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Mergers and acquisitions are often viewed as good business strategy, and yet according to the Harvard Business Review between 70 percent and 90 percent of acquisitions fail. While there are many reasons for these failures, the complexity of post-merger …
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Life doesn’t occur at a steady pace. We have all experienced that firsthand over the past few months. The waves of activity that ebb and flow happen both in our personal lives and in business. The market adjustments, economic uncertainty and constant …
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Recently, Kinaxis announced the successful acquisition of Rubikloud , an emerging and disruptive provider of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) solutions that automate supply chain prescriptive analytics and decision-making in the retail …
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Never stock out: It’s the goal supply chain planners at biopharmaceutical company Ipsen set at the start of the company’s digital transformation. The promise was ambitious, but as the sole provider of several treatments for cancer and rare diseases, it …
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Long before the global pandemic began to take its toll on the world economy, the global growth outlook for 2020 was pessimistic. In late 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its 2019 projections , downgrading the rate of growth to three …
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The press is full of articles on why businesses need AI because it is expected to make a tremendous impact. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that by 2030, the additional annual global economic impact will be $13 trillion, a figure that equals about …
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Outdated software isn’t just a headache to manage. It’s a business blocker. In a moment when unpredictable shifts in the flow of goods to consumers has dominated headlines, supply chains have become a driver of competitive differentiation for companies, …
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Disruptions such as the global economic downturn and COVID-19 wreak havoc on supply chain math, as lead-times vary and sales vacillate. As a result, supply chains struggle to find their path forward. The natural inclination for businesses is to find a way …
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Einstein is famously quoted as saying, “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in …
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How quickly do you think you could increase the percentage of orders that you ship on-time and in-full from 70 percent to 98 percent? If two weeks (or less) sounds daunting, consider Walmart’s announcement from September 1, where it gave suppliers until …
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Editor’s note: This post was contributed by Marin Guy and Mackenzie Fraser , our summer co-op students. Here, they share their thoughts on learning and shaping a strong company culture. Starting in any new role, especially as a student, there is always so …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses on a global scale. Government lockdowns and quarantined living have significantly changed consumer behaviour and shopping patterns. These shifts are not only leading to a number of current challenges, but …