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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. Take advantage of dynamic multi-echelon rerouting tools.

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Associated Grocers of New England Selects HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

In September 2021, Associated Grocers of New England signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to improve upon its existing purchasing system and to further advance its goal of serving the needs of independent retail grocers of every store size and format. Carl Herlitz, President and CEO of Herlitz Inventory Management Inc.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs.

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

Very similar to the crisis in 2008-2009 and much to the surprise of industry analysts, automotive demand came back much quicker than expected. Insufficient inventory visibility throughout the supply chain. see Figure 2) was added in response to shortages and disruptions that occurred in 2008-2009. In addition to 6.2.1.7,

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Affiliated Foods Inc. Designates HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management to Power its Buying Operations and Optimize Inventory

Herlitz Inventory Management

signed with Herlitz Inventory Management for its buying team. The Amarillo, Texas-based grocery distributor plans to roll out the HIMPACT solution to its full team of buyers in the coming months to begin reaping its cost-saving and inventory-optimizing rewards. Both the Herlitz Inventory Management team and the Affiliated Foods Inc.

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Supply Chain: Like Riding a Bike

Logistics Bureau

He’s been with Logistics Bureau as a Manager since 2009. Planning, logistics and inventory management became my life. There’s something so satisfying about seeing how a small change, such as implementing the right inventory planning technique, can have a big impact on overall operations. What makes them tick? Quite the journey!

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.