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Three Reasons Demand Planning Has Finally Come of Age

There’s nothing new about the idea of demand planning. Phoenician wine traders, 2,000 years ago, were savvy about staying ahead of fluctuations in demand via a network of merchant informants, and planned supply accordingly. The advent of vastly expanded computer data-processing power, along with the connectivity of the web, has been offering for 20 years or more the attractive proposition of using technology to track and predict demand for goods more accurately.

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Test Drive IBM's Watson in Factory Simulation

The singularly defining moment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) — even bigger than when IBM's Deep Blue beat chess master Garry Kasparov — happened back in in 2011 when the unbeatable Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings was finally taken down by IBM's new supercomputer, Watson.

A Guide to Building Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Capabilities

The term "sustainable development" was coined in Our Common Future, released in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission, a UN-backed organization created to unite countries in the pursuit of sustainable development. As defined by the Commission, there are three main pillars of sustainable development: economic growth, environmental protection and social equality.

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Opinion: Debunking Five Myths for the Supply Chain Buyer of Enterprise Software

At the end of my last call, I put down my headphones and smiled. It just happened again. What was it? I heard business buyers string together a set of "belief statements." These are commonly held as "truths" in the industry.

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A Look at Supply Chains of the Future

Conversations with supply-chain executives about the innovative technologies that are already shaping the way that product is moved to market.

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A Fifth of Firms Don't Have Full Supply Chain Visibility, Report Says

Almost three quarters of firms say they have continuity arrangements in place with regard to supply chain management, according to a survey.

Laggards Scramble to Comply With Looming ELD Mandate

The start of the phased-in compliance period for installation of electronic logging devices (ELDs) on commercial trucks is just over a month away. But many drivers appear to be lagging in adopting the technology.

Best Practices in Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement

As low oil prices continue to put downward pressure on oil and gas companies, supply chain efficiencies are needed more than ever in the industry, particularly in the non-hydrocarbon area.

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Someone Figured Out How to Put Tomatoes on a Blockchain

Intrigued by how blockchain was changing finance, an ex-banker at Wells Fargo & Co. and a former executive at Nasdaq Inc. began looking for other opportunities. They looked at applying the technology to insurance, law, even music. Then they hit on farming.

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Hold the Rye: Promos Leave Restaurant Supply Chains Stretched

First, Subway restaurants ran out of rye bread. Then the corned beef started to dwindle.

Aera's New Business App Looks to Bring Siri to Your Supply Chain

In a coffee shop in New York, Frederic Laluyaux leans in to talk into his phone over the background music. The phone finally picks up his query, about future inventory in South America, and a Siri-like voice almost instantly replies.

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Tech Is Becoming Critical As U.S. Sharpens Focus on Sanctions Violations

In the past year, political shakeups around the world have added new layers of complexity to the already complex ocean supply chain. Within this, trade sanctions in particular have evolved dramatically in the last few months, and are putting greater pressure on companies to remain compliant.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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