ModusLink Corporation

JUNE 16, 2017

Most notable has been the shift from traditional brick-and-mortar shopping to online and mobile purchasing. The post Tackling E-commerce and Fulfillment at eTail Europe 2017 appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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ModusLink Corporation

JUNE 16, 2017

Most notable has been the shift from traditional brick-and-mortar shopping to online and mobile purchasing. The post Tackling E-commerce and Fulfillment at eTail Europe 2017 appeared first on ModusLink Global Solutions.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They conclude, “This means that, even as the internet and smartphones have revolutionized the way we shop, the seasonal timing of our purchases hasn’t changed much.” Yet store pickup of online purchases was gaining steam.” They note, “Every purchase starts with a moment of curiosity.”[4]

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

The storyline of the event goes like this: Do you have the business problem of complexity, personalization, and globalization requiring faster time to market? Today, fewer and fewer supply chain professionals make the event. I remember attendance for the supply chain event was 5,000. Today I attended the SAP Insider Conference.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

But it is important to note that the most significant aspects of this event are not just about money, but about the new resources, partnerships, technologies, initiatives, team members, and collaboration that it will bring to accelerate EcoVadis’ growth. Adopting EcoVadis made them very “early adopters”. Destination: Growth!

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. ” Providing solutions in the context of this reality is critical, and together Spire and Gravity Supply Chain Solutions are working to restore the global supply chain.

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Logility

JANUARY 28, 2022

Granted, consumer sentiment is notoriously volatile, but research consistently shows consumers will use their purchasing power to advocate for sustainability. One key finding: 85% of respondents indicated that they have shifted their purchase behavior toward sustainable products over the past five years. Win the Talent War.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Yet the disruption of COVID-19 has been a wake-up call: the global supply chain is increasingly ill-equipped for today’s world and needs to become digital and autonomous if it’s to be able to automatically identify and respond to external events.” ” The Changing Supply Chain Environment. Concluding Thoughts.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 4, 2017

Herlitz Inventory Management deployed its HIMPACT inventory and buying solution to manage over 45,000 SKUs. The solution is scalable and improves forecasting capabilities. chose a solution that could solve their burdensome manual workload and ensure a more accurate forecast to manage its perishable to reduce spoilage.

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Oracle SCM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

These vendors showcased all sorts of solutions to the supply chain market – everything from planning to global trade management to logistics to transportation. The fact is, yes – a company could build an end-to-end solution from a patchwork of products, but they would lose overall flexibility.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Because even small manufacturing firms with limited capital can reduce the risk of suffering unexpected outages through measures like preventive maintenance, staff training and the use of smart manufacturing software. Unplanned downtime occurs when there is an unexpected event like equipment failure, or an interruption in the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2022

This twist of events may surprise some observers considering the fact that the pandemic has hastened the growth of e-commerce. Retailers this year are expected to open more stores than they close for the first time since 2017, according to an analysis of more than 900 chains by IHL Group, a research and advisory company. Footnotes. [1]

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Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2023

Weather related events show no signs of slowing down, either. Our 24/7 event monitoring platform, EventWatch AI sent alerts for 333 Extreme Weather events in 2022; this was up 36% YOY. Side note: we track alerts for Hurricanes/Typhoons and Floods separately; both of these events were up 18% YOY and 36% YOY respectively.)

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While we certainly don’t know what’s in store next, Covid-19 is considered a black swan event and doesn’t represent a weakness in the global economy. In 2017 it showed the world the D2C trend was coming by slashing its 30,000 retail partners down to just 40. Nike, which is an even better example. They’ve arrived.’

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Co-founded in 2017 by CEO Kevin Frechette, COO Tarek Alaruri, and CTO Victor Kushch, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and has offices in New York and Poland. Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 5, 2018

patent [in May 2017] for an application described as ‘Physical Store Online Shopping Control,’ which would allow the emerging brick-and-mortar retailer to block customer searches of competitors’ products while using Amazon’s in-store Wi-Fi.”[2] Amazon purchased Whole Foods to disrupt what we know as retail.”

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 28, 2017

2017 will be remembered as “the year of disruption,” said JoAnn Martin, VP of Retail Industry Strategy at JDA Software. “We Overall, 2017 is ending on a positive note for retail, especially in the United States. We saw consolidation and we saw growth,” JoAnn said. “We We saw store closures, but we also saw new stores opening.”.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

One of the new tools available to decision makers is predictive analytics. Gracie Myers, a researcher with Research Optimus, writes, “Predictive analytics is being applied toward all facets of business operations and processes to help anticipate events, avoid risks, and create solutions.

