Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 13, 2017

We publish four types of reports and provide it as Open Content for the industry. The report types are: Supply Chains to Admire: A deep study by industry of performance and improvement levels for the past seven years. P utting Together the Pieces: An analysis of an industry software category.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2022

Chemi Katz, CEO and co-founder of Namogoo, reports, “According to Fortune, two recent studies found that, as shoppers migrated online during the pandemic, they displayed less brand loyalty than before, with consumers willing to switch brands in search of a better deal or a more seamless online shopping experience.”[2]

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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is new legislation in the European Union that requires, elevates, and standardizes ESG reporting like never before. It broadens who must report, standardizes what they report, and expands the scope of reporting to include the full value chain.

Sustainability 52

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI has become a huge topic of discussion since the public launch of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. By adopting predictive analytics, Constellation boosted sales up to 6% in various categories. Rapid Transformation Srinivas Pujari is Blue Yonder’s corporate vice president for product management commerce and data science.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Category Management. In simple terms, category management is the understanding of what you’re going to spend and how you’re going to spend it. The way it works is as follows: A category manager would hand off to a sourcing team and the sourcing team would go out and set up the supply. There are two possibilities.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As indicated in the figure below, available interfaces support the following risk categories: Financial risk identifies the financial viability of a supplier, indicates if the supplier is currently experiencing or is likely to experience any financial issues that can affect their ability to fulfill their commitments. Stay tuned!

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2022

Encouragingly, sustainability is now a topic for many boards. In order to collect, analyse and report on this data as it relates to sustainability, large organizations are running hundreds of data gathering exercises a year. By Anthony Payne, Supplier Experience Manager specialist. Read full article.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

The survey looked at topics including COVID-19 impact on supply chains, priorities in the coming years, and the path to digital supply chains. The report reveals that increased efficiencies and visibility are top priorities for companies over the next 1-3 years. Read the full report here.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2022

”[5] Lifestyle journalist Ellie Swain ( @lifesawindow ), reports, “The CBD market is booming thanks to the growing demand for healthier foods, along with CBD’s claimed benefits for wellness and mental health. Each category has its own flavor profile and delivers a unique value consumer are seeking.”[9]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. They must be able to produce certain ordinary products in normal times, but also pivot quicky to produce critical products within the same category during a crisis. ”[3]. It’s about time.”

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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 The reason is that for the non-food categories in a supermarket halal certification is still very new. Some universities in Indonesia and Malaysia have already started with offering halal topics in their university curricula. Developments.

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BlueYonder

JULY 28, 2022

This insight comes from the 2022 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report , presented by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), sponsored by Avetta, Blue Yonder, C.H. This is the third year of the annual report. Key Themes.

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

JUNE 10, 2020

Increasing competition by online marketplaces, along with evolving consumer expectations and shopping patterns are making the category management decisions more complex. Category management and merchandise planning are at the core of retailing. Solvoyo has been recognized as Representative Vendor in both of these reports.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). I encourage you to scroll through the main four categories blogs or the Cerasis blog in general so you can catch some great content. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016. and how the U.S.

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

JUNE 9, 2020

Increasing competition by online marketplaces, along with evolving consumer expectations and shopping patterns are making the category management decisions more complex. Category management and merchandise planning are at the core of retailing. Solvoyo has been recognized as Representative Vendor in both of these reports. .

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

JUNE 9, 2020

The decisions around category management can no longer be supported by manual analysis based on broad assumptions and averages. Category management and merchandise planning are at the core of retailing. Solvoyo has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in both of these reports.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But one of the hottest perennial topics – for candidates looking to develop their careers, as well as hiring managers developing their talent strategy – is always salary : What does the compensation picture look like for Supply Chain professionals? 82% of the respondents reported a salary increase over the previous year.

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crisp

MAY 22, 2023

He explains the dashboards and reporting functions, and offers suggestions on how to make the tool a regular part of their workflow. Or, if they’re already really data-savvy, it’s more like ‘directing traffic’; I simply show them where to view different reports.” This helped create what Kelvin describes as a “seamless relationship.”

