GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Pent-up demand of customers and the strong predictions for another above-average peak season has put a unique burden on truckload and parcel transportation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Focus on Cost. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Focus on Cost. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

Procurement Analytics 195

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

This index complies 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. This index was reported as 1.84 reported for June, and 2.59 reported for May. percentage points from the reported reading of 65 in June.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

More than 30 Q-Commerce companies are currently operating in Europe, and half of them were founded very recently, in 2020. A McKinsey research from July 2020 found that during the pandemic, 75% of shoppers have switched between the brands they frequently shop from.”. Inventory Optimization. increase with their sales in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. Orbit Chart for Ecolab at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin Versus the Chemical Industry for the Period of 2010-2019. 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. 84% of buyers read the return policy before making an online purchase.

Retail 296

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NC State SCRC

MAY 30, 2022

The report was published in the last month, and reflects some of the increasing challenges and disparities that exist between procurement and supply chain executives. In this study, we explore the primary forms of misalignment that exist between supply chain and procurement executives. (We

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

According to data from the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), CPG sales in 2020 grew by 9.4% Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. cost per case.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. This Year’s Report Themes and Key Messages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. It is morning in Orlando. The sun is rising.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to retailer Walmart’s report of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. Specifically, high inflation and economically stressed consumers have been more selective in their purchase decisions. The reported profitability for the holiday quarter of $10.6

Inventory Reduction 52

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The staff at Wired magazine notes, “Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Today’s consumers take a lot of factors into consideration when they make a purchase — including product availability, price, delivery dates, and return policies. of all merchandise purchased in the U.S. ”[2].

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs. Machine Customers to Automate Purchases Machine customers are programs equipped with AI that buy or sell products.

Demand Planning Software 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. As physical stores opened, shut down and re-opened again, consumers became more flexible in the way they shop for, and purchase, just about every product. But, as we know, supply chain conditions were far from perfect in 2020 and 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. For those unaware of the term, shrink is an accounting term used to describe when a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded book inventory. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs. Machine Customers to Automate Purchases Machine customers are programs equipped with AI that buy or sell products.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain production activity levels in May 2022, as depicted by the reported PMI indices. Key reported findings point to output declines, lackluster new order inflows and international trade volume declines. reported for April.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. On the slightly positive side, the July report indicated that rates of input cost and output charge inflation have both eased to 17-month lows. reported for June. reported for June. compared to the reported value of 53.0

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions. With so many having to work from home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, consumers upped their purchases of in-home fitness equipment.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

That’s where forecasting and predictive analytics come into play. Predictive analytics involve techniques like data mining and machine learning to predict future trends from past and current data. You might be asking yourself: What is the difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2020

Consumer behavior, even before the pandemic, was moving steadily towards the digital path to purchase. The pandemic forced many consumers to make purchases online that they normally would have completed in stores. ” That doesn’t mean they aren’t using the digital path to purchase — because they are. ”[7].

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 29, 2021

While the industry has been undergoing a digital transformation for some time, the current environment is accelerating the need for supply chain leaders to invest in technology solutions like visibility, artificial intelligence (AI), and predictive analytics to drive better resilience, agility, and performance.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

In-fact delayed shipment may even change the consumer mind, who may cancel their order mid-transit and purchase from a competitor. Then is stockpiling regional inventories the answer to serving consumer demand and mitigating delays? Supply chains need to have the right infrastructure to safely store, transport and track shipments.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2021

Kearney’s Consumer Products and Retail Practice, asserts, “Retailers need to review forecasts and inventory commitments for Holiday 2021 which could be a blockbuster. Census Bureau’s March retail trade report, which predicted a booming holiday season. For example, overall retail sales in April rose by 51.2%

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to the Council of Logistics Management, it is “the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Every major publication and news outlet is reporting on the supply chain crisis. Most of the reporting has been pretty shallow, leaving all to wonder how it can be solved. . The problems we are experiencing now started in March 2020 when COVID hit and suppliers in Asia shut down. . The Lack of Supply Chain Resilience, Exposed.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

While focusing on revenue quality and minimizing operational costs, an article by Supply Chain Dive noted that the parcel giant may even allow further collaboration between FedEx Express and FedEx Ground which have been historically separate until 2020. Massive Inventory Levels Are Crashing Against Signs of an Economic Recession.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Why Choose a Job in the Supply Chain Industry?

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. purchase in bulk, hoarding quantities?of Dogs ate well during the pandemic, which boosted sales for manufacturers Business Wire predicts that the Australian? Shortages in ground transportation equipment?and

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

.”[1] His prediction proved accurate. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 percent higher than October 2020.”[2] ” At the moment, that prediction appears optimistic. In 2020, grocery prices increased 3.7%

Supply Chain Design Software 130

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them. This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.”

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Coming out of Y2K, more logistics operations focused on improving labor management, transportation management and green initiatives such as advancements in lighting technology, safety features with automated dock ramps with trailer locks and more. These three decades between 1990 and 2020 were influenced primarily by several key factors.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The two recognized PMI reports for U.S. The two recognized PMI reports for U.S.

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