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Repl Group

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Anticipating your pain points and putting proactive solutions in place to resolve them is critical to exceptional Holiday performance. Over the year the proportion of internet spending is continuing to rise, with almost one in every five pounds spent online by the end of 2017.” Preparation is key. Understand the Retail Landscape.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, I think we may soon stop talking about supply chains as end-to-end sequences of events, because, in many cases, the two ends appear to be joining up. Many governments, for example, are making formerly hard-to-access export tools and guidance available to all via resource sections of their various agencies’ websites.

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ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

And the challenges of today won’t be solved by yesterdays solutions – we have to be inventive, find new ways, be creative”. I spoke to a few partners off the record at the event and they are genuinely positive about working with Ivalua). That offering has built in best practices but is also a solution that “grows with you”.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

1] Subsequent global events have certainly proven him correct. Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] Wake up to the new reality that VUCA is a new norm.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

According to the Natural Insight survey, “Nearly half (47%) of holiday shopping will happen before December, a 10-point increase from Natural Insight’s 2017 results.” used smartphones while in-store, according to iVend Retail’s 2018 Global Path to Purchase survey. ” Reaching holiday shoppers.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 15, 2018

According to Trucking Info.com, e-commerce growth exceeded 38 percent for the third quarter of 2017, and projections for the next five years indicate growth to remain at or above 19 percent per year. This will also be an effective tool in reducing delays and costs associated with adverse events, such as high-density traffic and weather.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. One of the key elements of the EDLC policy is the direct procurement of items from suppliers, eliminating intermediaries in the process.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 29, 2019

‘For example, AI can enhance risk mitigation by analyzing large sets of data, continuously identifying evolving patterns, and predicting disruptive events along with potential resolutions.'” Despite its name, RPA involves software “bots” rather than physical robots. Robotic process automation. 4] Brown, op.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 22, 2016

Both of these forces are actually just the cascading events from engaging in e-commerce, and you need to think about what they mean to today’s shippers. By 2017, e-commerce will generate $370 billion in the U.S., Consumers are also looking to business for benefits in every purchase. E-commerce Rises to Power.

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Repl Group

JUNE 3, 2019

However, spending increases flattened out at Christmas 2017 prompting some retailers to make bottom line savings in the new year through store closures and staffing cuts. Up until 2017, the year of the Brexit vote, strong Christmas growth was a given at 3.5%, 3.9% from 2014 to 2017. Strong Growth is a Ghost of Christmas Past.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 26, 2017

Jabil Introduces InControl Supply Chain SaaS Decision Support Solution. Ryder Launches NaviShare, a New Software Platform Providing Real-time Visibility, Tracking, Matching, and Sharing of Truck Capacity. Cloud Logistics’ Second Zero Downtime Release of 2017 Marks Continued Rapid Pace of Innovation. I also wrote….

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Rootstock

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Days before the solar eclipse of 2017 it became nearly impossible to purchase the special glasses needed to safely observe the event. To make matters worse, Amazon and Walmart had to let customers know that the glasses they purchased might not be safe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The definition of a demand planning unit in JDA–and other traditional Advanced Planning Solutions–was defined in the 1990s when we were arguing about the possibilities of process improvement with the shift from 32- to 64-bit architectures. Enterra Solutions. Let me explain. New Approaches for Demand Planning.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. News & Events. |. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » Impact of SMAC on Enterprise Software Applications. Business Process Outsourcing.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2018

Even with all those records and peaks, one statistic stands out for me: As 2017 drew to a close, national average rates were higher for spot market trucks than for their contract fleet counterparts , for all equipment types. Spot market rates rose slowly at first, then rocketed up in the summer of 2017, surpassing contract rates in December.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

2017 was an important year for delivery logistics. On the other hand, customers are always aware of the status of their purchase and have the ability to interact with their driver directly if need be. Customers are increasingly demanding and worried about the supply chain behind their purchases. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

In the past, I have given Infosys and Jabil a hard time for focusing on the sale of a software product. If the existing software vendors are slow to innovate, these alternatives do give business buyers a chance to innovate. And, there is less impact if the purchase is a tactical purchase. Too Many Talking Heads.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The reason lies in the evolution of retailing in Australia, said Patrick Viney, VP of Retail Industry Strategy for APAC at JDA Software. “In is not a single climactic event, but part of a larger evolution in global retail. “In other words, Amazon isn’t coming into the Australian market with a totally different business model.”.

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RELEX Solutions

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The tool had stood the business in good position as it grew but started to struggle as the complexity of its operations increased. The retailer set out to find a comprehensive solution that would give it a granular level of control over a very challenging business. – Simon Svensson, Purchaser, Kolonial.no. Kolonial.no

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