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Here are some of the topics making news in an industry that’s always moving. . FreightWaves reports, “ The catalyst is Amazon Logistics, the company’s delivery arm, expanding its operations amid a slowdown in e-commerce volumes that has left it with excess capacity. Walmart’s White Label, GoLocal, Exceeds 5,000 Locations.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Chris Tranquill, Chief of Strategy at Khoros, the top 5 reasons customers reported positive experiences with AI were: quick resolution; swift and responsive interaction; strong resemblance to human interaction; confidence that the issue would be resolved; and, just as important, an option to speak with a human representative.”[3]

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Logility

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

With 2020 well underway, it’s a great time to pick a hot industry topic and subject it to a “state of the state” evaluation. It is a new, complex and varied category with numerous sub-branches. And where better to start than Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the supply chain market? Where does Machine Learning fit? Why the slow uptake?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Our report is available online at [link]. Almost 70% of the respondents, and 87% of those in the ‘leading’ category, indicated that the recovery of their businesses from the pandemic would either have no impact or even a positive effect on their logistics decarbonisation efforts. Distinguishing the sustainable logistics leaders.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2018

According to a report published recently by CBRE, holiday e-commerce returns could reach $32 billion this year! “E-commerce However, for e-commerce, that share ranges from 15 percent to 30 percent, depending on the product category.”. But there’s an equally big story that’s just beginning: dealing with all the product returns.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We continue our top blog posts of 2014 from our main categories today by focusing on something at Cerasis we are experts in : Logistics. If you have a category or idea you’d like to write about or have us write about, contact us today , and we’d love to feature your writings or your idea! Read the Full Post.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2020

” Lofvers reports, “According to consultancy firm McKinsey, the end-to-end supply chain is responsible for 90% of the environmental impact.” Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts report, “A recent BCG survey examined how the pandemic has shifted global consumer attitudes toward environmental issues.

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SupplyShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The first is data collection, where businesses inform and prepare suppliers for an upcoming assessment, then collect data from suppliers on relevant sustainability topics. According to Josh, supplier engagement strategies should be segmented by supplier maturity, region, size, product category, and/or key impacts.

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SupplyShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The first is data collection, where businesses inform and prepare suppliers for an upcoming assessment, then collect data from suppliers on relevant sustainability topics. According to Josh, supplier engagement strategies should be segmented by supplier maturity, region, size, product category, and/or key impacts. .

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 27, 2021

When the topic of global sourcing comes up, procurement managers often balk at global sourcing in supply chain management because they worry they will have to sacrifice quality or delivery when using global suppliers. 5 Benefits of Global Sourcing in Supply Chain Management. The importance of quality in supply chain management is undeniable.

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Proxima

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Proxima’s Social Value Report provides a framework for designing and embedding social value, through procurement, to realize benefits for both the organization and surrounding community. The report also explores how the UK Public Sector is leading the way. Access Proxima’s social value report here.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. Bloomberg reported in November 2022 that shipments of motor vehicles, computer parts and boats, manufactured in Mexico and destined for U.S.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 13, 2017

Best practices are revealed as they discuss their approach to aligning teams with a common set of goals, tools and scorecards, how they are involving category manager and rallying suppliers around their 2020 objectives. Read more articles: Are You Ready For Supply Chain Sustainability Reporting requirements?

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Trends in the Transportation Industry , a report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, pulls back the curtain on today’s hottest transportation issues. Transportation trends tend to be a precursor of larger supply chain issues,” says Chris Ferrell, Director of Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium and author of the report.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 12, 2023

On September 21 & 22, over 5,000 people from numerous leading global corporations came together for DPW Amsterdam 2022 to share their experiences about a wide range of topics in Procurement and Supply Chain. Automate the simple As Sam explains, “We need to break our procurement teams free from the day-to-day tasks that burden them.”

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ivalua

APRIL 5, 2019

What is also particularly interesting given the topic of our last article is that much of the innovation which led to this improvement came from close collaboration between the teams and their supply chains. The ability of the pit teams to change a tyre now in under 2 seconds is just ridiculous!

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EazyStock

JUNE 24, 2020

We start with a brief overview of all three topics. The era of using spreadsheets to run reports and analyze data is over. To overcome this, the best inventory optimization tools, like EazyStock, have built-in reports and alerts to act as a safety net. Save Time by Automating Inventory Management Calculations.

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Logility

JANUARY 13, 2014

The number one challenge facing Consumer Goods companies in their S&OP processes, according to the report, is connecting S&OP decisions to production scheduling and operational execution. For example: You may collect collaborative demand forecasts from the channels at the product category level. What are we talking about?

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