – particularly during holiday periods – and are introducing new ways to maintain customer satisfaction levels. ‘Click-and-collect’ services, where consumers order products online for pick-up in store or at another designated location is a great example. These services are particularly popular with busy web-savvy buyers of groceries, fashion and electronics who can’t wait at home during the day for deliveries and prefer to pick up goods at a…