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Consumer Goods: A Formula for Service, Speed, & Brand Success

Logility

The consumer goods industry may have experienced tremendous growth, but figuring out what consumers want is an ever-evolving puzzle. From where they shop and how frequently they buy to what price points entice them, consumer behaviors have been challenging to predict over the past year.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of?third-party?logistics.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of?third-party?logistics.

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Strong Supply Chains Required For an Economic Rebound: Six Steps To Take

Supply Chain Shaman

This cross-functional group (sales, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution) is an operational team to manage the day-to-day issues and exceptions in the supply chain. A Sample Demand Pattern for Consumer Goods. Explore alternative analytics and data sources to eliminate black holes. Simplify Product Portfolio.

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Supply Chain Planning in a Post-S&OP Era

Enterra Insights

. “Measure and use supply variability to drive better outcomes (build a planning master database to feed optimization engines market factors like lead times, conversion rates, and shifts in costs as inputs to supply-side optimization engines in manufacturing, procurement, and transportation.)” ” • Manage inventory.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The software provides supply chain transparency and supplier mapping across supply chain tiers as well as data analytics, supplier scoring and traceability. The company’s founder, Donald Hicks, was the prior Co-Founder of supply chain analytics technology provider Llamasoft , which was later acquired by Coupa Software in 2020.