Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

In response, many organizations have shifted toward decentralized and regionalized supply chain models, distributing production and sourcing across multiple regions. The prevailing strategy was to produce goods in low-cost countries and distribute them globally, optimizing for economies of scale.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 12, 2023

As CEO, he is responsible for evolving the product suite, enhancing deployment and customer success, and optimizing company operations. Their focus is on translating data into actionable insights that improve operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Recent disruptions have exposed significant vulnerabilities in traditional models, driven by geopolitical instability, fluctuating demand, and operational inefficiencies. A data-driven, technology-enabled approach is required to build resilience and efficiency. Resilience is now taking precedence.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Understanding AI Agents At its core, an AI Agent is a reasoning engine capable of understanding context, planning workflows, connecting to external tools and data, and executing actions to achieve a defined goal. user interface and data management agents) collaborating with specialized-skill and tool agents (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These sensors capture precise data on factors like location, speed, fuel usage, and driver behavior, transforming fleet management from reactive to data-driven decision-making. The IoT data allows managers to detect inefficiencies, predict maintenance needs, and even assess driver performance.

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WorkWave

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This is where pest control business software comes in as part of a robust pest control strategy, offering tools to optimize processes, enhance customer satisfaction and drive profitability by bypassing old manual processes. Clypboard Mobile-first ERP solution No $29-$49/user/mo. Pricing PestPac does not publish pricing publicly.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Predictive analytics, fueled by vast datasets including historical sales, market trends, and weather patterns, enables businesses to optimize inventory levels with precision, reducing overstock or shortages and ensuring customer satisfaction through accurate demand forecasting. AI’s role in sustainability is particularly noteworthy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2023

ALOM seamlessly integrates digital and financial streams into the physical supply chain, deploying e-commerce and payment solutions, visibility tools, digital delivery tools, data management, and strong back-end systems, all while producing and fulfilling goods worldwide.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

As businesses strive to stand out, leveraging data effectively has become a game-changer. One of the most powerful yet underutilized tools for achieving this is decile data analytics. What Is Decile Data? This is where decile data comes into play.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Can you tell me about HEINEKEN’s AIMMS-based Brewing Capacity Model? I understand your team took ownership of this model. Yeah, so there was an existing Brewing Capacity Model which lived in an Excel file. It was taxing to report above the country level with this tool. There was no global master data in place either.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Green Logistics: Optimizing transportation routes, consolidating shipments, and employing energy-efficient vehicles to reduce emissions. Advanced route optimization tools further support these goals. Blockchain also facilitates collaboration by sharing verified data across stakeholders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. When most people hear the word “optimization,” they immediately think about minimizing costs. But optimization is much more than that! First comes the data and how well we understand it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

An automotive company I collaborated with conducted detailed modeling of potential tariff impacts on semiconductor supply chains. A Fortune 500 retailer, for instance, reduced its procurement cycle time by 30% by leveraging an AI-driven tool to analyze supplier data efficiently.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

Three technologies have emerged as game-changers for third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain experts: large language models (LLMs), freight optimization platforms and no-code automation. These AI-driven models can understand and generate human-like text based on the input provided. The answer lies in data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2024

APS are complex, live production environments requiring extensive configuration to accurately model a business’s operational reality. By aggregating and disaggregating data in a manner similar to existing S&OP processes, ISP ensures consistency and clarity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

Before a potential customer buys an autonomous mobile robot solution, Locus Robotics often uses different types of simulation to determine the type of robots needed and the number needed to optimize productivity at a warehouse. DES allows the modeling of complex warehouse operations at various levels of detail. Most companies dont.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Suppliers of smart contract development tools: Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot, Hyperledger, OpenZeppelin, Chainlink How Smart Contracts Automate Supply Chains 1. Dynamic Pricing: Real-time data from decentralized oracles (such as Chainlink) can adjust contract terms based on market prices or demand fluctuations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Designed to integrate seamlessly with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems through APIs and batch processes, the TMS facilitates smooth data flow and operational efficiency. These tools enhance transportation management by improving forecasting, optimizing logistics processes, and providing greater supply chain visibility.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 13, 2025

The food and beverage industry is a dynamic, ever-evolving sector in which manufacturers are continuously seeking ways to optimize production and reduce costs in the face of shifting consumer demand and preferences. Optimizing production is essential to addressing these challenges. For example, review the systems scalability.

