Tompkins Blog

MAY 15, 2014

Online retail sales in B2C are estimated to grow by nearly 75% by 2018, and today’s B2B sales are more than twice the sales of B2C—and growing faster. Specifically, consumer packaged food companies are moving to online retail sales as traditional grocery stores and the Walmarts and Targets of the world transition into private labels.

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Proxima

MARCH 27, 2020

Building Predictive Success in an Unpredictable World: A Modified Playbook for Supply Chain Stardom. We can all look around and see an unpredictable world. Six months ago, our minds were forward-facing, we were building our budgets, closing out the third quarter, and looking forward to the holiday season with friends and family.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 6, 2019

According to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council in the U.S., One Supply Chain Sustainability topic that’s been getting a lot of attention lately is the issue of food waste. Fast Facts About Food Waste in the Article. $1 1 trillion dollars worth of food is wasted annually, with edible food ending up in landfills. billion tons.

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

What was once the grocery industry’s dirty little secret is now under the spotlight of consumer scrutiny: food retailers waste food. In a 2018 RELEX study , grocers reported an average $70M lost each year to fresh food spoilage, with larger companies reporting several hundred millions of dollars in losses.

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RELEX Solutions

JUNE 26, 2019

Markdowns cost retailers billions. One survey put the figure at $300Bn in 2018, or 12% of total sales — and that figure is for non-grocery retailers in the US alone! Because they’re essential in the world of retail, whether we like them or not. So why do we even mark products down? Step 1 – Identification.

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Multichannel Merchant

MAY 7, 2020

Target, which acquired Shipt in 2017 to handle local grocery deliveries, had considered buying all of Deliv but passed due to the company’s unprofitability, a source told NBC. This had been the case even in the midst of the ecommerce and last mile bonanza during the COVID-19 lockdown of most of physical retail. It’s most confusing.

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Like most retailers, Stockmann wrestles with the rapid changes disrupting the sector. That’s why in 2018, they extended the collaboration by introducing RELEX’s forecast-based workforce optimization solution. Staffing costs comprise one of the biggest cost centers in retail. Power shift from employers to employees.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Inspite of having a loyal customer base, many businesses experienced a downfall in their revenues. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. Rewind to 2021! 2021 may not be a year for the logistics industry to cherish, but it was a year filled with a lot of takeaways.

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RELEX Solutions

JUNE 13, 2018

Resources » Case Studies. Minimani is a Finnish hypermarket chain offering grocery and convenience goods at low prices. By spring 2018, the availability of the most important product lines in Minimani’s Seinäjoki store had improved by 4%, which has boosted their sales performance. Background. Project timeline.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

This article was first published in the July / August 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. They may recall inventory from retailers or reprocess it because it has passed its sell-by date or demand is insufficient. US retail pioneers Sears and J.C. Tempting, but wrong. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 23, 2020

The variety of foodstuffs showing up on grocery store shelves often depends on current and predicted flavor preferences. Food and grocery trends. Grocery Delivery Wars. … Now that so many of these services exist, shoppers are more trusting of online grocery shopping than ever. Regenerative agriculture. ”[2].

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Enterra Insights

JULY 17, 2020

As public-health experts have known for decades, people who live in a city are likely to walk and bike more often, and they live closer to community services such as grocery stores. Because communicable diseases are passed from person to person, population density makes living in cities riskier than living in rural areas during a pandemic.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Robinson Reports 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results TPG Capital to sell Transporeon Group to Hg BluJay Hires Andrew Kirkwood as Chief Executive Officer Tool Company Claims IPS Worldwide ‘Misappropriated’ Millions (WSJ – sub. req’d) New Job for Robots: Taking Stock for Retailers (WSJ – sub.

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Locus

JANUARY 3, 2022

In 2018, the last mile delivery market in North America was sized at 31.25 – Statista report , Estimated market size of last mile delivery in North America from 2018 to 2022, December 2018. . – Statista report , Estimated market size of last mile delivery in North America from 2018 to 2022, December 2018. .

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Additional Food Traceability Resources. In 2018, unsanitary conditions at Rose Acre Farms prompted the recall of over 200-million eggs from 17 facilities , the largest of its kind since 2010. Locate additional resources to help you meet compliance challenges. In 2012, the U.S. company’s peanut plant in New Mexico.

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ShipBob

JUNE 2, 2021

Need groceries? Since more shoppers now expect same-day shipping and delivery, online retailers are willing to invest in the logistics operations needed to fulfill these expectations. As online retailers, meeting customer expectations is the ultimate goal, and it starts with creating a strong ecommerce fulfillment strategy. .

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. Also, for whatever reason, Gartner limits the scope of the Top 25 to companies in the manufacturing, retail or distribution sectors.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2018

I’ve started to ramp up my training for our Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure team ride in support of JDRF, which will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 3, 2018. Walmart-Led Blockchain Effort Seeks Farm-to-Grocery-Aisle View of Food Supply Chain (WSJ – sub. Descartes Acquires Velocity Mail. Risky Business?

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2018

The wide State of the Retail Supply Chain study conducted in 2017 by Martec International indicates that, in many areas, UK and Irish retailers are ahead of their Continental European counterparts. 1) UK retailers are more satisfied with their supply chain systems. 2) Forecasting at shelf / fixture level is an issue.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2018

Whether at work or involved in other normal life activities, machine learning is playing a role in more people’s daily lives. Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) but the two terms are often used interchangeably. ” He writes, “The term ‘machine learning’ might not mean much to you.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

What will happen in 2018? “I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. On May 12, 2017, a headline in the Wall Street Journal read “ Major Cyberattack Sweeps Globe, Hitting FedEx, U.K. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here we break down the inventory management strategies of seven successful manufacturers and retailers around the globe. Samsung uses this method to identify and deal with problem processes – eliminating waste and defects by removing any use of resources that does not create value for the end customer.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 20, 2018

Without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Walmart establishes strategic partnership with Microsoft to further accelerate digital innovation in retail. What if your grocery orders were prepared in a tiny robot warehouse? The Cass Freight Index – June 2018. Fast Company).

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