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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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Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go?

BlueYonder

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. If they are directing the demand planning team, forecasts could be biased high. MERCHANDISING.

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Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go? – Part 4 of 4

BlueYonder

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. If they are directing the demand planning team, forecasts could be biased high. MERCHANDISING.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” As an example of this change in tone for 2015, Walmart says one of its missions is to create “economic opportunity for our associates, suppliers and people who work in retail and retail supply chains beyond Walmart.”

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Cradle to Grave?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I interviewed Robert Byrne, founder of Terra Technology on his demand planning benchmarking study. This is his fifth year of studying demand processes. Despite all of the focused attempts to implement new forms of demand planning, the business costs and inventory spiral out of control due to unchecked complexity.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Let’s start with a clear definition of the terms: Demand Networks. Demand Sensing. Demand Shaping.

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Demand planning. Warehousing and storage. Freight forwarding. Handling raw materials. Order fulfillment.