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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

Although rate volatility is expected to stabilize in 2017, organizations must do more with fewer resources to survive. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. This graph shows how quickly the surge begin and rise in 2017. Consumers have power.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire 2017 Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry made progress on revenue/employee, but struggled on growth, margin, inventory turns. Today we’re announcing the 23 winners of the 2017 methodology as shown in Figure 1. The 2017 Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners. If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric.

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Supply chain risk management in 2017

Kinaxis

Maybe the one good thing to come out of it was some companies figured out how they could survive with lower inventories. Inventories were stranded as supply chains scrambled to understand the impact on their customers. The post Supply chain risk management in 2017 appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain.

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The Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2017

GlobalTranz

We will feature over the next 4 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. These will only contain posts written in 2017. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2017, and over 360,000 page views on those posts alone. The Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2017. Share This: Read More.

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The Data-Driven Supply Chain: AI, Cybersecurity, and Real-Time Monitoring

Logistics Viewpoints

Among Tier 1 retailers and logistics service providers, AI is embedded in planning, inventory control, and exception resolution. Improvements in fill rate and inventory turnover are typically incremental but statistically significant when applied at scale. shifting macroeconomic indicators).

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

In a nutshell, the research states there is a correlation between cost, inventory, and forecast performance. My problem is I see many organizations working hard on the forecast, but not improving inventory and replenishment processes; and, I think that the Hierarchy of Metrics did not go far enough. Just the opposite. Reflections.

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Apparel and footwear: At what point is missed sales better than excess inventory?

Kinaxis

The CEO went on to imply that losing sales was preferable to building excess inventory. Shouldn’t it be ok to build inventory in anticipation of demand surges, and then apply promotions to work through the excess? Was he concerned about brand image, as Goldman Sachs implied about Nike in 2017?

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