Sat.Mar 25, 2017 - Fri.Mar 31, 2017

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Bridging Gaps in the Pharma Supply Chain

All Things Supply Chain

The BME Global Pharma Congress, which brought together industry experts and thought leaders from the healthcare supply chain, impressed me with the amount of different keynotes, panel discussions and premium…

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How to Plan with a Company’s Vision in Mind

Supply Chain Trend

Preview. In our busy day to day work life, we can easily forget that the main reason why companies exist is to fulfil their purpose and vision. According to the article “Building your company’s vision” by Collins and Porras (1996), a company’s vision exists from core values, core purpose, a BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) and a vivid description. In principle anything a company and its employees does, needs to be in the context to achieve their purpose and vision.

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Tom McLeod’s Published Predictions Parallel Our Own Prophecies

Supply Chain Collaborator

Tom McLeod of the well-known eponymous logistics software provider published an interesting opinion piece in Transport Topics this week called, “Eight Predictions for Our Industry”. In his salient piece, he laid out what we consider to be some very pertinent scenarios for which companies like his and ours must be well prepared. With a hat tip to Mr.

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3 Ways to Get Value From AI

The Network Effect

Lately, we have been hearing a lot of buzz about machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and for good reason. The post 3 Ways to Get Value From AI appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Sales & Operations Planning: What’s in that Special Sauce?

Supply Chain Opz

On the face of it, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) seems to be the most simple and logical of business processes. It’s critical to both commercial and operational success, and intuitively obvious in its importance and application. Yet, its complexity cannot be denied. The entire concept requires a company to update a forecast, which drives the sales plan, to influence the production plan, in order to stimulates the inventory plan, which impacts customer lead time (backlog), drives new p

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Improving Truck Efficiency with Electric Wind

The Network Effect

There are 3.41 million class 8 trucks in the US, traveling 169 billion miles every year. Reducing fuel consumption by. The post Improving Truck Efficiency with Electric Wind appeared first on The Network Effect.