C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

This article is part of our Retail Program. Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. You can't talk retail without mentioning the 800-pound gorilla, so here's where Amazon rears its head once more as a retail disruptor. in 2004 to $0.38

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Or will companies stumble on the path by mistakenly implementing supply-centric processes and calling them demand-driven initiatives? As a writer of research on demand-driven supply chains for over eight years, I find many amusing. Supply chain leaders feel stuck.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. My speech also focused on how current technologies are rapidly becoming obsolete due to market demands to do more with less and make better decisions. Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

On Monday, November 27th, Logility announced the purchase of privately-held Halo Business Intelligence. This announcement continues the trend of supply chain software market consolidation. Logility is a well-established player in the supply chain software market. A Look Back . Selling shares at $14.50

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I believe we are in the midst of a radical transformation, not just in retailing, but also in how offers are designed, produced and delivered. In Part I of this series , I discussed why retailers, manufacturers and distributors are struggling to adjust to the new demands of the omni-channel consumer.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, leading companies across varied industry verticals that include retail, consumer and industrial products manufacturing, high-tech and semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and oil and gas leverage :o9’s Digital Brain platform for transforming their supply chain, commercial and integrated business planning capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. Granularity also differs.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. A Long History of Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment.

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2018

Welcome to Friday in 5: news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date and informed. As Manufacturers Position for Tariffs, Factory Activity Increases. According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), its manufacturing index rose to 60.2 in June from 58.7

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Knut Alicke was helping to build digital control towers before most people had ever heard of them, and today advises the world’s top companies about supply chain. He is also a professor at the University of Karlsruhe where he teaches supply chain management. Supply Chain Next · 023 – Knut Alicke.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

The Key Supply Chain Challenge of Cost Reduction. Supply chain costs often represent a considerable percentage of the sales price of a good or service. If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply chain costs from 9% to 4% (or from 12% to 7%) will double net profits.

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2018

Welcome to Friday in 5: news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date and informed. As Manufacturers Position for Tariffs, Factory Activity Increases. According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), its manufacturing index rose to 60.2 in June from 58.7

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

In an uncertain world where supply chain disruption is becoming a certainty, here’s how good inventory management enabled by automation can help companies gain the supply chain visibility they need to keep the wheels turning. Now here we are, dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 around the world.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

The company wasn’t a pure startup at the time (it was founded in 1981), but like all software companies during those years, it rode the dotcom tidal wave up — and then crashed down with everyone else (see period from 1999 through 2002 in the stock chart below). Source: Google. Where is Descartes today?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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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’s inventory management strategy Samsung is one of the world’s largest manufacturers, meaning managing their inventory is an enormous and complex task.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They provide invaluable insights into risks hidden in the supply chains of large international organizations, expose them and sometimes provide temporary solutions. But with the use of technology it is a different story. And it need not be technology that is particularly cutting edge or sophisticated. A Dangerous Scene.

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