Enterra Insights

MAY 26, 2022

Although retailers still talk about the digital path to purchase as an alternative to the traditional shopping journey, the lines between paths to purchase have blurred. With all generations getting more comfortable on the digital path to purchase, most retailers have adapted to this new reality and are pursuing omnichannel strategies.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 The September 2022 J.P. represented a 0.5

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 12, 2022

Recent economic pressures and labor shortages have forced manufacturers and factories to become more flexible and efficient, but many don’t know where to start. Let’s look at the latest and greatest inventions, strategies, and systems that could help your facility stay competitive and thrive in 2022 and beyond. Mobile Robotics.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. From our lens, the latter is evidence of recessionary manufacturing conditions that are now stabilizing. That stated, the reported 49.6

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? Many merchants were concerned about having enough inventory to meet demand, and consumers wondered if they would be able to secure holiday gifts for loved ones. The answer to this question is complex.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. The question is, “Why?”

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For medical device manufacturers connected to the Covid-19 pandemic response, 2020 has been a year of growth. However more broadly the industry has faced the same challenges as other manufacturing sectors, with a -4.4% But also on how medical device manufacturers navigate other challenges specific to their sector.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Supply chain optimization and attracting talent will continue to be top-of-mind for manufacturers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is most likely to transform the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing has changed dramatically in recent years. In fact, over half of U.S. Integration remains a challenge, however.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know that your primary focus is procurement. If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Digital automation remains one of the hottest topics among manufacturing executives, plant managers, industry operation professionals and finance stakeholders. Our 2022 Digital Inventory Report captured key decision makers’ mindsets, challenges, and planning initiatives as it relates to digital automation technologies.

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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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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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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them. This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.”

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Supply Chain Management In the ever-evolving world of freight and logistics, volatility has become the new normal. Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. But what does that mean for future strategies in procurement ?

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EazyStock

MARCH 14, 2023

The right purchasing and logistics strategies give companies an edge during these unique, uncertain times and, during the return “to normal,” a greater competitive advantage and continued growth. Rapid cost increases, interest rate hikes and reduced demand require more effective inventory management and forecasting attention.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 According to the J.P. value, up from 53.1

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. percent in 2022, to 3 percent in 2023, and consequently contract to 2.9 trillion (or five percent) compared to a record high level in 2022.

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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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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

If a manufacturer has to wait an extra day for raw materials to arrive, they might lose a customer. Here we break down what lead time is, the types of lead times in supply chain management , the factors that affect lead time, and how to shorten lead times to provide a better customer experience. Let’s dive in.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. Learn more: 10 Global Food Processing Industry Trends for 2021 Manufacturers are increasingly looking to make sales direct to their consumers – PepsiCo, for instance, has launched its own websites to sell products directly to customers 2.

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QAD

MAY 31, 2022

Getting the right product to the right place at the right time and in the right quantities is one of the primary goals of any manufacturing organization. Manufacturers have to balance many things to deliver on this promise. Again, this is just one example of the many disruptions facing manufacturers today. This sounds simple.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Whether you’re planning on purchasing products from a food wholesaler, or thinking about moving into food wholesaling yourself, this overview of the industry – and what its future holds – is for you. The wholesaler is the entity that buys directly from the producer or manufacturer, or from a larger distributor.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain production activity levels in May 2022, as depicted by the reported PMI indices. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Again Decline. This index tends to be weighted more toward large state-owned manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. in January.

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Logility

APRIL 26, 2022

based supplier of fashion blanks transforms its demand and inventory management with Logility. ATLANTA – April 26, 2022 – Logility, Inc., Next Level Apparel knew that to grow, it had to transition to digital demand and inventory management. About Next Level Apparel.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson. another industry leader.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The average global PMI value for Q2-2022 was 52.3,

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Our featured guest is Graham Scott, Vice President of Global Procurement for global based manufacturing services provider Jabil. His responsibilities are leadership of Jabil’s global commodity management, quoting, supplier relationship management efforts. over the course of his career. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

B2B eCommerce is booming and will be crucial for business success in 2022 and beyond. Read more: Try the eCommerce inventory management software that unleashes your growth What is B2B eCommerce? B2B can be contrasted with business-to-consumer (B2C) eCommerce, where businesses sell their goods or services directly to consumers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 This article explores 10 possible areas in which can help at each stage of the flow in Supply Chain Management.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

We’ve read the market reports, trawled the internet and identified key areas of change, and here we break these down for you with 10 of the major trends we expect to see in this industry in 2022 and beyond. Read more: Supply chain management explained: methods in modern business 1. 2022 will be a year of choice. billion by 2028.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Names included in this edition include: RightHand Robotics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9 cyberattacks. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor.

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