Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

At its annual event, Apple unveiled the new iPhone 15 lineup. And while the company touted upgrades such as better cameras, better processors, and smaller borders around the screen, the big news was the charging port. And now on to this week’s logistics news. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

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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Enterra Insights

MARCH 30, 2022

As many brands continue to grapple with supply chain challenges and grocery retailers strive to fill the sudden increase in online shopping orders through their brick-and-mortar stores, both must rethink their pre-pandemic notions of ideal store-level inventory levels, category management, and maximizing a store’s footprint and linear real estate.”[3]

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

” Generational Marketing Admittedly, there are some product categories where it makes sense to conduct generational marketing. ” Cohen asserts, “We don’t study and teach these categories because they simply aren’t real.” Can we predict it? Can we prevent it? ” He also cited sociologist Philip N.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2022

correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. FreightWaves.com, the company’s news site, is the leading provider of news and commentary for the transportation and logistics space. He is based in Vancouver, Wash.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Those costs vary depending on an item’s size, category, and weight. Categories with excess inventory include apparel, electronics, and home and sporting goods. The post This Week in Logistics News (August 13 – 19) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Walmart has about $1.5

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Climate journalist Scott Dance reports, “When meteorologists began using the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale to measure hurricane intensity in the 1970s, a Category 5 storm represented oblivion. … Now, two scientists are proposing a new label they say a growing number of storms already merit: Category 6.”[9]

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

She told me the company had analyzed around 10 million Instagram influencers to find which categories were the most popular. The company then calculated the average engagement rate for the profiles that belong to those categories. The leading category by sheer number of accounts is Media. ” Social Media Dangers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. The “Food at Home” category jumped even more, rising to 12.2% The post This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Unless the new Watch has been designed to suck CO2 directly from the atmosphere, he jokes, it’s not actually carbon neutral. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The post This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That’s all for this week.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2022

Other categories with big increases: pork, poultry, fats and oils.” ” If that news isn’t grim enough, the staff at Fetch Rewards insists, “Food inflation [is actually] higher than government data.”[2] ” Despite all the bad news, consumers are remarkably resilient. range from a 6%-7% range.

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Logility

JANUARY 27, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, has been recognized by Retail Today as a leader in the supply chain category in the Retail CIO Radar 2022, a first-of-its kind annual list of the most innovative and transformative retail technology solution providers. ATLANTA – Jan.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

We’ve put together a new reading (and watch) list for this summer to help you gather some refreshing ideas as you gear up to plan for 2018. The list includes our best supply chain analytics blogs and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

We’ve put together a new reading (and watch) list for this summer to help you gather some refreshing ideas as you gear up to plan for 2018. The list includes the best of our blog and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! .

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

According the Supermarket News staff, “The grocery industry has witnessed more change in the past two years than perhaps the entire previous decade.”[1] As we head into the new year, it’s inevitable that there is more evolution to come.” The Supermarket News staff predicts the number of quick delivery service companies will decline.

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crisp

AUGUST 1, 2023

UNFI Insights, powered by Crisp, should help us drive category growth by accessing category-level data and pushing the latest available distribution and sales data directly into our Snowflake cloud data platform,” said Stefanie McNansky, Customer Vice President-UNFI at Kraft Heinz.

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QAD

AUGUST 31, 2021

We also found that for each of the main categories of Integrated Supplier Management – Plan, Execute, Monitor and Adapt – respondents ranged from Semi-Functional to Effective Supplier Management. Diagnostic Results: Strongest Categories. We found that the strongest categories overall relate to the traditional core ERP functions.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2020

This blog is a part of our Coffee & Category Management Vlog series. As I reflect on these unprecedented times, I wanted to provide a point of view on the direction of category management now and in the future. The post Category Management in the New Normal – POV from Blue Yonder appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Unlike some product categories, rising food prices affect everyone. Consumers understand inflation is bad news for them; however, it is also bad news for grocers. ”[7] If there is any good news on the grocery front, it is that prices for restaurant food is increasing even faster than for store-bought food.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2022

Burt Flickinger, managing director for Strategic Resource Group, told CBS News he’d seen the biggest discounts across “consumer electronics, sporting goods, apparel, clothes, and accessories.”. One example: egg prices are up 56% , according to the Department of Agriculture, driven up by drought, a bird flu epidemic and the war in Ukraine.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Only 4% of our sample expressed that they were extremely confident, but most are in the moderately confident, slightly confident, or slightly unconfident categories – the population is still in a wait and see mode. Many “news story lines” are representing that Republicans do not have confidence in the vaccine right now.

