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What are the benefits of distributed order management for retailers?

The Network Effect

In my first post , I explained that “the purpose of a DOM system is to intelligently broker orders across the various systems and processes utilized by the multiple parties involved in replenishing an order.” ” Today I want to give you an example about how DOM makes sense for retailers.

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Get the Scoop on How to Optimize Ice Cream Planning & Production

DELMIA Quintiq

From ice cream producers managing their supply to forecasting and addressing changing trends, questions like what and when to produce need answers. It starts with planning and building inventory at the end of the year by implementing reliable demand forecasts plus sound inventory and production management.

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

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Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Yet, in today’s omnichannel world, retail returns are key to driving business growth, thanks to their ability to enhance the customer experience, minimize losses, and preserve long-term revenue.

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Retailers Embrace Gig Economy Fulfillment

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The gig economy and its on-demand armies of drivers have moved people and food for years, but many retailers still hesitate to tap into Uber, Postmates and other companies to quickly move orders from stores to local customers’ doorsteps. Gig economy fulfillment setting retailers apart. Walgreens and Target among the leaders.

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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year, retailers started encouraging holiday shoppers to shop early. You might be thinking, “Well, but what about growing retail inventories? The retail inventory to sales ratios have trended up in the recent past, with these ratios standing at 1.18 Shouldn’t this alleviate the pressure on holiday supply chains?”.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

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Those materials come into their distribution center in Memphis where they inflate the balls, use a die cut machine to create the packaging, and then kit the ball and pump into the custom-made box. The finished products are then ready to be shipped to big box retailers like Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart. Jennings’ name.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

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Retailers know firsthand how quickly the market can change. Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions.