Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Traditionally the holiday shopping season has been a make-or-break time for retailers. It’s still important, but Lauren Thomas ( @laurenthomas ) reports, “Coresight Research … says the holiday season is becoming ‘less important’ for retailers, with more shopping taking place online throughout the year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Models Matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. ” Her answer was telling.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. One of my favorite supply chain leaders has a stack of Palantir reports in black binders on his desk. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud.

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Cognira

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Retailers guide to win holiday promotions November 28, 2023 Promotions Home As the holiday season approaches, retailers take preparatory measurements and tailor their holiday promotions for the most action-packed time of the year. With spending anticipated to hit $1.56

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Sixty-one percent of consumers said the availability of same-day delivery would make them more loyal to a retailer, yet only one percent would be willing to pay for full delivery costs. Supply Chain Dive reports that the last leg of a journey can account for up to 28 percent of a product’s total transportation costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. For example, change the business models so that Ariba must interoperate with GT Nexus, E2Open with Elemica, MPO (Kinaxis) with Nulogy, etc. A purchase order changes many times and needs synchronization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2023

Technology for All In a retail era dominated by e-commerce giants, customer expectations have shifted towards instant product delivery at no cost. To meet these demands and ensure superior delivery experiences, retailers and carriers must leverage last-mile delivery technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

I never republished the report, because not enough has changed to warrant it.) The report centers on the concept of moving from inside-out to outside-in technologies. The order latency is the time from purchase by the end consumer to the visibility of the order. This is a natural fit for narrow AI and new forms of analytics.

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to run a successful business, you need a dedicated procurement team to obtain these essential goods and services, ensure timely delivery, and nurture good relationships with your vendors. Paying for offices, utilities, technology subscriptions, and cleaning services is also part of the procurement team's responsibility.

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Locus

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the tightly knit fabric of retail, a clear view of the supply chain’s inner workings is a definitive edge for business. Clarity in supply chain operations distinguishes the leaders in retail. The commitment to supply chain transparency is evident, with only a slim 4% of retailers lacking visibility into their logistics.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2023

Brad Cook and Steve Hewitt , partners at Wipfli, report, “Consumer spending accounts for nearly 70 percent of U.S. To be in a position to capitalize on these shifts as they unfold — or avoid obsolescence — CPG and retailing companies need to make the right technology investments, starting now.”[3] economic activity.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The bane of e-commerce is the large percentage of purchased items that are returned. As noted in the initial installment of this article, Elise Dopson reports, “Data suggests that 20% of online-bought products are returned, compared to just 9% of items bought in a brick-and-mortar store.”[1] With retail sales estimated to be $4.50

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Retailers, especially in the developed world, demand collaborative practices, continue to increase the quality of their private label offerings, and are becoming significant competitors. The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?” ” To manage a supply chain containing complex dependencies between teams, departments and partner companies across international boundaries requires a rich set of metrics. Functionally isolated metrics lead to sub-optimized supply chain performance.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for more than fifty years – and evolved first in the form of what was called “shared services”.

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Settle, a pioneering cash flow management company, and Crisp, a leading retail data platform, are setting a new standard for operational excellence in the consumer goods industry. Settle’s purchasing suite directly tackles this issue by streamlining and automating the entire purchasing lifecycle.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Deep discounting as a survival strategy According to McKinsey , deep discounting is a primary strategy that retailers are using to survive the retail contraction caused by Covid-19. The pandemic hit fashion retailers especially hard. Markdowns have now become a critical survival strategy for retailers.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

is advanced supply chain analytics. Advanced supply chain analytics is turning the current uncertainty into strategic foresight. In this blog, we’ll delve deeper into the potential of advanced supply chain analytics and understand why it is the need of the hour.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. They are all essential parts of Kroger’s analytics capabilities and, if leveraged correctly, can provide crucial insights to improve business operations.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Supply chain analytics combines powerful algorithms, data, and the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to address the most elusive challenges in the supply chain right now – visibility and control. And that’s precisely what’s on the horizon for supply chain analytics.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2023

A couple of years ago, Corrie White , Marketing Manager at Transfix, reported that new technologies were “flooding the freight industry” in an effort to make operations more efficient and effective.[2] Process Automation in Retail and the Supply Chain. Even digital paperwork can be time-consuming and error-prone.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? As we’ve chronicled on the Argentus Blog, it’s no secret that the world of Procurement is changing and fast. Procurement, you’ve come a long way, baby!

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BlueYonder

MARCH 30, 2023

Have you had a chance to check out the Incisiv 2023 Omni-Channel Experience Index report ? This new research analyzes the latest market trends and consumer preferences to help you understand which capabilities retail leaders offer today. Costs & Payments Retail leaders understand that they need to provide value for money.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be little relief in 2022 unless the factors driving the increased import volumes—a strong economy and the fundamental shift in consumer behavior to purchase more goods and less services—change. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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crisp

MARCH 24, 2022

We surveyed CPG teams using Crisp (and consulted our in-house product expert) for tips on data-driven retail marketing that makes a measurable impact. They can purchase (expensive) syndicated data, but that involves multiple players, multiple reports, and infrequent updates. A marketer’s best friend.

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ShipBob

MARCH 2, 2023

How people feel when they interact with your business influences their buying behavior. A Salesforce report found that almost 90% of shoppers consider the customer experience as important as the company’s products or services. So, how exactly do you create an exceptional retail experience? What is a retail experience?

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Well, we also know that many legacy systems will not be able to support all these changes quickly and cost-effectively.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

According to the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2020-2021 a USD 2.4 In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. Developments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Second, how can retailers use technology to enhance the customer experience? Third, how can both retailers and logistics providers better cooperate to provide enhanced service and reduced costs? Fourth, at what point should retailers that outsource their deliveries consider managing their own fleet or delivery network?

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SupplyPike

MAY 14, 2020

The importance of supply chain management What to watch while consumers are panic buying How to implement supply chain management Supply chain management and Walmart. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a systematic and controlled procurement operation. Five Key Metrics for Monitoring the Impact of Panic Buying on your Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. 2023 call: Consumers will focus on home delivery performance and retailers will focus on home delivery cost reduction or recovery.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. This annual award honors IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. million and purchased Starboard Solutions Corp., ATLANTA (August 24, 2022) American Software, Inc. million compared to $0.5

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The result? The reason? Is this leadership?

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ThroughPut

APRIL 30, 2024

ThroughPut AI: For Making Intelligent Decisions Across the Supply Chain Watch On-demand Demo ThroughPut AI has been recognized as a Leading Vendor in the prestigious 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Analytics and Decision Intelligence Platforms in Supply Chain. The platform primarily helps predict demand and improve customer experience.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Until now, businesses have been absorbing the rising costs of supply chain pressures, yet this is unsustainable. Supermarkets, retailers and importers are beginning to lift prices in response to the crises, essentially passing the costs onto their customers. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

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