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This Year’s Shifts in Retail Consumer Demand May Not Have Been That Sudden

Supply Chain Matters

Thus, at the height of the prior supplier and global transport disruptions that impacted Asian based and other home goods suppliers, HomeGoods inventory buying orders were constantly late, resulting in little on-shelf or online channel availability when demand levels were high. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

Regarding outlook for the remainder of 2022, the Walmart forecasted operating income to decease in a range of 11 percent to 13 percent for the full year. That was in addition to supplier production or inland inter-modal transportation delays. percent due to higher discounting and the selling of more grocery items at lower margins.

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Supply Chain Matters Most Read Blogs in 2021- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Highlights included highlights of the project44 acquisition of Ocean Insights , the planned IPO of autonomous trucking tech firm TuSimple , the $150 million added funding round of Locus Robotics , and the coming together of two supply chain risk assessment firms Resilience360 and Risk Pulse under the rebranded name of Everstream Analytics.

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Logistics Imperatives to Manage Uncertainty and Disruptions in 2022: Part 2

BlueYonder

This is Part 2 of a multi-part series addressing logistics imperatives necessary to manage uncertainly and disruptions heading into 2022. This dramatically cuts down on the physical and analytical demands placed on supply chain professionals every day. . You can find Part 1 here.

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Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Raw materials and component shortages, labor shortfalls, port closures, rising fuel costs and other forces will continue to exert enormous pressures on global supply chains in 2022. It’s certainly no secret that the global logistics industry, like many other industries, is closing out 2021 in the midst of a true labor crisis.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

Democratizing purchase orders or predictive analytical data such as Point of Sale information can dramatically improve demand visibility, while reducing the negative consequences of poor forecasting such as the Bullwhip Effect. from the global economy by 2022.