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The basics of customer-centric multi-channel retailing (Part 2)

DELMIA Quintiq

In the first part of this blog series , I talked about the multi-channel retail experience and the critical prerequisite retailers need to fulfill to get started on this journey. In this post, I will explore how retailers can design their bottom line with the customer in mind. Let’s take an online grocery retailer as an example.

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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

In this series of posts, I am going to make an argument to augment ERP planning with new cloud-based solutions to improve decision-making. While many business leaders believe that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) will be equal to this task, it is not sufficient. How is this impacting reliability?

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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. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The reason? The result is shown in Figure 5.

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Scope 3 emissions, Explained

crisp

In 2010, the U.S. Today, we’ll discuss scope 3 GHG emissions, why CPG companies should care, and outline actionable tips to simplify and streamline data for reporting – both for your own reporting and for retailer partners. Example: The tea company purchases a new truck and factory. What are scope 3 emissions?

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Welcome Puff, The Magic Dragon, to Your Team

Supply Chain Shaman

are working on a“if all you have is a hammer, all you see is nails” problem – they have been making boxed, canned and otherwise shelf-stable packaged food for well over a century but now consumers and retailers are looking for fresh foods and they don’t know how to adapt. In 2010, Kellogg produced cereal with liners in the box with an odor.

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Logility Buys Halo BI

Supply Chain Shaman

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. The company was spun out of the parent company American Software.

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Supply Chain Movement 21 – S&OP + IT

Supply Chain Movement

The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise. 38 | Tools & Technology. Forecasting is about managing risks.