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Italy’s Ferrero to Buy U.S. Cereal Icon Kellogg

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confectionary business in 2018. The New York Times reports that the takeover would combine Ferrero, a family-owned company that makes Tic Tacs, Ferrero Rocher candies and Nutella spreads, with the producer of Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other cereals.

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Canadian Postal Workers Ordered to Vote on Final Contract Offer

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CP has recorded annual losses in each year dating back to 2018, and was on pace to completely deplete its cash reserves by Q2 of 2025 before the federal government stepped in with a $1 billion lifeline in January.

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

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has admitted that too much automation was slowing down Tesla’s Model 3 production (Allen, 2018). AI and in specific Machine Learning (ML), can become the focus when discussing Intelligence Augmentation (IA) to improve human capabilities in decision making (Makridakis, 2018). Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Thanksgiving Turkey Supply Chain!

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As such the supply-demand planning of the Frozen Turkey Supply Chain is more concerned with the amount of supply and the volume of demand, with less consideration for meeting last minute, real time delivery needs. This requires a tremendous amount of supply-demand planning, scheduling, time management, and on time delivery.

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How Did AI Hurt Red Lobster But Help ALDI?

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Kenny’s decision-making process circumvented the Company’s normal supply chain and demand planning.” – How a global seafood giant broke Red Lobster, CNN (May 25th, 2024) Red Lobster and AI Red Lobster Achieving Supply Chain Transparency Across 700 Restaurants with FoodLogiQ Connect (October 27th, 2019) “So in 2018, the company’s Total Quality (..)

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What’s the Difference Between Logistics and Distribution?

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Logistics management activities typically include inbound and outbound transportation management, fleet management, warehousing, materials handling, order fulfillment, logistics network design, inventory management, supply/demand planning, and management of third party logistics services providers.” ” [link]. Distribution.

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Breaking the.XLSX Chains: Corporate Venture Supply Chain Software as the Potential Game-Changer

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Breaking the.XLSX Chains: Corporate Venture Supply Chain Software as the Potential Game-Changer From 2018 to 2022, a whopping $55 billion of venture capital poured into supply chain technology. Since Logward’s foundation in April 2018, he is in charge as Chief Executive Officer. This mammoth investment spawned 27 ‘Unicorn’ companies.