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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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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

There is an inverse relationship between margin and supply chain excellence. This transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. Zimmer’s strategic framework focuses on growth, operational excellence and prudent capital allocation.

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. As a result, unit picking, shipping and returns is redefining warehouse management and transportation processes.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. Economic markets plummeting… D aily we see the financial charts roll across the news. The water cooler is buzzing.

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. When I called Mark to tell him that Clorox outperformed for the period of 2009-2015 in the Household Products sector and won the Supply Chains to Admire Award, he commented, “ Lora, I am happy to help. I am on a mission.

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Amazon SFP [Seller Fulfilled Prime]: Grow Your Business on Amazon and Beyond

Ware2Go

Amazon SFP is an excellent Amazon fulfillment model for brands looking for more control of their brand and opportunities to drive sales on their more profitable channels. The program was launched in 2015 to help clear space in Amazon’s warehouses to make room for their newly launched Private Label brands.

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. No Purchase Orders were used.