Beyond commercial success, our educational projects make me immensely proud: our teams collaborate to deliver coding workshops, academic publications, conference speeches, and a full-length university course (at a top French engineering school) on our supply chain perspective and tools. Seeing some of the world's top STEM students embrace Lokad's philosophy cannot help but reinvigorate one's faith in the future of the field - even for a lapsed academic like me.

Joannes Vermorel, CEO, Lokad

Strengthening Ties: New & Ongoing Client Collaborations

This month, we celebrate new partnerships with industry giants like Airbus, Alliantz, Azul, Maisons du Monde, and MSC Direct. We are also proud to announce increased scopes on projects with existing clients, notably Celio, MROHoldings, Wiltec, and Worten. In particular, this summer marks the 10-year anniversary of our successful collaboration with Spairliners (stay tuned for updated on this significant milestone). These partnerships - across multiple verticals - signal the far-reaching applicability of our approach, and we are thrilled to partner with these companies.

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Behind the Scenes: Exclusive Insights from Worten and MRO Holdings

Bruno Saraiva - Head of Stock & Space Management at Worten - sat down with us in Lisbon to share updates on the collaboration. Worten's omnichannel purchase and allocation optimization is in full production, generating 45,000 daily decisions for their 300+ stores (as well as their online retail service). Check out the full interview to hear about Worten's ongoing supply chain revolution.

On the other side of the world, Rodrigo Pineda from MRO Holdings welcomed us to San Salvador to describe how the companies optimize purchase and distribution for 70,000 part numbers (SKUs) and 150,000 purchase orders each year. MRO Holdings' is the largest company of its kind in the Americas, and the project is a case study in overcoming combinatorial complexity.

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AI-Pilot Rollout

Lokad recently went all-in on LLMs (large language models) in order to automate the time-consuming - though incredibly consequential - qualitative supply chain activities. These include performing certain data preparation checks and automated supplier MOQ retrieval (to name only two important examples). This development allows Lokad to automate both the qualitative and quantitative supply chain tasks, thus releasing even more time, effort, and resources for clients to focus on strategic decision-making.

Learn how AI-Pilots can revolutionize your supply chain

Growth and Expansion: New Spaces and Faces

We've expanded our Paris offices to support our growing teams, fostering a vibrant and innovative work environment – including our own recording studio. Lokad is always on the lookout for new talents ready to tackle wicked supply chain problems. Explore the varied career opportunities at Lokad and make a significant impact, whether you're a seasoned professional or a recent graduate.

LokadTV: Exclusive Interviews and Supply Chain Debates

Stay updated with the latest from LokadTV, featuring long-form video-podcasts with some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as short educational clips. Notable uploads:

• Estelle Vermorel’s Interview with Challenges on “Le Talk Entreprise”: Explore how AI is revolutionizing supply chain management. Watch here
   
• International Symposium on Forecasting 2024 Dijon Panel Discussion: Lokad's Conor Doherty and Alexey Tikhonov recently joined a panel on "Demand Planning and the Role of Judgment in the World of AI/ML" Watch here
   
• Featured Guests: Dive into expert insights with industry leaders: 
  • Knut Alicke (Partner, McKinsey) on "Resilience, Risk & Effective Leadership" Watch here
  • Nikos Kourentzes (Professor @University of Skövde) on "Forecast Congruence & Supply Chain Decision-Making" Watch here
  • Meinolf Sellmann (CEO @InsideOpt) discusses "Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Supply Chain" Watch here
  • Warren Powell (Professor Emeritus @Princeton University) on "Probabilistic Forecasts & Sequential Decision Making" Watch here
     
• Live Episodes: Engage with discussions on pivotal AI topics:
  • "Traditional Jobs vs AI in Supply Chain" Watch here
  • “AI Pilots" Watch here
     
• New Format: Supply Chain Debates: Our inaugural episode features Milos Vrzic (Former Head of Supply Chain EMEAC @Galderma) debating Joannes Vermorel (CEO @Lokad) on the value of S&OP. Watch here
   

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Sharpen Your Skills with Our Free Coding Workshops

Lokad releases free, university-level coding workshops using our domain-specific language - Envision. These workshops are the result of an ongoing collaboration between Lokad and academics across the globe. They are designed to demonstrate how our Supply Chain Scientists think about and tackle supply chain problems.

• Workshop #1: Supplier Analysis through Envision - Learn how to analyze the profitability, lead-time reliability, and overall quality of suppliers. Learn more
   
• Workshop #2: Sales Analysis through Envision - Learn how to analyze sales trends, sales channels, customer behavior, and profitability KPIs. Learn more
   
• Workshop #3: Distribution Network Analysis through Envision - Learn how to analyze stock spread across a retail network. Learn more
   
• Workshop #4: Demand Forecasting through Envision - Learn how to use probabilistic forecasts to anticipate future demand. Learn more
   

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On the Road with Lokad: Past Events and Future Engagements

We kicked off the year with the Savant Supply Chain event in Amsterdam, followed by the MRO LATAM in Costa Rica and the S&OP IBP Conference in Germany, each helping to spread the quantitative supply chain message. Our participation continued with MRO Americas 2024 in Chicago and Bram Desmat’s book launch in Brussels.

In June, we joined the MRO Beer in Lithuania and recently wrapped up with the ISF 2024 panel in Dijon and Les Rois de La Supply Chain in Paris. As we move forward, don't miss the chance to connect with us at the upcoming SCE2024 in Paris this November! 

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