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Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn

EazyStock

The right purchasing and logistics strategies give companies an edge during these unique, uncertain times and, during the return “to normal,” a greater competitive advantage and continued growth. With the right strategies in purchasing, logistics and supply chain, you can navigate through a recession and come out as a winner.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) We source this data from Y charts. My challenge? Measure it.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Thanks to the popularity of e-commerce, warehouses are some of the hottest properties in real estate. Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] The right kind of warehouse.

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. Ultimately, though, tags were expensive, and the technology was not reliable enough.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy. According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. Home Depot is growing its B2B e-commerce as well.

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The Future of the Supply Chain is More Warehouses, Everywhere

AFFLINK

As a consequence, one unintended result of the e-commerce boom has been a literal gold rush for warehouse space. Briefly, the effort to bring more goods to more consumers faster has resulted in a sea change in the global urban and industrial landscape – warehouses. billion square feet of warehouses. On the minus side….

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result [2]. The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. Opportunities for manufacturing. Why try again now? HAVE QUESTIONS?