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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. source: thebalance.com. source: thebalance.com. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Decision Quality A decision quality framework is proposed in detail in the book Decision Quality (Spetzler and colleagues, 2016).

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Unwrapping the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive: Embracing Sustainable Packaging in a Circular Economy

SupplyShift

From 2009 to 2020, packaging waste in the EU increased by 20% , reaching 79 million tons in 2020. Recycling rates did improve slightly from 63% to 64% but have been stagnant since 2016, underscoring the pressing need for more effective packaging waste management solutions. Implement Changes. Monitor Progress.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Based on their combined experience, decision quality experts Spetzler and colleagues (2016) identified five mega biases that are threats to good organizational decision making.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. 2006-2009 I did a Ph.D.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

the “inventory to sales” ratio (inventory levels divided by a month’s worth of sales) spiked in late 2008/early 2009 as the recession caught companies with way more inventory than needed versus suddenly shrinking demand. Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest. Source: Supply Chain Shaman.

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The Internet of Things and the Retail Industry

C3 Solutions

From a term that came into use in 2009, the Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way in 10 years. Top analyst firm Gartner estimated that there would be 26 billion connected items by 2020, while Frost & Sullivan suggested the number would be more like 50 billion. Learn more about it now! 15 Min Read. Download for later.