Supply Chain Science

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Jan 21, 2019

Lean scalable processing for supply chains

Are large scale calculations through cloud computing worth the cost?

Aug 7, 2018

The limited applicability of backtesting

Backtesting is simple and elegant, but is it really a silver bullet?

Jun 25, 2018

Improving a forecasting technology

Learn more about how Lokad continues to deliver superior forms of supply chain optimization

Feb 5, 2018

Book: The Quantitative Supply Chain

Discover why your supply chain deserves what machine learning and big data have to offer

Jun 7, 2017

Entropy analysis for supply chain IT system discovery

The problem is not data-processing capabilities. The real challenge is to make sense of all your fields.

Mar 28, 2017

The Supply Chain Scientist

Discover the role of the Supply Chain Scientist, the keystone of a Quantitative Supply Chain initiative.

Jan 16, 2017

The test of supply chain performance

Test your supply chain performance through 12 questions. Where do you stand?

Jan 3, 2017

2017, year of quantitative supply chain

Read our new supply chain manifesto and learn how this approach can transform your supply chain.

Nov 21, 2016

Preparing enterprise data takes 6 months

Learn the importance of data preparation and the typical length of a proper set-up phase.

Sep 26, 2016

Will compilation save supply chains?

For supply chains conventional IT wisdom often doesn't work, but compilation might just save the day.

Apr 8, 2016

POCs don’t work in quantitative supply chain optimization

Despite vendors' claims, optimizing supply chains is hard. Learn why most POCs fail at the initial stage.

Mar 17, 2016

Q&A about inventory optimization software

Lokad's answers on a comparative study on inventory optimization softwares.