Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

How can AI contribute to end-to-end decision automation? Here, let’s explore 6 essential elements of AI-powered automation in supply chain planning & analytics, culminating in a powerful solution. Process automation is pivotal in providing end-to-end visibility across the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

An iGPU (integrated graphic processing unit) is a current example. We have all the connected planning data we get from blue Yonder, all of the product data we get from the product systems, all of the shipment information that’s coming in from the carriers, as well as risk information from Everstream and other sources.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

This application included automated load and route planning processes. A route planning application that integrates with enterprise mobility to collect vehicle-tracking data will be helpful for comparing actual performance of individual routes against the planned versions. KPI dashboards and reporting: This is linked to tip #3 above.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

Many companies are undergoing a digital transformation , switching from manual processes to automating routine tasks. And the foundation that holds all of this together is your master data. Even if you invest in sophisticated inventory management systems, if your master data isn’t accurate, you’ll fail.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

I might tell Alexa, for example, “Play the station Smooth Jazz!” The manager would not be required to drill down through web page after web page and look at dense tabular data to get the answer. The Business AI also understands the SAP canonical data. For example, lead times are often set and then ignored.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Ecosystem Today The logistics ecosystem is being transformed by the rise of connected vehicles equipped with IoT sensors and data-driven technologies. Connected vehicles, following standards like the SAE J3016, which defines the six levels of vehicle automation, are becoming a crucial part of logistics operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2024

As digital threats loom larger than ever, automating your warehouse is not just about enhancing operational efficiency — it’s equally about safeguarding your digital and physical assets. As warehouses evolve from manual to automated systems, the security of these solutions cannot be an afterthought.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In response, most companies are investing in warehouse automation and robotics. Businesses would like to make the most of their investments in warehouse automation, but they’re not sure how to do that. A WES applies advanced AI and ML to gather data, identify exceptions, define resolutions and enact them, autonomously, in mere seconds.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2024

Erwin highlighted the importance of real-time data accuracy and visibility. People, technology, and data are very important for their journey. The importance of employee ownership in driving cultural transformation and their acceptance of data-driven decision making within the organization was also emphasized.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Cyber Risks of Building Automation Systems: The Target Hack If you don’t think cybersecurity for the built environment is a risk, consider the well-publicized cyber attack on major retailer Target back in 2013. Each of these systems features their own attached sensors and devices, from cameras to thermostats to light sensors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Data Normalization & Removing Bias Data normalization in the context of forecasting is the process of going from actualized sales, which may be biased by various factors such as weather or inventory availability, to an understanding of baseline demand that is stripped of the impacts of these demand drivers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Because it doesn’t understand, we need humans at the helm.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

We needed to identify nuanced patterns, anomalies, and automation opportunities in near real-time and enhance our operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. It analyzes new and historical order data, customer preferences, and transactions. GP describes Causal AI as a mixture of Knowledge AI and Data AI. What is Causal AI?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Technology advancements in hardware, cloud, and in-memory computing fueled this increase, followed by the boost from automation, machine learning, and AI. For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2024

In some DCs, there is a high degree of automation, as conveyors and other forms of advanced automation rapidly move goods from one part of a warehouse to another. Warehouse execution systems emerged to optimize work across both the manual and more automated parts of the warehouse. If everything works smoothly, this is great.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2024

In short, because of intelligent automation. Warehouse execution systems emerged to optimize work across both the manual and more automated parts of the warehouse. Labor forecasting – Here, historical data is used to forecast how many workers will be required on a given day or week to complete the work that will hit the warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The solution is particularly strong in creating visibility and coordination of international transport, collaboration with supplier networks and automating trade finance processes. A good example is saying “What are my demurrage issues at the Port of Long Beach?” They look at the data and ask themselves, “is this a problem?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 9, 2024

Another example is commuting. A probabilistic approach delivers a new level of actionable insights based on key factors and the impact of each factor driven by more relevant data to support better decision-making. Armed with this information, you make decisions like whether to have a picnic, garden or stay indoors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2024

In our picking example, you would begin by analyzing the entire warehouse to identify where the bottleneck or constraint occurs. One example in the warehouse could be optimizing the path taken by pickers. our warehouse example, you would adjust the other elements of the picking process to support and align with the bottleneck.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

The ability to make data-driven decisions in real-time is invaluable for maintaining a high level of operational efficiency. Traditional slotting solutions require customized models, extensive engineering, measurement, and data collection. This leads us to the idea of Dynamic Slotting , an essential strategy for space optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases. The device prevents vehicles from surpassing a certain speed, by harnessing GPS and on-board camera data to determine limits on a specific roadway.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In the same week, thousands of port workers initiated a strike, demanding better working conditions, and fair pay, and pushing back against automation technologies that threaten their livelihoods. Hurricanes and labor strikes are formidable disruptions to supply chains, exposing critical vulnerabilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to detect when a negative event has occurred or may be about to occur. Cooper Health would also like to combine the stability index with more automation. A quick reaction is paramount.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Redesign the process, then use IT I’ll give you a recent example from my business, which enables real-time supply chain visibility, with AI-powered predictive insights and analytics, for the world’s largest shippers and their partners. I was speaking with the Chief Supply Chain Officer at one of the world’s largest CPG companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

For example, Google Maps app is a public cloud application. So, for example, in the purchase-to-pay process, this tool may show that 76% of the time, the process proceeds from beginning to end as it was designed to do. New tools, like robotic process automation or artificial intelligence, might be used to overcome a particular hurdle.

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