Supply chain network design, a branch of operations research, helps in strategic decision-making about nodes, sourcing, transportation modes and inventory levels.

The deal will mark around $1 billion of investments in acquisitions by Blue Yonder since Q4 2023 in its quest to provide a unified end-to-end supply chain management platform.

With proper human oversight, NLP can reduce supply chain challenges even before they occur, thus potentially saving companies substantial time and money.

The key to accelerating digital-twin development is through the use of knowledge graphs — machine-readable representations of the physical and digital worlds.

The predicted surge in electric vehicle demand carries the potential to exacerbate sourcing challenges for key battery minerals, potentially disrupting automotive manufacturing.

While two years may seem like ample time to prepare, the reality is that it takes careful planning and multiple steps to implement advanced track and trace technology.

Driven by artificial intelligence, modern-day task management offers faster computing over wider bandwidths, enabling collaboration in real time from anywhere in the world.

As Integration Platform as a Service develops, artificial intelligence and machine learning will continue to play a major role in data integration and analysis.

Now that data is mostly out there, in the cloud, it seems easy to imagine that it’s “clean.” Time to think again.

The report concludes that companies are increasingly investing in advanced technologies such as IoT devices and AI to improve their visibility capabilities.