Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

These companies understand that one bad experience could jeopardize future sales. Unlike other goods and services, a passenger on an airplane, cruise ship, or train cannot simply go somewhere else if you don’t have the soda or the meal that they want. Plus, many of these items are perishable.

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Cognira

JANUARY 18, 2021

Promotional data is stored in disparate spreadsheets, which makes seeing a complete view of promotions unavailable to merchants and leadership. Spreadsheets are typically managed in different ways, making it difficult for leadership to compare promotions across categories. Current Problem. Merging the data is time-intensive.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The worldwide chip shortage is bad and getting worse. The low-cost alternatives – such as spreadsheets – can end up causing more harm than good, and actually leave your supply chain in a worse state than it started. Here’s where to start to combat the chip shortage–and whatever tomorrow brings.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 5, 2016

Now a story in Canadian Business Magazine describes how supply chains can go seriously wrong and with serious consequences. Consumers were frustrated when confronted with empty shelves, and media and financial analysts were hammering the company for it.”. To read the full article, go to: [link]. headquarters.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This is the second in our series of articles on ‘What is bad supplier data costing you?’ In our previous article , we looked at some real world examples of how poor supplier data can lead to bad or inconsistent decision making. The cost of bad data is far higher than you would imagine.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2022

” Michael Rosen, chief investment officer at Angeles Investment Advisors, told Kerr, “The price of any particular good going up or down is not inflation. ” Of course, good news for consumers is bad news for retailers. When faced with long lead times for basic items, people will often over-order.

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LevaData

MARCH 16, 2023

First, a decision abyss develops when the supply chain planning team makes forecast decisions without having proper visibility into the parts that go into products. It also hampers the ability to make quicker, more informed, and better decisions when purchasing materials. Here are some of the main points we discussed.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 26, 2022

I suspect robotic process automation (RPA) is not a frequently discussed watercooler topic — and, when it is, the discussion probably involves back office, white collar, swivel chair work. Brian Belcher, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Vector, asks, “When will supply chains finally move on from paper?” 1] Good question.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This is the second in our series of articles on ‘What is bad supplier data costing you?’ In our previous article , we looked at some real world examples of how poor supplier data can lead to bad or inconsistent decision making. The cost of bad data is far higher than you would imagine.

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EC Sourcing Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This doesn’t mean that sourcing can’t be further optimized, especially when it comes to the award part of eSourcing, which is the final decision before establishing the contract. If you sometimes balk at making decisions or have a tough time with these processes, having outside professionals help with eSourcing isn’t a bad idea.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop. I may not be a kid anymore, but I do still love going to a candy store. Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased.

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DynaSys

MARCH 10, 2021

A bad example to start with. S&OP is all about reaching a consensus about what we are going to do and how we are going to do it. This includes people who were merely “not at the meeting”, as well as people who have yet to go to the company. Next month when the team reviews the decision, the memory will be stronger.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

I, like many of you, read this book when it was published. The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. I built a macro on a spreadsheet to manage cycle stock.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 2, 2016

Kinaxis recently asked me to author a blog series on the topic of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Naturally, I was flattered to be asked to contribute to their popular 21 st Century Supply Chain blog. In this first posting, I will provide an overview of the six key areas I plan to talk about in my blogs. by Steven J.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2020

Has your friend, or partner, ever looked at you and said, “Let’s go out to eat!”? There’s often not many seconds between the proposition of eating out, and a frantic barrage of mobile searches on various review sites, blog posts and news articles. When selecting a restaurant, you’re one Yelp search away from 360º insights.

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Demand Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2013

On the pages of this blog, I’ve previously called the cloud a revolution in SCM — and I meant what I said. You can go live quickly, avoid sinking thousands of dollars into software licenses, and rest assured that you’ll always be on the latest version of the software. And it needs to go live ASAP.

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Elementum

JUNE 22, 2022

In recent blogs, we laid out the basics of supply chain management , and discussed some of the macro factors contributing to the increase in supply chain disruptions. If you’re a follower of this blog, you know that we’ve been outspoken in our criticism of the prevailing idea of supply chain management viewed as a cost center.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Stockouts are bad for business – they lead to unhappy customers, stressed employees, a poor reputation and a dent in profits. To do this you need to know what stock items are most ‘at risk’ of running out, when are they likely to run out, and by how much you are likely to be short. Demand forecasts. Lead times.

