Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Tomorrow, 26 April 2023, is international Stop Food Waste Day. According the Stop Food Waste Day website , “Stop Food Waste Day is the largest single day of action in the fight against food waste. Food waste only exacerbates the challenge — and it’s everywhere. and China, The Guardian reports.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

This confession comes seven years after selling of contaminated food. The food recall is the largest in US history. …never before has a corporate executive been convicted of federal felony charges in a food safety violation. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill.

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Unleashed

MARCH 6, 2023

But they’re especially useful in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories such as food and beverages. These are industries in which customers can be fickle: ensuring there is a good marketing strategy and content plan ensures sales are kept on target. What is a marketing plan?

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. With adaptive customisation, users personalise it when they take it home.

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Alloy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An Introduction to Walmart Luminate Listen to the full episode of the Shelf Life Podcast on Walmart Luminate Walmart Luminate is the retailer’s new data, analytics and reporting tool for suppliers — and it represents a massive step forward in retailer-supplier collaboration.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 29, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) in inventory management are metrics that help you monitor and make decisions about your stock. In inventory management, KPIs matter because they offer information about turnover, sales, demand, costs and more. These types of metrics are Sales KPIs, Receiving KPIs and Operational KPIs.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

It’s crucial for your demand plan to be accurate because it’s used to set your procurement and manufacturing levels. If your demand forecast is too high, you’ll carry excess inventory, which will increase your carrying costs. It should also provide error metrics to help you understand how accurate each forecast is.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. Your forecasting process goes through multiple checks and balances, giving you the opportunity to identify deviations and exceptions and create more accurate predictions. Can CPFR be leveraged within all industries?

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Alloy

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To say that the global supply chain isn’t going easy on consumer goods brands might be something of an understatement. Across industries, companies of all sizes are facing cost pressures due to the rising costs of materials, alongside never-ending delays getting their products to the right place at the right time.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. The slideshow that follows, then, is our coverage of Gartner’s rankings, which includes both comments from Gartner’s analysts as well as our own analysis, based on independent reporting. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017. Pampered by extraordinary choice in consumer goods, customers expect the same quality and devotion from their business suppliers too. BRICs Are Moving to Buying, Not Just Making.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 18, 2018

Television, mobile phones, and other consumer goods aren't subject to the new tariffs. Although China offered to increase purchases of exports from the U.S. imported $506 billion worth of goods from China and exported $130 billion, according to government statistics. vehicles for transport of goods, w/compress.-ign.

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