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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Supply Chain Disruptions

QAD

Supply chain disruptions have led many discussions the past couple years — and how they have been embraced by experts as the new normal. However, it is important to remember that the supply chain has always been vulnerable. But by 2016, Dollar Shave Club had captured 51 percent. How will returns be handled?

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The Power of Purchase Order Collaboration: A Game-Changer in Managing Direct Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

This article explores the disruptive nature of supply chain disruptions, the significance of collaboration in managing direct spend, the role of Purchase Order (PO) Collaboration in tracking materials throughout the order cycle, and real-world challenges faced in PO Collaboration.

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Leap Day and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Impacts of Leap Day on the Supply Chain Back in 2016, Feras Asakrieh , Senior Director of VIP Support and Conversion at Fanatics Sportsbook, observed, “February 29th may only come around once every four years, but volatility and supply chain disruptions are constant.”[2]

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Insights from Kinexions Tokyo 2016

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Kinaxis hosted Kinexions Tokyo 2016 customer user conference event at the Canadian embassy in Tokyo. Here are some common themes based on the presentations and the conversations I had with the event attendees: Organizations are looking to digital supply chains as a differentiator.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. And now on to this week’s logistics news. December transits fell 4.7%

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). What will happen in 2016? Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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The Biggest Challenges Supply Chain Leaders will Crush in 2016

Logility

But despite the difficulty factor, let’s gaze into a crystal ball and make a few predictions about the challenges supply chain leaders should be preparing to face in 2016. Increased Disruptions. It is not a matter of if disruptions will take place, but rather when and where. Demand Unpredictability.