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Lockheed Martin Turning Predictive Analytics Tools To Supply Chain, Counterfeit Risks

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 16th, 2015

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Lockheed Martin Turning Predictive Analytics Tools To Supply Chain, Counterfeit Risks

A predictive analytics and big data tool that Lockheed Martin [LMT] has been developing and using for the past six years with a focus on intelligence and security is being turned toward additional uses such as supply chain risk management and identifying potential counterfeit parts suppliers, according to company officials.Lockheed Martin has been applying LM Wisdom internally for a few years to analyze supply chain risks across its enterprise but as the capabilities of the tool were built out its…

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