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Machine Learning Solves Four Major Challenges Facing Supply Chains in 2018

Morai Logistics

Machine Learning is a methodology analytics leader, SAS , describes as: A branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention. This advanced system of data analytics has helped transform our everyday lives. Demand Forecasting.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Artificial intelligence and machine learning: These technologies enable the vessel to process the data from the sensors and cameras, and to make decisions based on predefined rules and algorithms. They also provide the vessel with access to real-time data, such as maps, charts, and weather forecasts.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The top gifts were clothes and accessories, which about half of those surveyed purchased, and toys, which nearly a third of people surveyed bought. homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, according to internal Amazon data and people familiar with the matter.

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Measure diesel fuel price volatility and market impacts with FUELS and ULSD rack data

FreightWaves SONAR

This week, learn how freight market participants, especially trucking carriers , rely on both the Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Rack (ULSDR) data index and the FUELS index to measure diesel fuel price volatility and to understand its impact on their operations and the freight market at large. What are the ULSDR data and FUELS indices?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Dubai and HERE Technologies to develop data infrastructure for driverless transportation. This year, a cascade of online purchases the weekend after Thanksgiving swamped delivery companies,” reported The New York Times in December. Unless, of course, the shared data is crappy, inaccurate data. Packages were delayed.

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

This means supply chain and logistics professionals need to distinguish between more frequently purchased products and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. In a 2018 survey by GEODIS, only 6% of supply chain professionals worldwide believed their companies had achieved supply chain visibility ?

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GXO Direct to Use AI To Drive Labor Efficiencies

Logistics Viewpoints

Since its introduction in 2018, GXO Direct has grown exponentially, adding millions of square feet each year. In Southern California, for example, they have a 670,000 square foot warehouse that serves eight different fast-growing ecommerce retailers. Their selection of Blue Yonder is another example of this. and Canada.