Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2022

When companies consider implementing enterprise software, standard operating procedure would be to look at a public company’s financials before deciding to implement the solution. If the software company is private, the prospective customer often asks for the right to view their financials. How can they be growing so fast?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. ARC has been actively studying industrial AI for over two years. What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. Celanese is an exception.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this context, companies are looking for trusted solution providers that can help them design the most efficient plan and support them in the transition to ensure adoption of the new technologies. Aspen Technology is very well established in the chemical industry as a software provider for process optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

I am wrapping up my Transportation Management Systems market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. The study includes a holistic view of the TMS outlook. A Proven ROI.

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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. Instead of static data, AI-powered systems continuously update matrices based on real-time inputs like demand fluctuations and shipping delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

However, there is the difficult question of which technology to implement to make better use of your warehouse. Simulation technology is broadening possibilities for how warehouses evaluate their: Processes. Use of technology. Examples of use. Calibrating the model. So, how can you tackle this task? Physical space.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In a recent Forrester study, they found the problem to be poor quality data. Markets are rapidly evolving with a continuous stream of new regulations, new technologies are disrupting traditional business models, and new risks such as cybersecurity are arising. Digitization is your friend, but quality data is your foundation.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

One of the most powerful yet underutilized tools for achieving this is decile data analytics. For example , let’s consider a dataset of 100 lawn measurements in a given town. Heres another example. Understanding their trends is crucial for maximizing marketing ROI and driving business growth.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The last thing you want is to find yourself saddled with a software partner that does not have the resources to support your growing business. That’s why financial viability is such an important topic to have when evaluating which software vendor is the right one to partner alongside. For example, look into their IPO status.

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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. . The software supports scalability.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The integration of drone technology holds the potential to revolutionize how businesses approach pest management, presenting both opportunities and considerations. However, the adoption of this consumer-driven technology faces hurdles, including technical limitations and regulatory concerns that must be navigated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The three traditional methods are the use of a transportation management system (TMS), transportation execution system (TES), and managed transportation services (MTS). For each of these options, software and service providers need to set a clear path for success. Look to the Cloud. Invest in IoT.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

Think of it as your supply chain’s immune system. The resilience of your supply chain is determined by its structure and operations, whether we’re dealing with major immediate events like a pandemic or gradual systemic changes to your business environment over time.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Importance of Time and Technology By gathering and analysing the data weve listed above, or as much of it as possible, you will gain credible intelligence to inform decisions about your distribution network design. Get Some Help Of course, inventory optimisation is not a task to take lightly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Enter the industrial data scientist, a new breed of data analyst with access to more industrial data than ever before and the advanced technology to translate that information into actionable intelligence. However, leveraging AI requires data science capability, which adds additional complexity to an already complex environment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. The company launched their platform in 2014. Based on ARC Advisory Group’s recently released study of the market, this puts them in the top 5. billion after a funding round.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

In this case, a company no longer hires people or owns resources, but instead provides a platform to bring customers and individual workers together, as well as a mechanism for billing customers and paying workers. Cloud computing itself is a prime example. As the saying goes, if you cant beat them, join them.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2018

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Figure 1: Transportation IT Spend Change Next 2 Years (Source: Descartes).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As much as we conflate digital transformation with technology, without these missing ingredients your initiative will fail. And the true secret sauce to excellence is to fold in systems thinking and organizational learning. A McKinsey study found that 90% of supply chain leaders expected to transform their planning systems.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors want to dramatically increase their efficiency, productivity and accuracy through smart technologies, data analytics and connected services. What would they be changing without a thorough understanding of the new business landscape and the new technologies that are available and where they would best be used?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Unlike Descriptive (focused on reporting with basic trend or pattern recognition) or Predictive Analytics (focused on predicting the future with forecasting techniques), Prescriptive Analytics uses techniques like machine learning and mathematical modeling to help you improve decision making. Feeling boxed in with Off the Shelf software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The agent technology is much more complicated than the math. In process industries the supply chain models used for optimization are much more complex than those used in other industries. Demand Planning Models Really Can Learn.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Waiting times in ports contribute to pollution, as the engine of a vessel stays running as it continues to power its onboard systems. A storm, for example, could slow the vessel down and increase transit time from one port to another. Marine optimization technologies help address all these issues. Weather conditions.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 1, 2016

Digital technologies, such as big data, business analytics, augmented reality and 3-D printing, are converging to transform the way manufacturing is done. In addition, the shift toward responsive technology manufacturing methods is shaping the new industrial revolution. Responsive Technology #1: Mobile Customer Engagement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 3, 2024

The mobile warehouse robotics market is no doubt a crucial piece of technology to achieve warehouse automation. The robots in the system must be capable of dynamically traversing from origin to destinations along multiple paths. For business models, there exists flexibility too. Technology: The Next Differentiator?

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Wind power, for example, requires favorable wind conditions to generate enough energy for power. Hydrogen fuel did not take off, as once was predicted, due to technological difficulties of producing stable combustion from hydrogen gas. Any systemic upgrade to cleaner fuel will cost a significant sum of money over the long-term.

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AIMMS

AUGUST 3, 2020

There have been significant advances in both technology and supply chain thinking since the methodology originated in the late 1980s. Unlike many ERP systems, where you can only look at one scenario at a time, Apps like AIMMS S&OP Navigator let you assess multiple scenarios simultaneously, which is even more insightful.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As a result of this, the market for omnichannel order management (OOM) systems grew briskly. But one thing you notice as you go to omnichannel software vendor’s web sites and examine customer case studies, the case studies may talk about retailers growing their revenues by 100% or more, but none talk about how much profitability grew.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions. Then we select the item to be studied. The distributor maintains the inventory plan.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 25, 2017

The recent WannaCry cyber attack exploited a problem that exists at most companies today: the use of outdated software systems. A similar problem exists with supply chain and logistics software. Customers who prefer on-premises deployments can also be accommodated with “always current” technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

In the enterprise software application market, the biggest players have embraced a partnership model, while smaller, more focused companies often have not. Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Becoming Partner Centric is Not Easy. The answer is no. Which Partner Gets the Deal?

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MTS Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

With the pandemic, video chats have skyrocketed to keep the world running and we are using this technology more than ever now. Working and studying from home decreased the usage of paper documents and increased the need for electronic documents. Although some industries are more suitable to work remotely, some are not.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. Not understanding that supply chain is a complex system.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The answer lies on changing culture as much as it does on rethinking technology. Global e-commerce growth and converging technologies are pushing postal companies to diversify their revenues and increase operational efficiency quickly. For example, you need to look at the different demographics and what their preferences are.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 22, 2022

I am currently finishing up this year’s version of ARC Advisory Group’s annual WMS market research study. I then questioned if there is some other factor at play in the technology’s persistent growth. I started researching supply chain software markets about 15 years ago. Its All About the Details. My Learning Path.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Being listed on a last-mile-delivery service platform and reaching a much broader customer base beyond the neighbors became a must-have for survival. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats. Planning platforms can pull data from multiple internal and external data sources.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

As someone who works in the technology field, I’d love to answer those exact questions for you and share some of my own thoughts on AI. 1980s Expert Systems Bring Renewed Interest Despite the slowdown, some projects continued, albeit with slow progress. Many commercial fields, such as medicine and finance, began using expert systems.

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