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Getting excited about ‘new’ tools. It can be refreshing to learn about new tools and techniques that will make our supply chain lives easier. But, as always, wear your sceptics hat and ask such questions as ‘better for who’ and ‘free for whom’? I recently read an article about the benefits of implementing ‘multi-echelon inventory optimisation’ (MEIO). This article is … Read More

Digital supply chains into the future. Technology trends are often driven by businesses which have a lot to gain from building a ‘buzz’ around their products or technologies. We currently have a steady stream of articles and commentary about ‘self driving’ cars that make it seem an inevitable occurrence. At a recent IT exhibition, I was pleased not to be … Read More

Lower carbon emissions sooner. The Paris Climate Agreement seeks to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. However, the Agreement is vague concerning the pace of change, therefore countries (and businesses) have different opinions concerning adoption and implementation of carbon emissions reduction actions. Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) considered that to … Read More

Algorithms and us. In our everyday lives, computers control the activities of infrastructure such as traffic lights or energy availability and we trust that the outcomes are the best available under the circumstances. This is accentuated with social media able to advise the ‘best’ restaurant, movie or book for us, based on previous selections and those of our ‘friends’. These … Read More