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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. The focus is first on the customer with a global roll-out using an agile supply chain strategy to continually adapt to customer needs. (We

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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Is the Package Under your Tree?

Supply Chain Shaman

When your phone rings, and you and your supply chain team is called to the corporate office to talk about the expansion of your ecommerce strategy for 2015, here are my recommendations: 1) Embrace the Each. If you are going to be excellent at ecommerce fulfillment, you need to have great perpetual inventory capabilities. Redefine it.

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Logistics Cost Reduction: 6 Focuses to Create More Profit

GlobalTranz

According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. This can be costly in man hours, customer service (goods needed cannot be processed), accidents (safety): unloading a container and the forklift dies: the pallet slips off the forklift tines which can injure employees.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. When I hear companies discussing the implementation of a customer segmentation strategy, I ask a series of questions: Who is your customer? How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” Why does it matter to you? in Net Cash on Hand.

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Time for a Supply Chain Metrics Cleaning

Logility

On the next level, Gartner lists “Perfect Order” and “Costs” These three metrics, making up the top tier of the hierarchy of metrics, provide the means to assess the health of the supply chain through demand forecast accuracy and the tradeoffs between costs and customer service.

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” The supply chain leader manages performance at the intersection of inventory turns, operating margin and customer service. Tracking Progress.