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Making Sense of Supply Chain 4.0

Material Handling and Logistics

The trouble with traditional forecasting methods is they can be impacted by one-time events such as economic changes, special promotions, fashion trends, a spike in social chatter or extreme weather, that affect the stability of historical sales patterns. Digital transformation can improve traditional forecasting methods in two ways.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) can be a crucial tool in MTO. MRP is a kind of inventory optimisation system, meaning that it creates recommendations for inventory requirements to maintain the correct levels of inventory. The MRP can also be used to specify alternate materials and suppliers.

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6 Ways Big Data is enhancing the global supply chain

The Logistics Academy

As global supply chains become more complex and customers more demanding, the race is on to develop software applications that can effectively manage and make sense of the zettabytes of data being generated by our digital world. Of course, capturing the data and then using it to make good decisions are two entirely different things.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. Data Managers.

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Implementing AI in Supply Chain and Logistics

GoShip Blog

With the volume of data entering the supply chain every day, AI computing technology has the potential to shift business trends to encourage revenue. . AI in supply chain and operations can efficiently handle data for analysis and automated functions. Prepare granular data. Improved supplier relationship.

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Supply Chain Management:Factors which helped e-commerce.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

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