Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

As we’ve seen over the past few years, businesses will keep automating and integrating supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing, dynamic safety-stock management, inventory optimization, and external collaboration. They are more likely to shop for discounts and sales and may delay purchases of some items.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. ” Her answer was telling.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

.”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. ” To make room for new inventory, many of America’s largest retailers are steeply discounting excess goods this summer. … And it’s not just Walmart.”[2]. ”[2].

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022 This edition will cover: The signs of looming stagflation How executives can prepare their supply chains The imminent problem of staffing shortages The latest use of drones in supply chain Notable changes in the leadership ranks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

These teams are also more advanced in the use of planning and more advanced analytics concepts. Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Today, inventory fire sales abound.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. Key Fiscal 2022 Year to Date Financial Highlights: Subscription fees were $20.1 million for the same period last year, reflecting our conversion to the SaaS engagement model. million compared to $0.5 million or $0.18

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. rules issued in October 2022 restricted exports to semiconductor manufacturing facilities there as part of an effort to keep U.S.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. million for the same period last year, reflecting our continued transition to the Software as a Service (SaaS) engagement model. Key first quarter of fiscal year 2022 highlights: Customers & Channels.

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Vinculum

APRIL 29, 2022

To avoid competition, the local market has tied up with the giant e-commerce platform for easy flow of the cash in the market and the demand and supply of the stock to manage the inventory and warehouse diversely. The report has made a forecast analysis to handle the market from a broader perspective.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2023

Supply chain professionals have always depended on forecasting to help them balance supply and demand. With the maturation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, predictive analytics have grown in importance. The difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics is granularity.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 24, 2022

Maintaining healthy levels of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) inventory is essential to the smooth running of your manufacturing, distribution or wholesaling operation – even if MRO goods aren’t part of your final products. Learn more: What is Inventory Management? Techniques for 2022 What is MRO inventory?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. In February 2022 I ordered a lovely midcentury modern table. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. Supply chain orchestration failure – a table fable What happened?

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NC State SCRC

MAY 30, 2022

The report was published in the last month, and reflects some of the increasing challenges and disparities that exist between procurement and supply chain executives. In this study, we explore the primary forms of misalignment that exist between supply chain and procurement executives. (We

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. In a prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we provided highlights of the various July 2022 PMI indices across select global supply chain regions. reported for June, and 2.59

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to retailer Walmart’s report of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. Specifically, high inflation and economically stressed consumers have been more selective in their purchase decisions. The reported profitability for the holiday quarter of $10.6

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. value reported for September.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan (SIOP) is a process within many successful supply chain organizations that recognizes the integral relationship between all departments in the company, but how do you piece together an SIOP process? SIOP stands for “Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan”, not to be confused with “S&OP”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. Real-Time Information with IoT and Telematics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Almost two decades of reporting. To support this assertion, I share the results in Table 2, which contrast the Gartner Top 25 2023 winners to the results of their industry sector for the ten-year period of 2023-2022. The company’s focus on item proliferation resulted in 40% of items moving into a non-forecastable category.

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Unleashed

JULY 2, 2023

Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) is a fundamental inventory metric for measuring efficiency and liquidity inside a product business. It’s used frequently in inventory accounting to help businesses understand their holding costs and make optimised purchasing decisions. What is Days Inventory Outstanding?

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With reports of retail layoffs and overstaffing at companies (such as Walmart and Amazon) to cover Omicron-related staffing shortages, it would appear the shortage of workers may be abating. As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5 The risks surrounding the retail labor shortage aren’t new.

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The Smart Software

JANUARY 13, 2022

Please join our webinar and learn how to plan optimal inventory levels and purchase quantities for thousands of items when demand is intermittent, constantly changing, or affected by unexpected events. The post January 2022: Maximize service levels and minimize inventory costs appeared first on Smart Software.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A published report by Reuters cited data from quantitative analysis firm Syntun that estimated that GMV sales volumes across all major e-commerce platforms rose by 2.08 That compared to a reported growth of 2.9 percent in 2022. Next Up In a prior Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlighted the NRF’s latest forecast for U.S.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. That said, as we’ll see in the other trends in this report, COVID-19 has also been a transformational turning point. For example, is your inventory management more efficient, leading to quicker stock turnaround and faster fulfilment?

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Unleashed

JANUARY 4, 2022

So what trends will we see in multichannel eCommerce in 2022 – and can SMEs leap on board with them? Read on for the 15 key multichannel eCommerce trends of 2022. Learn more: Guide to Effective Multichannel Selling What are the key trends in multichannel eCommerce for 2022?? We think so.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 9, 2023

Jocz noted, “Purchases depend on consumers’ having disposable income, feeling confident about their future, trusting in business and the economy, and embracing lifestyles and values that encourage consumption. Journalist Audrey Kemp reports that changing consumer behavior has permanently affected omnichannel operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

That number is noted as being 15 million more people than 2022 and is reportedly the highest estimate since NRF began tracking this data in 2017. A prior record established in 2022 was $929.5 million) planning to shop, up from 69 percent in 2022. percentage points. billion for the two-month period.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Supply Chain Matters begins our perspectives of the current 2022 holiday fulfillment period with highlights of what is usually recognized as the globe’s singular largest online shopping event, that being the China Singles Day festival that culminated on November 11. Alibaba reported GMV of the equivalent of $84.5 online shopping event.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

million shoppers, an increase of 4 million shoppers from 2022. According to the NRF survey report , consumers spent $321.41 on average reported for the 2022 period. According to the NRF survey report , consumers spent $321.41 on average reported for the 2022 period. Reportedly shoppers spent $226.55

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

For an industry that increasingly requires higher logistics pipeline velocity without sacrificing accuracy and at lower costs, RPA is a natural choice for high performing supply chain organisations. Organisations that have successfully implemented RPA initiatives report cost savings of up to 80% and time savings of up to a staggering 40%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. in March 2022 from March 2021. in March 2022 from March 2021. Dick’s Sporting Goods reported its Q1 financials this week, beating expectations but lower its outlook. Walmart and Symbotic Expand Partnership to Deploy Automation System.

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Vinculum

JULY 9, 2022

At the heart of every growing eCommerce business doesn’t lie great sales or a great marketing strategy – how strategic your inventory management is what gears a successful product-based eCommerce business. Inventory Management may spiral out sometimes, but not with the best inventory management systems.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. So what are the main trends in manufacturing you need to know for 2022? So what are the main trends in manufacturing you need to know for 2022? We shed some light on current trends – and what’s around the corner.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Although the economy has proved remarkably resilient, there are so many unknowns at play that no one can predict what future economic conditions might be. Having said that, few if any economists are predicting a bright, short-term future. Those principles include: • Using sophisticated forecasting and replenishment algorithms.

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