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

Kinaxis

In adidas’s recent earnings call, CEO Kasper Rorsted warned that adidas would miss its 2019 growth target because its supply chain was unable to meet the huge demand for its mid-priced apparel, especially in North America. The CEO went on to imply that losing sales was preferable to building excess inventory.

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ToolsGroup Names David Barton General Manager of North America

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (May 13, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, announced today that David Barton has joined ToolsGroup as the new general manager of North America. Barton succeeds Patrick Smith, who served as managing director for North America from 2011 to February 2019.

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2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study

Supply Chain Brain

What does best-in-class forecasting and inventory management look like? Now in its ninth year, E2open’s 2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study is the most consistent, comprehensive and useful study of its kind.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. Mars Achieves Stellar Results There is a cost to rebalancing inventory.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%

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Supply Chain Planning BPO: What’s Driving It and Should You Get On Board?

ToolsGroup

Now Gartner reports that SCP BPO is gaining traction ( Market Guide for Supply Chain Planning BPO or BPaaS, 29 July 2019 ), particularly in North America and Europe. Gartner says that the most common outsourced SCP processes are inventory management, statistical forecasting and service parts planning. versus $4.84