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Technology Trends in Procurement

Una

This number is expected to swell to over 25 billion connected devices by 2030. Procurement stands to gain a treasure-trove of data as IoT continues to proliferate across manufacturing, supply chains , and warehouses, ultimately enabling real-time inventory tracking, enhanced demand planning, and improved predictive analytics.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

For example, demand sensing has been used to update short term demand plans based on automatically detected changes in sales orders, point of sales information, competitor activity, and other drivers. A system can automatically ship stock across the supply chain to optimize customer service and minimize obsolescence.

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The Top 5 Key Supply Chain Capabilities

Skill Dynamics

Many organizations make use of advanced statistical methods and intelligent machine-learning models to conduct accurate predictive analyses on future demand patterns. All of this leads to more effective demand planning which will ultimately benefit the business. There are challenges, however.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Fiona Lowbridge, VP at ALOM!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Since I have been at the company, now going on three years, the number of new programs and initiative has increased dramatically to include ISO 14001 and ISO 14064-1 certification, a commitment to a zero-carbon footprint across all operations by 2030, and an audit of all suppliers to ensure compliance of worker safety and human rights protections.

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Closing the Gap between Supply Chain Planning & Execution with Autonomous Technology

Supply Chain Action Blog

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Ava Ex Machina” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective.