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Eliminating Guesswork in New Product Launches: How Ikigai’s AI Redefines Demand Forecasting

February 15, 2025
Ikigai

This whitepaper explores common new product forecasting pitfalls, demonstrates how Ikigai's modern AI approach overcomes them, and provides insights on ROI and practical implementation. 


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Building the Self-Optimizing Warehouse Operation

February 15, 2025
Lucas Systems

Warehouse operations face unprecedented challenges, including rising labor costs, low unemployment, fluctuating demand, and increasing customer expectations across B2B and B2C channels. The self-optimizing warehouse — driven by advanced warehouse execution systems (WES) powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning — represents a revolution in fulfillment efficiency. 


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The Clouds Are Lifting: The Future of Supply Chain Collaboration

February 3, 2025
Gurram Gopal, Chair, IT & Management Department, Affiliate Professor, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology

Technologies like blockchain will enable greater trust among supply chain players, and drive better planning and execution.


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Closing the Gap: How AI-Enabled Open Commerce Levels the Playing Field for SMBs

February 3, 2025
Justin Floyd, Founder and CEO, RedCloud Technologies

By investing in affordable technologies that enhance efficiency, personalize engagement and improve responsiveness, smaller businesses can carve out a unique market space and meet evolving customer demands.


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Supply Chain Breaking Point: The True Cost of Fragmented Systems

February 1, 2025
FourKites

Supply chain complexity is at a breaking point: 75% of leaders need 3-10 systems for basic decisions, and 58% of billion-dollar companies struggle with critical blind spots. Read the report to learn what top performers are doing differently. 


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Automotive Suppliers Outlook for 2025: Key Trends and Challenges

February 1, 2025
S&P Global Mobility

S&P Global Mobility’s new whitepaper, Automotive Suppliers Outlook for 2025, reveals key takeaways and quotes from the executive interviews, offering insights into how each company plans to approach disruption in the years ahead.


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A Must-Read for Supply Chain Leaders: The Definitive Guide to Adaptive Supply Chain Planning

February 1, 2025
ketteQ

Disruptive global events, fluctuating demand patterns, and rising customer expectations are pushing traditional supply chain planning systems to their breaking point. Download the Definitive Guide to Adaptive Supply Chain Planning and take the first step toward future-proofing your supply chain.


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Three Ways to Strengthen Supplier Relations With VMI

January 30, 2025
Rebecca Barnatt-Smith, SCB Contributor

A VMI system that strengthens the ties between buyer and supplier is a mutually beneficial way to build up a working partnership.


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AI in 2025: Expect Another Wave of Innovation in Supply Chain

January 28, 2025
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In supply chain, all the talk today is about AI-driven autonomous operations, removing the need for human intervention in key decision-making.


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The Multiple Benefits of a Smart, Formalized Knowledge Management System

January 23, 2025
Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor

The benefits of a knowledge management system go beyond simply being able to capture the quirks of a demanding customer, or the quickest way around a persistent traffic jam.


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Inventory Planning/ Optimization

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding inventory planning and optimization and its impact on supply chain management. New technologies in inventory planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using inventory planning solutions for supply chain optimization.

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