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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’.

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Top 3 Reasons to Deploy TMS Solutions in 2019

Supply Chain Collaborator

That drove contract rates up 15% for the first ten months of this year, compared to the same period in 2017.” Top Reason # 1 – Supply Chain Automation is Key to Competitive Advantage in Any Economy. DAT analysts are projecting a slower first quarter as is typical of seasonality, but then a rebounding, strong Q2.