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Arkieva

DECEMBER 22, 2015

I am thinking like a software provider when I use the phrase ‘ROI questions’. Whatever form it takes, my purpose in this blog is to illustrate how one should go about coming up with the potential benefits of a proposed project. Are there bad things you are trying to avoid (pain)? Let us go through some steps.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In this three-part blog series we’re looking at three of the most common inventory management issues faced by stock holding companies. This is a very bad idea for three reasons: 1. Read our blog on demand forecasting or download our whitepaper for more information. So far we’ve discussed the following: 1.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Everyone wins when supply chains become more sustainable, but doing so requires a conscientious effort. You need to understand these problems when they happen, not months later, which makes access to real-time data from up and down the supply chain. When all of these elements combine, supply chains transform for the better.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

When I went through the training to learn the new software, I struggled. In fact, many are stuck in a bad way, like a car trying to get traction in a snow bank. It cannot go further. I feel that the lengthening of payables is like a bad drug. We have too great of a reliance on spreadsheets. This lasted for weeks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

When I hear this, I raise my hand to ask some basic questions. Each was going to solve the problem of getting a better forecast. This was the subject of my last blog post, Upending the Apple Cart. In this blog post, I believe that we must start by examining the apples. Here are some top of mind issues: Bad Output.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

She is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , which attracts 5,000 readers weekly. She also writes a blog for Forbes and is a LinkedIn Influencer. The story in the book is the actually process I would like for them to go through. I realized that many organizations are very confused about metrics.

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Proxima

JUNE 16, 2020

However, it can also be argued that those who elected not to pay on time are not by default the bad guys; survival may be a legitimate business tactic in a crisis. SCF is possibly going to be one of the big winners from COVID, the exposure of poor payment practices, and the need to support SME’s. appeared first on Proxima.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

While companies want to improve costs and inventory, most are going backwards. The Supply Chain is a Complex System with Increasing Complexity. You cannot get this same understanding of looking at the supply chain in a spreadsheet. As a result, the budget is out-of-date when built. You can help. What can you do?

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Vecco International

DECEMBER 27, 2017

So you’ve just learned that there’s good news… and there’s bad news. Now, the bad news. In this blog, we’ll discuss how the lack of real-time, end-to-end data can disrupt business operations and what can be done to prevent the “bad news” scenarios. In fact, they’re way over forecast. You’re short on production orders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

While Stewart’s lawyers argue that the former CEO is not a bad man, and that he did not intend to kill customers, the jury ruled. A poignant moment, that many will never forget, is when U.S. When he refused, the news sensationalized the fact that Parnell declined to eat his own product. Learning from History. It was clear.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

There is definitely something going on and we have been heading in a new direction for awhile, but it is relatively unstructured at the moment. For example, Caesars Palace is good at detecting if people are unhappy losing at slot machines, in which case they walk out the door with a bad experience related to gaming on their minds.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In this blog, the team at EazyStock will be showing you the most exciting logistics and supply chain mobile applications that will make your job even easier. The app even has voice recording technology built in for capturing important memos when you are away from your laptop or can’t spend time typing out notes.

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ShipBob

APRIL 13, 2021

When thinking about KPIs, important ones may come to mind like conversion rate , site traffic, net promoter score, and shopping cart abandonment rate. When you hold yourself accountable by measuring goals and targets through KPIs, you have a deeper understanding of your business. Help you gauge growth. Increase online sales.

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Pivot88

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

When there is zero or limited visibility it is increasingly difficult to address problems and institute a quality control program. The efficiency also comes from the fact that now all the data can come from one common view instead of multiple spreadsheets and documents that can take hours to sort through and analyze to produce reports.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 12, 2016

In today's modern society, often, the stop gap in efficient productivity in your warehouse is typically one of two things: bad process & getting caught up in the weeds of tactics. In today's blog post we will go over five key areas those managing or directing company warehouses can focus on to achieve reaching your desired outcomes.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2016

Although companies are in desperate need of data, they often struggle with how to use it effectively and struggle when it comes to what constitutes valid benchmark data, how to compare their own data to the benchmark data and, most importantly, what conclusions they should draw from it?

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Now that we’ve talked about the “what” and “why” of warehouse automation, let’s dig into the “when” and “how.”. When to Introduce Automation. By now, you may be asking yourself: “This sounds great, but when do I bring automation into my warehouse?”. gap generates 5,000 bad inventory entries. Needless to say, that 0.5%

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Now that we’ve talked about the “what” and “why” of warehouse automation, let’s dig into the “when” and “how.”. When to Introduce Automation. By now, you may be asking yourself: “This sounds great, but when do I bring automation into my warehouse?”. gap generates 5,000 bad inventory entries. Needless to say, that 0.5%

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