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Commentary: Dow Chemical puts analytics to work for logistics

Benchmarking

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

When Dow Chemical plans for the future it follows the approach that IBM gets the most headlines for: it looks decades down the road and prepares for trends and crises related to energy, environment, population, food, and other demands. The company is now shifting focus because of a trend that shippers can’t stop hearing about today: analytics. Dow has morphed from a supplier of basic chemicals and supplies to narrowing in on high-margin specialty and value-added products. The ...

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