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Walmart’s Supply Chain Woes

Logistics Viewpoints

Categories with excess inventory include apparel, electronics, and home and sporting goods. These trends have been exacerbated by inflationary pressure on the consumer that many of us have not experienced in our lifetime, the effect of which has recently changed consumption patterns in certain categories for us, notably general merchandise.”.

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Integrated Supplier Management: Diagnostic Insights

QAD

For the other 98% of respondents, the results tell us there is room for improvement in one or more aspects of supplier management to become more adaptive as an enterprise. Diagnostic Results: Strongest Categories. We found that the strongest categories overall relate to the traditional core ERP functions. The Good News.

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Has Driverless Supply Chain Planning Already Arrived?

ToolsGroup

There has been a lot of news about driverless cars, and at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit there was also some news about “driverless” supply chain planning when two companies described supply chain planning with almost no human intervention.

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The power of daily data

crisp

In today’s retail environment, there’s less room for error than ever: brands are facing increased competition at the shelf, feeling the squeeze from inflation, facing ongoing supply chain challenges, and more. Category data – Category data consists of sales data at the category level (ex.

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Speed, Collaboration and Innovation – Key Words for the New Procurement Decade

ivalua

It is a very different approach to the individual procurement executive disappearing into a (metaphorical) darkened room on their own to write that category strategy or run a tendering process! . It means everyone involved understanding their role, and what they need to do as part of the bigger picture.

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Grocery Shopping in the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

The report notes, “While some adoption rates remain low and not all categories have shifted fully online, e-commerce now represents the opportunity for significant market share which must be considered in the strategic planning process. It has also introduced news way for consumers to shop, like click-and-collect schemes.

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Scope 3 emissions are no longer the elephant in the room

Proxima

With COP26 around the corner, climate is now very much in the spotlight, and for many that means tackling the elephant in the room: Scope 3 emissions. Perhaps “elephant in the room” is the wrong way to describe Scope 3 emissions, because, in most rooms, it is fairly easy to spot an elephant. Good news is infectious, don’t delay.