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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

Kimberly-Clark, in 2022, finished the year at 13% margin and 6.15 turns in 2022. Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” The supply chain has two important buffers–inventory and capacity. turns in 2013.

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Target’s Acknowledgement and Plan to Address Excess Inventory

Supply Chain Matters

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

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Machine Learning and Digital Transformation

Enterra Insights

Keeping up with and making sense of all this data is far beyond the capabilities of traditional analytic methods. From supporting cutting-edge cancer research to helping businesses track their inventory, machine learning and AI offer the ability to disrupt and enhance our existing processes in virtually every segment of society.”[1].

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10 Trends in Supply Chain Management & Logistics for 2022

Unleashed

We’ve read the market reports, trawled the internet and identified key areas of change, and here we break these down for you with 10 of the major trends we expect to see in this industry in 2022 and beyond. In fact, investor funding for this technology has ballooned since 2017 , growing from US$0.1 billion to $5.6 billion in 2021.

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10 Wholesale Distribution Industry Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Unleashed

Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. Direct-to-consumer selling cuts out wholesalers In 2022 wholesalers are increasingly at risk of coming into competition with their own customers, as manufacturers look to sell directly to their consumers – skipping the traditional distribution model.

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Modernizing Your Supply Chain is Not Enough

Enterra Insights

Industry and tech journalist Joe McKendrick ( @joemckendrick ) writes, “Despite the hype with rosy vendor and analyst pronouncements, the state of data and analytics is still dismal — hampered by latency and data silos. It’s time to look at a new way of organizing analytics environments.”[7] 9] Michael C.

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The Internet of Things is over 30 Years Old and still in Its Infancy

Enterra Insights

Other benefits include inventory tracking, product tracking, process improvement, and optimization. sensors, connectivity, and analytics), analytics and insights provide the real value. ”[5] Analytics turn the IoT into the intelligent IoT. ” Cognitive Computing and the IoT. Footnotes. [1]