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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS_ or Advanced Planning (APS). As a result, when I was a Gartner analyst and technology providers would provoke me to write a Magic Quadrant on visibility solutions, I would laugh. These solutions are proprietary and closed. Organizational talent.

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. Through VMI, Walmart empowers its suppliers to take on the responsibility of managing their inventory stored in Walmart’s warehouses.

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Podcast: Marcia Williams on Supply Chain Optimization and Digital Transformation

Requis

Supply chain optimization consultant, author, and podcaster Marcia Williams has been working in supply chain since 2004. Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability.

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The secret to distance selling success

DELMIA Quintiq

The reluctance to purchase groceries online seems to be a German peculiarity. French retailer Chronodrive has been doing this since 2004 and has since gained a steady following of 130,000 customers. Central warehousing concepts are doomed to fail. Despite this clear upward trend, some goods are not enjoying similar success.

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Supply Chain Execution Convergence: Rethinking, Redesigning, and Re-evaluating the Traditional Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

The need for end-to-end visibility and solutions that proactively enable planning and the ability to react to the unavoidable disruptions is paramount. The idea is to bring together the individual silos within a business, from the front end to the back end, from warehousing, manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, etc.

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Struggling with Multi-Echelon Inventory Adoption

Arkieva

I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. A research report from the Aberdeen Group reported a 13% adoption in 2004. Can we take a lesson for other advanced analytics tools? Sales and purchasing are notoriously suspicious. 2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization.

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How Supply Chain Data Mining Drives Company Growth

RFgen

For example, in 2004, Linda M. Data analysts found that, of all things, strawberry Pop-Tarts were among the food items most purchased before a tropical storm. Incorporating the Results into Your Warehouse. according to The New York Times. The act of data mining is only one step in the journey to higher profits.