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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supply chains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Focus functional metrics to improving reliability. What did we find?

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. It should not be functional, with a narrow focus on a singular function like manufacturing or transportation. For the purposes of this article, I define the processes of network design as the use of analytic tools to model and optimize the supply chain.

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Fresh Item Promotion Planning: Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing Value

Cognira

Unlike center store products with predictable costs and planning cadences, fresh items are highly sensitive to market conditions, making decision-making a complex task. In this article, we will explore the nuances of fresh item promotion planning, the pain points faced by retailers, and potential solutions to overcome these challenges.

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Fresh Item Promotion Planning: Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing Value

Cognira

Unlike center store products with predictable costs and planning cadences, fresh items are highly sensitive to market conditions, making decision-making a complex task. In this article, we will explore the nuances of fresh item promotion planning, the pain points faced by retailers, and potential solutions to overcome these challenges.

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22 HR & management professionals share the most effective ways for managers to retain their best warehouse workers

6 River Systems

In fact, warehousing accounted for the largest portion of jobs added in the transportation and warehousing sector in June, about 61,000 of 99,000 total jobs. We did this by tying metrics to their workload and included those metrics in our weekly all-hands meetings. However, warehouse managers can do so much more.