Thanks to Pulse for this piece by Morris Cohen of the Wharton School. it appears in their Harvard Business Review section.
He explains how big data and tracking everything will make for a revolution in supply chain inventory management.
Inventory Management in the Age of Big Data – http://pulse.me/s/4fogTZ
An inte3resting model from MIT scholars, which attempts to figure out how the world’s connectivity is changing. Its strength is looking at actual tickets purchased by customers to find out how they prefer to fly.
Here’s their video.
Article:
New model calculates how air transport connects the world | MIT News.
The article is summarized here, on MIT’s supply chain blog..
http://supplychainmit.com/2015/06/25/is-your-airport-well-connected/
This study points out that there are still many congestion issues, and they will be coming to a head in the Christmas shipping season, due to start soon.
Supply Chain Digest Port Technology International Marine Link