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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

3 min read Log-hub announces a major update to its Supply Chain Apps, delivering powerful enhancements that streamline cost management, route optimization, and data-driven decision-making. Minimum Travel Time Optimize routes to reduce time spent on the road.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Today, the steel manufacturing leader has an ambitious digital transformation agenda and is leveraging AIMMS technology to optimize operations in its home country. I belong to this second division and work mostly on mathematical modeling, simulation and supply chain analytics. . I work for the analytics department within Tata Steel.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 9, 2022

Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Mode optimization automatically included in each quote. Mode optimization has traditionally been promised, but not delivered because the analysis was completed by people who didn’t have the data or tools.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 2, 2021

Instantaneous freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Mode optimization automatically included in each quote. Mode optimization has traditionally been promised, but not delivered because the analysis was completed by people who didn’t have the data or tools.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

In this post, we’re revisiting the topic with a more holistic approach, focusing on six factors that can make the difference between an optimal and suboptimal distribution network design. It would be folly not to take advantage of data availability and accessibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

During COVID, this more agile and resilient model allowed the firm to grow their market share. We have complete visibility of the performance of the entire supply chain in one tool. This was meant to be an internal tool for Lenovo. Then, the tool drills down and looks at real-time performance on late orders or parts.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Increasing supply chain data visibility is a priority for logistics organizations looking to improve resilience. Supply chain recovery hinges on incorporating robust data analytics and other data-driven tools into business operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs and proactively manage risk.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 21, 2025

Matrices are powerful mathematical tools that play a crucial role in supply chain management. They help businesses organize and analyze data, leading to better decision-making and improved efficiency. By organizing data into various matrix types, companies can perform calculations that reveal insights into their operations.

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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By leveraging these technologies, businesses can optimize operations, reduce costs, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. The Future of Matrix-Based Optimization The Future of Matrix-Based Optimization AI and machine learning (ML) take matrix-based analysis to new heights.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Data is the lifeblood of AI in the supply chain. Without sufficient data, AI models can’t uncover meaningful patterns, make accurate predictions, or provide valuable insights for informed decision-making in complex and dynamic environments. At the same time, feeding your AI models too much data can also be a problem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. Instead of relying solely on a single, monolithic AI model (based on a massive large language model), a company can orchestrate a team of specialized agents, each leveraging the best AI or mathematical technique for its specific task.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Successful performance measurement and management contribute to enhancements and help to optimize supply chain resources. As a result, companies should create carrier scorecard standards that apply advanced analytics, namely predictive modeling, to consider market volatility and overcome it. Creating a carrier scorecard is simple.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 17, 2023

The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a rapid digital transformation, and as a result, companies are generating vast amounts of data. Unfortunately, without proper processing and analysis, this data is of little use to the organization. This can lead to improved quality, reduced waste, and optimized production processes.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Optimize Inventory Management Inventory often represents one of the largest expenses in a supply chain. Solution: Use data-driven forecasting to predict demand as accurately as possible. Example: Retail giant Zara uses real-time data from its stores to adjust inventory dynamically.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Here are the ones that stood out to me, especially as it relates to supply chain data. The single data cloud runs on Snowflake, one of Blue Yonder’s partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Supply chain optimization has also improved in significant ways that can address these trade-offs better than before. Analytical techniques like linear programming can create the mathematically “optimal” plan, but these methods must be implemented well to avoid creating other challenges. Supply chain optimization for today’s realities.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Optimizing truckload freight spend is essential in today’s freight market. As the world of transportation continues to evolve, shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) are effectively utilizing certain methods along with modern data platforms to meet the demands of today’s supply chains. Request a SONAR Demo.

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AIMMS

APRIL 11, 2018

The first product of this partnership is TacticalOps, a Planning & Optimization solution for Food Manufacturers. I spoke with Luis Pinto, Partner at UniSoma, to understand the need for new planning and optimization solutions in the global food supply chain. I’ve seen the attitude towards optimization evolving yes.

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