Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 18, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights the latest report indicating both U.S. The National Retail Federation (NRF), in conjunction with its annual conference held this week, reported 2023 holiday sales based on U.S. Furniture and home furnishing sales were reported as declining 6.2 Adobe Analytics indicated that U.S.

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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. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Reflection.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Supermarkets, retailers and importers are beginning to lift prices in response to the crises, essentially passing the costs onto their customers. According to the Conference Board, despite lockdowns and COVID-19 related restrictions, consumer confidence in Asia rose in the last quarter of 2021 to 128 points from 126 points.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I recently interviewed him for my upcoming book, Metrics that Matter, that publishes in August 2014. ” Supply Chain Leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 2, 2016

During the spring, I get to spend a lot of time in airplane(s) attending and speaking at technology confer ences. With the evolution of cognitive learning, cloud-based analytics, non-relational technologies, and streaming architectures, the ERP vendors are no longer the center-piece of supply chain visionaries’ discussions.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 18, 2016

I purchased my first fitness tracker, set my goals, and the competition began. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce. And thus, Friends with Fitbits was born.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Based on our recent research, we find that only 1% of process-based companies are making progress on both operating margins and inventory.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, at the NRF’s 2018 Shop.org conference, CVS Pharmacy President Kevin Hourican, told participants, “Retail isn’t dead. Kiran Mani, Google’s managing director of retail, told conference participants, “Personalization is nothing but translating information into assistance. Bad retail is dead.”[2]. ”[2].

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Editor's Note: As of late you may have noticed we have written a lot about procurement and the future of procurement. A large part of procurement is finalizing the contract and then the follow through of the determined deliverables in that agreement. For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 5, 2016

The in-depth reporting is titled, “The Last Days of Target: The untold tale of Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death.” Target employed JDA Software for demand forecasting and inventory replenishment. Inventory overflowed in distribution centers and hastily rented storage facilities. headquarters.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Public gatherings have been cancelled including public schools, sporting events, and social gatherings, conferences and most musical performances and other entertainment. When dealing with a disruption the speed at which you can sense a change and predict its impact will determine your success in mitigating the effects of the disruption.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

I purchased my first fitness tracker, set my goals, and the competition began. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce. And thus, Friends with Fitbits was born.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

In short, we cannot put a wrapper around ERP, traditional reporting, or traditional fulfillment and call it Big Data, Customer-Centric Retailing or Omni-Channel Fulfillment. It requires new forms of analytics, cloud-based solutions and the design of packaged applications from the consumer back. The focus needs to be on the shopper.

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DiManEx

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Last month, we participated in the AM for Defense Conference , a virtual event which offered a window into the innovative uses of Additive Manufacturing in the defense industry. When you decide to transition from a traditional supply chain to digital inventory, there are several hurdles you need to overcome. Focus on process.

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

Phillips, SVP of Customer Supply Chain & Global Go-To-Market for PepsiCo shared during his keynote presentation at the Gartner Executive Supply Chain Conference, this digital revolution presents enormous challenges and opportunities across the end-to-end consumer value chain. Simbe Robotics’ Tally is one such retail robot.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The order fulfilment process covers every step required to get goods to the people who purchase them, from the moment a customer places an order to when they receive their purchase. But cost-saving isn’t the only benefit of an optimised fulfilment process. When these processes are aligned, customer satisfaction improves.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. What if you could fly drones over yards and check against your inventory? Inventory auditing.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. What if you could fly drones over yards and check against your inventory? Inventory auditing.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Jennifer Overstreet, Director of Digital Content at the National Retail Federation, reports Li & Fung, CEO Spencer Fung, told participants at a 2018 NRF conference, “The supply chain will become faster, digital and more innovative. Predictive Analytics. Move now, or get left behind. Cloud Computing. Blockchain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2016

In the words of a person that I once heard speak at the conference,”It is much easier for a supply chain team to run downhill than uphill.” To move the product, the company discounted the cars to stimulate purchase. A Focus on Horizontal Processes to Support Demand Flows. A Focus on Demand Flows. It was an ugly color.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The old way of buying supply chain planning (SCP) solutions was similar to purchasing an ERP solution – long lists of requirements and long vendor responses, followed by feature/function demos. It is essentially a “ predictive analytics ” process; that depends on the quality of the model in order to correctly predict service level.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Inventory will remain bloated for the first half of 2023, – and supplier relationships will be tested. These kinds of behaviors by buyers will come back to bite them in the future… Despite having more inventory – we won’t stop having shortages. Inflation is indeed going down slowly– but not as fast as the markets would like.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. As a result, costs and waste abound. Customer sentiment technologies mine the patterns of unstructured text and use new forms of analytics to guide discovery on what matters to the customer. Bio-engineering?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

And up to 75 percent of transactions with retailers will take place without human contact, as new technologies open up new, and formerly undreamed-of, avenues for shopping and purchasing. Roberts and Sterneckert detailed how dunnhumby and JDA are helping retailers deliver value by combining actionable insights and execution.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

P&G taught us about the “Three Moments of Truth”: see the product at the store, purchase & use the product, and become a fan of the product. They continue to implement automation in the control tower practice, and this is where P&G can show the Top 25 some advanced supply chain analytics strategies.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

And up to 75 percent of transactions with retailers will take place without human contact, as new technologies open up new, and formerly undreamed-of, avenues for shopping and purchasing. Roberts and Sterneckert detailed how dunnhumby and JDA are helping retailers deliver value by combining actionable insights and execution.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Also this week, The Detroit News and others reported that “Wal-Mart Stores plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins [emphasis mine].”. Here are some excerpts from the press release: 16.3 percent last year. . percent last year. . Have a happy weekend!

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

Review existing inventory management systems. It can also involve using business analytics to help you truly understand what’s driving your business. For a more detailed guide on how to pick the best inventory management software for your business, check out our comprehensive guide. Review existing inventory management systems.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Armed with industry knowledge, technology savvy, and purchasing power, customers control the sales cycle. They’re also industry disruptors, toppling traditional business models in the blink of an eye. Now new markets are flexing their purchasing muscle. billion individuals join the consuming class.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In transportation news, the American Trucking Associations reported that its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% Looking ahead, Costello is concerned “about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain [that] could have a negative impact on truck freight volumes over the next few months.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 30, 2024

Supply Chain Matters draws reader attention to a published report that depicts how branded company Nike made strategic mistakes in its online distribution strategy during the time of Covid , and how the shoe and athletic goods retailer is still recovering. They smack of Nike’s iconic branding message: Just Do it !

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. Arrange your inventory based on how often you need to use it. The key theme of the conference was that of a bimodal supply chain. Plan an Efficient Layout for the Warehouse.

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