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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

When my fiance heard about the price, he advised that I find a local hairdresser and set up a frequent-shopper account with them for a few months until the tool is back in stock. And pretty much everyone realized that the old technologies used in planning are not going to cut it anymore when there are so many moving parts in the game.

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Supply Chain Optimization for Consumer Packaged Goods Inventory

Logility

An advanced inventory planning and optimization solution allows these companies to set and maintain precise stock targets across a global network. Between 2000 and 2009, the average profit for this industry grew by over 10% year on year, but over the next decade, annual profit growth fell to just 3.2%. Inventory management.

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HICX raises $30M to help companies optimize supplier experience

HICX Solutions

HICX’s low-code/no-code SaaS platform and applications enable large companies full visibility into their supplier ecosystems and interactions, building resilient and competitive supply chains. The HICX platform serves the most complex tech landscapes in Fortune-1000 accounts. ABOUT HICX. ABOUT WAVECREST GROWTH PARTNERS.

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

ToolsGroup

With supply chain planning software you can automate the achievement of service levels, even under changing constraints resulting from major disruptions. Examples of this include expediting with LTL and air freight and costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse–all of which erode profit margins.

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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

While at TQL, Mark developed a passion to optimize cross border transportation. Mark expanded MacroPoint’s visibility technology into Mexico and got MacroPoint into shipper markets which enabled its acquisition by Descartes in 2017 for $107 Million. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales. Mark earned a B.S.,

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- Additional Equity Funding Round for o9 Solutions

Supply Chain Matters

This week, Dallas, Texas based supply chain planning and advanced analytics software technology provider o9 Solutions announced an added round of private equity funding amounting to $116 million. The company’s AI enabled Integrated Business Planning platform is termed the “ Digital Brain.”

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Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn

EazyStock

What the last recession taught us An article from McKinsey & Company (2022) analyzed the performance of about 40 publicly traded distribution companies during the 2007-2009 recession. Many business systems also include functionality to support certain inventory management and purchasing processes.