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Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President SupplyChain, Ferguson. Mr. Jacobs is the senior vice president for supplychain at Ferguson. While nominally a distributor, “supplychain management is our core competency. In particular, Ferguson’s supplychain is built for speed and to provide high service levels.
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The success of your business is inextricably linked to the performance of your supplychain. you have to make your supplychain successful too. The success of your business is inextricably linked to the performance of your supplychain. SupplyChain and Business Success By the Numbers.
The following is an opinion article on AI in supplychains, written by Russ Felker , Chief of Technology (CTO) of Trinity Logistics. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow its presence in our everyday lives, businesses, and now, supplychains. AI in SupplyChains: We Need to Change Our Focus.
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The ability to combine the analysis of history of machine failures with data from machine sensors is improving preventive maintenance. By using a virtual model to discuss a project design request, a global manufacturing company can provide an instant size and cost analysis, eliminating delays when providing a quote.
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The bank said Friday that it is launching new “Supply Availability Indexes” via a blog posting on Monday that going forward will feature as part of its regular monthly surveys of regional business activity. The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said.
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