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Top 3 Reasons to Deploy TMS Solutions in 2019

Supply Chain Collaborator

There are three absolutely critical reasons to finally implement a new logistics IT solution (or to replace the inferior one you already have) in 2019. Contract rates remain high in spite of the potential for a cooling economy in 2019. Top Reason # 1 – Supply Chain Automation is Key to Competitive Advantage in Any Economy.

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Intelligent IBP – The Rise of Autonomous

Supply Chain Trend

Intelligent automation will change this. Automating the supply chain. Automation has been happening for hundreds of years. We now have automated production facilities, warehouses, and transport in our physical supply chain. In this blog: The Rise of Autonomous.

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

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Schwartz, J.