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Walmart’s Impressive Q4 and FY2023 Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

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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Fashion Industry Challenges Require Elegant Demand Planning

ToolsGroup

When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain complexities and analytics required to ensure the fashion items you’re craving are in-stock. communication level, events, viral campaigns, etc). trillion U.S.

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IoT Benefits for Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

The Thomas staff reports, discrete manufacturing accounts for the largest proportion of IIoT spending. ” Today’s customers expect to know when their purchased products will be delivered. IBM reported that adopting IIoT insights for process optimization will increase product count by up to 20%.” ”[5].

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Power Your Business Sustainably Through Solar Energy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A report also found that a fifth of the 2,000 largest publicly-listed companies in the world have pledged to pursue a net-zero strategy. The solar project is an essential part of DPDHL Group’s sustainability roadmap and strengthens our commitment to operate our warehouse facilities at Net Zero Carbon by 2025.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators.

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What is Multi-Tier and Why to Do It

SupplyShift

Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. Bottom line, if events follow the trends of the last global financial crisis, regulators will enforce ESG more heavily in 2021, not less.

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What is Multi-Tier and Why to Do It

SupplyShift

Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. Bottom line, if events follow the trends of the last global financial crisis, regulators will enforce ESG more heavily in 2021, not less. Plastic usage.