Best practices, technology, and new takes on critical business topics from ChainLink Research If you are having trouble viewing this, click here to view in your browser Thursday, August 20, 2020 --Published once each month.   Agile Inventory Management: Part Three—Inventory Management Strategies By Bill McBeath Thursday, August 20, 2020 Successful lean inventory strategies depend on moving the efficient frontier in service-level/inventory-level tradeoffs, to simultaneously improve service levels and reduce inventory levels. Here we discuss what capabilities are needed to make that happen. We also touch on management of spare parts inventory, multi-echelon networks, and real-world constraints.   [ Read: Agile Inventory Management: Part Three ] AI Myths and Realities By Ann Grackin Thursday, August 20, 2020 Debunking the myths in AI/Machine learning. New report from ChainLink Research. [ Read: AI Myths and Realities ] Geospatial Intelligence: Part Seven—Service Supply Chain By Bill McBeath Thursday, August 20, 2020 Geospatial intelligence can help in optimizing service networks, defining feasible SLAs, optimal positioning of service resources (inventory, equipment, technicians), and continuous optimization of service jobs. In addition, geospatial intelligence can play an important role in enabling better failure analysis and predictive maintenance. [ Read: Geospatial Intelligence: Part Seven ] For additional information or questions please contact ChainLink Research • 617-762-4040 www.ChainLinkResearch.com • © 2017 ChainLink Research, Inc.