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Is it too Early For 2022 Predictions?

Logistics Viewpoints

With Christmas goods in stores before Halloween this year, I thought there was no reason that we shouldn’t also get a jump on 2022 predictions. Here’s what to look for in 2022. The pandemic’s ecommerce boost will continue in 2022 as the changes in consumer buying behavior become more structural.

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ToolsGroup Partners with Planalytics to Bring Weather-Driven Analytics to Retail Planning

ToolsGroup

BOSTON, February 16, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has partnered with Planalytics to integrate their weather-driven demand (WDD) analytics with ToolsGroup’s retail planning solutions, enabling customers to isolate, measure, and manage the influence of weather on their businesses.

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Business Advantages of Advanced Analytics

Enterra Insights

Violino notes, “It’s one thing to gather large amounts of data and apply analytics to it; lots of organizations are doing that. ” Corporate leaders are always seeking the best return on investment (ROI) and, in the digital era, no investment return is more important than one obtained through advanced analytics.

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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. Image source: Cape Analytics. Chlorine production was burned again in January 2022, when yet another fire damaged a pool supply plant in New Jersey. on January 22, 2022.

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Consumers Are in Charge of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

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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Trends 2022: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Journalist Heather Long ( @byHeatherLong ) reports, “Manufacturing has weathered the biggest surge in workers quitting — a nearly 60 percent jump compared with pre-pandemic. There have been about 140 walkouts at manufacturing businesses since the pandemic began, according to Payday Report, which tracks worker uprisings.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Using Analytics In the World of Gray.