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7 Pitfalls of Stalled IBP Initiatives and How to Overcome Them

AIMMS

Additionally, most planning tools fail to incorporate the abstract data that’s required for this stage. How can you account for new products that don’t exist in master data? If we take COVID-19 as an example, everyone will have different assumptions about how long disruptions will last and what their impact will be.

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Logistics Software: How to Make Handling Peak Times Easy

Logistics Viewpoints

These parameters might be of a logistic nature, for example, the ABC classification of goods. For example, you can define the necessary servicing work for each machine to prevent failures, or schedule personnel so that the right employees are available. They might also affect the technologies or resources.

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How Can Supply Chain Leaders Use Big Data as a Tool to Continuously Improve?

GlobalTranz

Supply chain leaders are enthralled with the idea of using big data, but they tend to fail to understand how to disseminate big data in their organization properly. True, they may know how to roll out big data in a single warehouse, or they may have heard their competitors used branded systems for implementing this new technology.

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How to Improve your Manufacturing Processes with Business Intelligence

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For example, with a few clicks of a mouse, your CFO can access a detailed expense report ; determine which customers are currently generating the lion’s share of orders and which are behind in payments; and assess how performance has changed over varying time periods. Automatically refresh your data.

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Top 5 Barriers to Supply Chain Network Design Adoption and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS

Don’t have the right tools/tools are too complex or expensive. Paul and Brian discuss how to tackle these obstacles, outline steps you can take to begin the journey and share examples of how running what-if scenarios can help you get the answers you need more quickly. Lack of skilled resources.

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A First-Timer’s Guide to KataCon

The Lean Thinker

(Hint – it isn’t about tools.) The conference is a really cool mix of regulars (for example, I have been to all of them) and people with all levels of experience with Toyota Kata from the curious to the thought leaders. Monday evening and Tuesday evening, especially, present huge opportunities. This happens year-round.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. “You guys are showing me how to run a business if I end up starting one.”

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity. Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology.