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The New Normal: Predictions for Retail in 2021

ToolsGroup

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup’s Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how they can leverage probabilistic forecasting and automation to adjust to a changing marketplace. What do you predict will be different for retailers in 2021? Transcript.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. My take away?

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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

ivalua

Efficiency concepts like using lean initiatives and just-in-time delivery to manage inventory have become commonplace for many years and have made individuals like Deming household names in many business schools. The post What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021 appeared first on Ivalua.

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The UK Electronics Manufacturing Recovery: 2021 Revenue Up 30%

Unleashed

UK electronics manufacturers have seen a sales revenue lift of 30% in 2021 vs 2020, outpacing the average performance of manufacturers of 24%, according to data from a soon-to-be released Unleashed State of Manufacturing report. Average gross profit margin , 2021 Again, these figures are a positive sign for electronics manufacturing.

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2021 : The year of Supply Chain Planning

DynaSys

What are the news trends for Supply Chain Planning in 2021? This last year definitely showed us that today, supply chains are becoming more forward thinking than ever before. We could not have predicted 2020, but we can anticipate and plan 2021. We could not have predicted 2020, but we can anticipate and plan 2021.

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Driving An Octopus

Supply Chain Shaman

Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. A Focus on Safety Stock Is Too Narrow for Effective Inventory Management. A manufacturing company’s safety stock is 30-40% of the total inventory requirement. I commend o9 for building that space in 2021-2022.

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Asking the Right Questions Is The First Step To Drive Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Our goal is to continually redefine the definition of supply chain excellence.