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2022 Realities vs 2023 Predictions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

2022 Realities vs 2023 Predictions. 2022 was, undoubtedly, another tough year with many disruptions happening outside the four walls of enterprise – extreme weather, natural disasters blocking access to resources, port or border congestion delaying transit, panic buying artificially inflating demand, suppliers going out of business.

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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise

Supply Chain Shaman

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. We talk about complexity, but do not measure the impact on forecastability. Orbit charts of four companies for the period of 2013-2022 at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns.

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American Software Reports Third Quarterof Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

ATLANTA (February 23, 2022) American Software, Inc. NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. million for the quarter ended January 31, 2022, a 45% increase compared to $7.5 million for the quarter ended January 31, 2022 compared to $31.6 million compared to $0.5

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ToolsGroup Partners with Planalytics to Bring Weather-Driven Analytics to Retail Planning

ToolsGroup

BOSTON, February 16, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has partnered with Planalytics to integrate their weather-driven demand (WDD) analytics with ToolsGroup’s retail planning solutions, enabling customers to isolate, measure, and manage the influence of weather on their businesses.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 rules issued in October 2022 restricted exports to semiconductor manufacturing facilities there as part of an effort to keep U.S. percent year-on-year decline in cargo ton miles to 1.8bn, although this metric increased by 9.5 percent in early U.S.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

In March 2022, online shopping was up 27% over the previous year. From the start of the pandemic until March 2022, online shopping went up by 33%. In 2022 overall, U.S. Minimizing waste in grocery retailers starts with accurate and robust demand forecasting. e-commerce online sales accounted for $1034 Billion.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Canada banned single-use plastic shopping bags in December 2022, along with other single-use plastic items including straws and cutlery. The February Transportation Intelligence report from economic forecasting firm FR showed that U.S. But the company has come farther and faster in the transition to EVs than most of its competitors.