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IBM conducted interviews with 91 executives in 13 countries from organizations representing the entire truck value chain. |
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Efficiency is the name of the game in the solar energy business. The more electricity a photovoltaic solar power system squeezes from the sun, the greater value (by area) that system delivers—more “energy per acre,” in industryspeak. No solar energy systems are... |
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A supply chain has been defined as “Three or more companies (suppliers, focal company and customer) linked together by flows of products, services, information and finance, which may include manufacturing” (Mentzer, et. al. 2001). In other words, a supply chain... |
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Supply chain visibility is the key enabler to transform the speed, reliability and flexibility of supply chain functions. Leading supply chain visibility principles are increasingly being embodied in supply chain control towers.A supply chain control tower is a... |
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Responding to shrinking product-based profit margins and pressure to deliver better customer service, companies are increasingly looking for ways to automate and control the flow of service parts to and from asset operators.While companies have traditionally put more... |
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According to Gartner, the typical company provides support services and parts for an average of more than seven years after an initial product sale. Aftermarket parts and service have profit margins as much as 10 times those for initial product sales, and post-sale service is key... |
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Nearly two-thirds (63%) of EU businesses expect to move their supply chain out of the UK
Two-fifths (40%) of UK businesses are looking to replace their EU suppliers
25% of large UK businesses* have spent over £100,000 preparing their supply chains... |
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Supply-chain configuration has recently gained increasing attention both from the practitioner's perspective and as a research area. This paper proposes an integrated model for designing and optimising international logistics networks. It consists of a mixed integer linear... |
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Digital technologies present huge opportunities for supply chain transformation. For many global organisations, the challenge is to identify which aspects of their supply chains should be the focus of their digital attentions. The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing... |
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Over the last dozen years, the bottom-line benefits of Inventory Optimization solutions have proven to rival established activities such as network design, transportation optimization, advanced planning and scheduling, and sales and operations planning. As their... |
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