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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection. At both the executive and lower levels, there may be resistance to adopting AI, ML, automation, analytics and other concepts that threaten to replace “the way we’ve always done things.”.

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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

This new behavior means that manufacturers and retailers need to anticipate consumer needs across channels with more accuracy than ever. To compete with Amazon, most retailers and manufacturers have had to dramatically shorten their own delivery windows. Navigating an Increasingly Challenging Logistics Landscape.

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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology.

Supply Chain Matters

The evolution of technology, the growing complexity and performance expectations for industry supply chains are driving the need to have people who understand data, analytics and decision-making needs from multiple angles including planning, execution, product management and customer service level performance.

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Another Supply and Demand Shortage That Warrants Attention- Tech Implementation

Supply Chain Matters

Many supply chain management and direct procurement professionals are acutely aware of the ongoing shortages of key materials among multiple industry supply networks. The same could be stated for certain global transport assets with COVID-19 restrictions continuing among China’s major manufacturing centers and logistics networks.

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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

” In the state of Texas they have an expression I think is fitting for the Elementum solution: It is, “Big hat, but no cattle.” Traditional procurement functionality in SRM focused on improving transactional efficiency. Future of Analytics in the Building of Supply Chain 2030. We are looking for answers.

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How To Manage A Lean Supply Chain

ShipBob

To make their supply chains more lean, retailers can explore different supply chain optimization techniques throughout procurement, production, and distribution, or outsource supply chain management to a 3PL. Having the analytics and seeing how everything is working together has been extremely helpful for me on the operations end.

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Your Expert Guide to Inventory Audits: Best Practices & Tips 

ShipBob

Analytical procedures Doing analytical procedures during inventory audits involves comparing gross margins, inventory turnover ratio , and/or unit costs of inventory with previous years. This helps you understand trends so you can be better informed during inventory procurement and when you’re forecasting demand.