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Table 1 Data sources classification in SC

From: Predictive big data analytics for supply chain demand forecasting: methods, applications, and research opportunities

Data sources

Procurement

Transportation

Demand chain

Warehouse operations

Volume

Velocity

Variety

Low

Medium

High

Low

Medium

High

Low

Medium

High

EDI invoices

*

   

*

  

*

   

*

 

EDI purchase orders

*

   

*

  

*

   

*

 

Crowd-based Pickup and Delivery

 

*

   

*

  

*

   

*

GPS-enabled big data telematics

 

*

    

*

  

*

  

*

Intelligent Transport Systems

 

*

    

*

  

*

  

*

Traffic density

 

*

   

*

  

*

   

*

Transportation costs

 

*

  

*

  

*

  

*

  

CRM transaction data

  

*

  

*

  

*

 

*

  

Customer location and channel

  

*

  

*

  

*

  

*

*

Customer surveys

  

*

  

*

  

*

  

*

 

Demand forecasts

  

*

  

*

  

*

 

*

  

Loyalty program

  

*

 

*

  

*

   

*

*

Twitter feeds

  

*

  

*

  

*

   

*

Web logs

  

*

   

*

  

*

 

*

 

Delivery expedite instances

*

*

   

*

  

*

  

*

 

Delivery times and terms

*

*

   

*

  

*

 

*

*

 

Claims data

*

 

*

  

*

  

*

  

*

 

Competitor pricing

*

 

*

 

*

  

*

   

*

 

Bar code systems

 

*

 

*

 

*

  

*

 

*

*

 

Origination and destination (OND)

 

*

 

*

*

  

*

  

*

  

Facebook status

 

*

*

  

*

  

*

   

*

Mobile location

 

*

*

   

*

  

*

 

*

 

Weather data

 

*

*

   

*

  

*

 

*

*

Blogs and news

*

*

*

  

*

  

*

   

*

Call logs voice audio

*

*

*

   

*

  

*

  

*

Internet of things sensing

 

*

*

*

  

*

  

*

  

*

RFID

 

*

*

*

  

*

  

*

 

*

 

Call center logs

*

*

*

*

 

*

  

*

  

*

*

Email records

*

*

*

*

 

*

  

*

   

*

ERP transaction data

*

*

*

*

 

*

  

*

 

*

  

Machine-generated data

*

*

*

*

  

*

  

*

 

*

*

On-shelf-availability

*

*

*

*

 

*

  

*

 

*

*

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