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All I Want in My Easter Basket is a Supply Chain Planning System of Record

Logility

In many cases you will discover that processes like demand, inventory, replenishment, and manufacturing planning are limited by a lack of software capability. Expedited shipping is slashed, manufacturing efficiencies soar and purchasing costs fall.

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. What is Inventory Optimization?

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. What is Inventory Optimization?

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Top 10 supply chain trends for 2020

Requis

Digital twins promise more accurate and effective KPI reporting and have the potential to dramatically alter how businesses plan and adapt to change. In the past few years we’ve seen the rise of new leadership roles in the C-suite, including the chief procurement officer and chief supply chain officer. trillion counterfeit market ($2.3

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Understanding The Impact of Carbon Pricing And Costs In Your Supply Chain

EcoVadis

If you are in procurement, the next question you might ask is: “How do these prices affect a company’s supply chain?” While Scope 3 emissions include various sources of indirect GHGs, this blogpost zooms onto supply chain emissions, or embedded carbon. This is also called “Scope 3 emissions” – see sidebar for definition.).

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It’s the era of Industry 4.0. Are you on board?

DELMIA Quintiq

is gathering force and it needs to be carefully monitored as it will upset the manufacturing world as you know it. should be viewed as the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector. In 2015, it exceeded the volume of robot purchases for all European markets combined (68,000 vs 50,100 units). Industry 4.0

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. Beachgoer is an AI-assisted eCommerce startup that leverages big data to make profitable purchase decisions. The ideal sourcing location will be a balance in terms of cost, quality and logistics cost.