Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Supply Chain Matters calls reader attention to a published report that indicates for one retailer, the sudden shift in consumer demand this year may not have been that sudden. Instead, a detailed analysis of consumer buying and general apparel and clothing trends buying trends proved beneficial in limiting overall inventory exposure.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

It’s still important, but Lauren Thomas ( @laurenthomas ) reports, “Coresight Research … says the holiday season is becoming ‘less important’ for retailers, with more shopping taking place online throughout the year. Traditionally the holiday shopping season has been a make-or-break time for retailers.

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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. Data source: eMarketer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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Claritum

JULY 16, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. The purchase of goods and services can be split into two primary procurement domains: The Strategic Core purchases that enable an organisation to produce their product or service (called Strategic Spend by many organisations). Seeking savings and purchasing efficiencies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

According to a published report from New Hampshire’s Manchester Union Leader via Yahoo News , plans for the sixth facility call for the construction of a 102,418 square foot combination office and manufacturing facility within Londonderry, New Hampshire , near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. billion in sales reported for 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

in this blog, I am going to rely on the account of the songwriter, that the song is a childhood story about a dragon that lived in Honalee. How do we harness the power of data with new forms of analytics? Today, technology providers are selling analytics. My stepson calls them tidy whiteys) Imagine a boring, basic apparel item.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

Last week’s quarterly financial performance reporting among major U.S. The retailer had reported a big earnings miss as higher inventories and supply chain related costs dragged down expected profitability. This week’s report of Target’s financial performance reflected that action, but operating margins actually declined to 1.2

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. Analytics: empowering users with transparent prescriptive analytics (optimization) capabilities to generate scenarios and solutions automatically. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

As you read this blog, I hope that you will see me as a positive contrarian versus an old curmudgeon. Almost two decades of reporting. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.) While companies talk digital, the projects follow traditional supply-centric paths. As I listen, I struggle.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. Analytics: empowering users with transparent prescriptive analytics (optimization) capabilities to generate scenarios and solutions automatically. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products….

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

He writes a weekly blog on Linked In which I follow religiously. Here again, my prior blog notes how much inventory we have in supply chains today – and how certain parties are pushing back their excessive demand forecasts, and punishing their suppliers. More importantly, the supply chain isn’t there yet!

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all. Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2021

These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. Revelations about forced labor and poor working conditions have also harmed the reputations of several leading apparel brands including H&M and Boohoo. Retailer Uniqlo Co.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Reuters reported that several suppliers to Tesla and Apple suspended production for four to six days because of the crisis. To meet the surging demand, including early holiday purchases, China’s exports to the U.S. As described in earlier blog posts , there are compelling reasons to keep production in China.

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Claritum

JULY 5, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. An approach to Tail Spend Analytics. Benefits of better Analytics. If you can measure it then you can manage it” This statement is so true in the procurement field. Procurement needs to have real time data on the entire supply chain. Uniforms and Apparel.

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. In 2020, Walmart tested RFID again in its apparel departments. Additionally, RFID was also relatively new in the supply chain space.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

During the afternoon, as I quietly held the pieces for Jake’s monster, my mind composed my blog post for the week. When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? Bio-engineering?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 25, 2018

What can any retailer learn from the edgy athletic apparel brand? The brand is using data on online purchases to stock the new Nike Live concept store that opened in July. Harnessing regional shopping data lets them feature their most popular shoes and apparel, stocking them in all the colors and sizes available.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2017

jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. Wal-Mart is beating the pants off Amazon in apparel, and it’s fighting to keep it that way.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. There are unique challenges and opportunities presented by complex, frequently ordered categories of Indirect expenditure, such as marketing services, print, packaging, uniforms & apparel, office supplies and related products and services. Short purchasing cycles. Introduction.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Daphne Howland ( @daphnehowland ) reports any eulogies being written about brick-and-mortar retail’s demise are premature. He asserts, “The outstanding opportunity is $27 trillion remaining in the global retail economy, including things that are fundamentally more complex purchases.” ” Prediction 2. .”

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AB&R

APRIL 12, 2022

The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. In 2020, Walmart tested RFID again in its apparel departments. Additionally, RFID was also relatively new in the supply chain space.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2017

Reporting for Business Insider, Hayley Peterson’s article, Walmart has a new kind of discount — and it’s impossible for Amazon to beat , details the discounts that will be available from the retail giant starting April 19. Global production for apparel has doubled between 2000 and 2014 reports The Economist.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 31, 2015

In an ironic twist, making supplier identities public is taking form of a source of competitive advantage, particularly targeting consumers who demand information so that they can make informed purchasing decisions. have released the names and addresses of their suppliers to the public. 

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2017

billion acquisition of Whole Foods formally went through in August, the changes began, from cutting costs to internal restructuring. According to a report by alternative data intelligence firm Thasos Group, which analyzed mobile phone location data, Whole Foods’ foot traffic climbed 17 percent year-over-year the week of price cuts.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 27, 2022

At the back of your supply chain, you’ve got your raw materials being procured. Combining two companies in a supply chain can greatly reduce the input costs, which are incurred to provide a product or service. They include things like the cost of materials, labor, and transportation. Find out how.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Some of the recommendations I made to the group are discussed here in this blog, and published in the latest edition of Industrial Biotechnology journal. Effectively, there is no database that permits reliable reporting on the volume of biobased products sold in the US or exported for global consumers. Annual reporting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Let me start this blog by asking, “Shouldn’t you be worried too?” So, I write this blog with this bias. The dramatic increase in cost is a major factor in inflation: driving the 11.5% jump in apparel costs and 5.5% The supply chain can handle cost increases more easily than variability.

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RELEX Solutions

APRIL 5, 2017

Having relevant assortment data at the disposal of a skilled central team gives you a far greater capacity to run really good analytics on your assortment. In these cases, it’s crucial that you have a feedback mechanism in your system that you can use to report back when changes are made to central plans. Other blog posts.

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ShipBob

APRIL 13, 2021

However, there is a wide range of metrics that you should be tracking to help your online store grow. Why ecommerce performance metrics are important. Why are ecommerce performance metrics important to your online store? Costs of goods sold (COGS). Table of Contents. What are ecommerce KPIs? Sales KPIs. Marketing KPIs.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Supply Chain Shortages Impacted Consumer Purchases. Maybe its digital-only design fit more with the purchase activities of tweens and young adults everywhere. In addition to electronics, other categories facing high out-of-stock levels include jewelry, apparel, home & garden, and pet products. The Nintendo Switch?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Let me start this blog by asking, “Shouldn’t you be worried too?” So, I write this blog with this bias. The dramatic increase in cost is a major factor in inflation: driving the 11.5% jump in apparel costs and 5.5% The supply chain can handle cost increases more easily than variability.

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FLEXE

JUNE 20, 2017

For apparel, virtual fitting rooms will make it easier for customers to “try on” clothes from home. With an estimated 30% of online apparel sales returned , being able to “see” how something will fit before buying it will reduce the number of returns and, theoretically, convert more sales while boosting customer satisfaction. .

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