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The Changing Landscape of Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Enterra Insights

DTC strategies allow manufacturers to sell products directly to customers, bypassing third-party retailers, wholesalers, or any other middlemen. “When wholesale manufacturers sell through retail distributors, they have very little say on how the product is sold. Direct sales allows them to collect customer data.

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Countering the Bullwhip Effect in a COVID-19 World

PINC

Suffering a glut in “green” cars at the time, Volvo’s sales and marketing developed a program to move its excess inventory. The program helped raise interest in the cars, but Volvo’s manufacturing department was unaware of the campaign and wound up reading the increase in sales as an indication of a growing demand for green cars.

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Vendor vs. Supplier: how to Distinguish and Manage

Precoro

Acting as the last link selling products or services directly to the end customers – companies or individuals – the vendor receives a fee from the customer for sourcing the product tailored to his needs. Sneakers are then sold to the wholesaler B and later distributed to the retailers C and D. The vendor is quite a "flexible" term.

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Told You So Moment for Akio Toyoda

Supply Chain Matters

In his leadership of Toyota , he had openly questioned the ongoing timelines of the global auto industry’s wholesale transformation toward an all-electric model offerings. He rather steered the company toward providing varying power train options for consumers and for countries, which included hybrid power technologies.

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Kroger Restaurant Supply Takes Grocer into Foodservice Distribution

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

It was intriguing to read last month that The Kroger Company, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, with nearly $138 Billion in revenues, has launched a foodservice distribution business. The supermarket industry has been on a rollercoaster ride during the last couple years, with grocery sales surging as the pandemic emptied restaurants.

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How to Be a Preferred Shipping Customer: Strategies for the Coming Capacity Shortage

Talking Logistics

That requires building strategic relationships that benefit you, carriers and their drivers. California-based Ventura Foods, which managed more than 127,000 inbound and outbound shipments last year, has a long history of building these kinds of strategic partnerships. We look for value and long-term partnerships.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last decade, we continued to refine our processes to streamline operations and drive continuous improvement. When all of these factors come together, it is easier to build a simple, agile supply chain with a focus on delivering the business results. How do you build talent and alignment? What do you do well?