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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. They are more likely to shop for discounts and sales and may delay purchases of some items.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Vishal Gupta, 2013). Cardwell, 2014).

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. E2open sells a cloud-based solution for network collaboration. History of Terra Technology.

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Standards For Cyber Security For Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

It is not unexpected that operational risks have become a problem for retail companies, given the development of internet purchasing. A supply chain attack is a type of cyberattack that targets businesses by striking the weaker links in their supply chain, such as outside suppliers or vendors who offer software, hardware, or services.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. Specifically, the company deployed a Vendor Interaction Portal (VIP) powered by Elemica to exchange documents like purchase orders and invoices with suppliers (for direct procurement).

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I am MAD!

Supply Chain Shaman

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. The solutions to close the gaps are not so easy. The gaps are large. There just isn’t an answer.

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3 Core Metrics & 10 Soft Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

GlobalTranz

Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure. Transportation is measured just as a cost rather than what it does for the rest of the organization. Other areas to consider measuring as it relates to transportation: Managing inventory. Read more. . Read More. .