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7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

ToolsGroup

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today, as the enormous bullwhip effect of COVID continues.

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Customers and Analysts Recognize ToolsGroup as a Supply Chain and Retail Planning Leader

ToolsGroup

It’s also why so many of our customers are eager to share their supply chain success – and have even won awards of their own in partnership with ToolsGroup! Check out some of our most recent accolades and discover why so many companies turn to ToolsGroup for better, faster supply chain decision making. Read the press release here.

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Top 6 Predictions for Supply Chain Planning in 2021 and Beyond

ToolsGroup

Over the year, COVID-19 introduced even greater complexity into the already difficult work of supply chain planning–and changed supply chain from a practitioner-focused topic to everyday dinner table conversation. Digital supply chain transformation will accelerate. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous year ahead!

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Planning to Review Your Supply Chain Network Design in 2021? Find Your Capability Fit

AIMMS

The post Planning to Review Your Supply Chain Network Design in 2021? Find Your Capability Fit appeared first on AIMMS.

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What Supply Chain Leaders Keep Getting Wrong

Speaker: David Blonski, Chief Operations Officer of Elementum

We see this same dynamic play out in supply chains every day. In an environment that’s never been more challenging, supply chain leaders are as determined as ever to decrease costs and improve performance. By investing in the same ideas and initiatives they always have: a new ERP, better demand planning, doubling down on six sigma.

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Budget Planning 2021: 5 Supply Chain Recommendations

Talking Logistics

The effects of COVID-19 on North American business are creating supply chain challenges into the second half of 2020. The ability for organizations to respond to these challenges will determine the strategies required to maintain profitable performance in 2021. Read more Budget Planning 2021: 5 Supply Chain Recommendations.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

When the pandemic started in 2020, no one could foresee the impacts of the global supply chain disturbances would last this long. Now the new norm is constant change, and agility is the name of the game when it comes to supply chain planning. Critical inventory disruptions/deficiency anywhere in the supply chain.

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How Data Science and Modeling Can Supercharge Your Risk Management

Speaker: Dr. Ken Fordyce, Solutions Director, Supply Chain and Advanced Analytics at Arkieva

Risk management is defined as anticipating and responding to an event not yet part of the plan of record that requires a significant adjustment in your demand-supply network (DSN). COVID-19 has put risk management at the front and center in the supply chain world. Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 at 11AM PDT, 2PM EDT, 6PM GMT

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Supply Chain Planning Value Matrix 2021: Crisis-Proof Solutions at Scale

Holistically analyze your value chain for a resilient supply chain, even in times of crisis. Discover more about why the CCH® Tagetik Supply Chain Planning solution was named a leader in the Nucleus Research Supply Chain Planning Value Matrix 2021 report.

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8 Supply Chain Technology Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Manufacturing leaders who built resilient supply chains were successful in 2021, despite the many supply and demand fluctuations. Supply chain visibility, collaboration, and orchestration are now the top priority for executives. Multi-Tier Supply Chains. Blockchain Expands Supply Chain Capabilities.

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The Keys to Business Continuity Planning

Speaker: Ron Spiteri, Director of TXM Lean Solutions

The pandemic has been the most significant disruption to global supply chains since the dawn of the industrial world. A key learning of this disruption has been the need for business continuity planning to mitigate future disruptions, which we know will come. Wednesday April 21st, 2021 at 12:30PM PDT, 3:30PM EDT, 7:30PM GMT

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New Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design

Many companies are looking to redesign their supply chain network to lower costs, improve service levels and reduce risks in the new year. Scenario modeling is emerging as a key capability. To help you start 2021 strong, we updated our popular Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software with research insights and learnings.

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Market Insights Report: Top Trends for 2022 Planning and Beyond

It’s no secret that supply-chain bottlenecks have tightened throughout the pandemic. Pulling from our own network and the broader industry, Uber Freight is releasing a biannual report that examines dynamic retail and spending imbalances, unprecedented nationwide driver supply shifts, and digital brokerage trends that emerged in H2 2021.

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Walmart 2022 Fiscal Calendar

Get access to the 2021-22 Walmart Fiscal Calendar ?? holidays - SQEP phases Start planning your fiscal year, right! This calendar is ink-friendly and printable on standard 8.5” x 11” paper. Some key highlights: - OTIF dates - Walmart weeks - U.S.