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Exiger Perspectives

APRIL 11, 2023

That includes monitoring for geopolitical risk, trade wars, industrial espionage, modern slavery, climate change and cyber threats in the face of social media and a 24/7 news cycle.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 9, 2020

In part one , I examined five of fourteen food sector areas being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as identified from numerous sources by Jim Dippold, Senior Vice President for Category Management Strategy at Enterra Solutions ®. Hunkering down for an unknown period of isolation has created a spike in overall category purchases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Office Space fits this category for me. And now, Walmart is reviving the 1999 cult classic with a new ad campaign that brings back two of our favorite characters, Bill Lumbergh and Samir Nagheenanajar. The ad is trying to create a new image for a “ case of the Mondays ” as the retailers is moving Black Friday to Mondays.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2019

Our initial efforts are focused on the implementation of an Autonomous Demand Insights module within the Enterra Category Management Intelligent System (ECMIS) as well as the application of the Enterra Enterprise Cognitive System across the Nestlé USA retail partner network. With 2018 sales of $9.7 billion, Nestlé USA is part of Nestlé S.A.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 21, 2020

Grocers, beverage retailers, convenience stores, and other essential needs operations, controlling entry to the store, one person per aisle, rationing of products available for purchase, double-digit increases to categories deemed essential. How will this impact your categories going forward? Are you prepared for what is ahead?

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crisp

MARCH 23, 2023

But here’s the good news: most retailers are sharing sales and inventory data on a daily basis that can be used to guide decision-making. For starters, syndicated data reports by retail intelligence companies like Nielsen IQ, Circana (formerly known as IRI), and SPINS can be used to uncover useful category and channel insights.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

Generally, product companies that offer high value-add fall into this category. Following lean management principles, KPIs are mapped by seven categories of waste and inefficiency in a business: Excessive waiting, Overproduction, Rejects, Motion, Processing, Inventory, and Transport. If so, it may be good news for management bonuses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 And now on to this week’s logistics news. New commercial drivers who did not drive the year prior, or who did not drive for 1,420 hours in the current year, would also be eligible for the credit.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

On a category basis, executives pointed to comparable sales for grocery items rising by mid-single digits. Despite this quarterly performance investors forced a decline of 7 percent in Walmart shares on the earnings news primarily out of concerns on final quarter guidance. Customer transactions reportedly rose 3.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode.

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Vanguard Software

MAY 7, 2021

The Latest Supply Chain News. The New York Times – As Economy Rebounds, Manufacturers Face New Hurdles. More Supply Chain News. Supply Chain Dive – Spend analytics, category management top priorities for supply chain leaders. The Latest News from Vanguard. Here's How to Do Both.

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Vanguard Software

MAY 7, 2021

The Latest Supply Chain News. The New York Times – As Economy Rebounds, Manufacturers Face New Hurdles. More Supply Chain News. Supply Chain Dive – Spend analytics, category management top priorities for supply chain leaders. The Latest News from Vanguard. Here's How to Do Both.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

Yung-Yun’s algorithm scanned tens of thousands of targeted news and company reports to develop the ratings in each category. Let me describe the two categories highlighted in the journal article. Insights into category dynamics are used to help businesses achieve critical strategies & results.

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Stord

APRIL 13, 2023

5000 , a list of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States, and ranked 3 within the Logistics & Transportation category. This news also comes on the heels of continued momentum for Stord. with a new investment led by Franklin Templeton.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The biggest category of imports in 2022 was consumer goods, at $31 billion, followed by electronic and electrical equipment, worth $28 billion. The post This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That’s all for this week.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Recognition in this category adds to the growing list of accolades Kinaxis has received: 2014 Canada’s Best Small & Medium Employers , 2014 National Capital Region Top Employer , 2013 Canada’s Best Employers for Young People , 2014 Supply Chain Pros to Know , 2014 100 Great Supply Chain Projects and 2013 Great Supply Chain Partner.

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