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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? through 2021, but total retail sales will grow 7.9%. The added strain on resources is on track to force high freight volumes to continue well into the next year.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Understanding this relationship requires modeling. (A A Case Study.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart of Four Industry Sectors at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns (Year-over-Year Averages for the Sector). The first reason is that it is a bad use of a resource. The focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) sucked up company resources. The reason? A sales person should be selling.

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What is GMROI, and What Does it Mean for Your Retail Inventory?

ShipBob

That means you must see a sufficient return on your inventory investment. In other words, you need to make more money selling your inventory than you spent to acquire, store, and fulfill orders with it. That’s why you need to closely measure metrics such as gross margin return on investment (GMROI).

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Omni-channel 2021: From Duct Tape to Deliberate

BlueYonder

In fact, just 47% of retailers say they have the right metrics to measure the success of their omnichannel strategy. [2] With this platform approach, retailers gain a holistic view of inventory and demand in to better serve customers in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. 1] RIS News, Store Experience Study 2021. [2]

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Inventory Optimisation: Tools & Techniques You Should Know

Unleashed

Inventory optimisation is the process that enables efficient inventory management. In this guide, we define inventory optimisation and offer a few actionable tips and strategies for getting it right every time. In this inventory optimisation guide: What is inventory optimisation?

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A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

ToolsGroup

So your firm recently released a report of 2021 predictions and there’s a lot of great information in there. What are one or two challenges in particular that you’re advising companies and their supply chain management teams to focus on in 2021? So our overall theme for 2021 predictions is a year of renewal.