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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Shown in Figure 1 are the aggregate sector results for apparel retail. Aggregate Results for Apparel Manufacturers for the Period of 2010-2019. Aggregate Results for Apparel Manufacturers for the Period of 2010-2019. Comparison of 2010 and 2019 Industry Sector Results for Operating Margin and Inventory Turns.

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COVID-19 Month-Over-Month Survey Comparison: Consumer Trends and Their Impact on Retail Supply Chains

BlueYonder

Even before the pandemic, retail segments including tech, apparel, grocery and home goods had seen significant shifts from brick-and-mortar to online. The post COVID-19 Month-Over-Month Survey Comparison: Consumer Trends and Their Impact on Retail Supply Chains appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Table 2: Gartner Top 25 Comparison to Peer Group Results As large manufacturers work the conference circuit in the industry to increase brand awareness for their supply chain efforts, they feed the perception that their stories demonstrate supply chain leadership. Is this success? I don’t think so.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

Comparison of these profiles then gives us store clusters with similar demand, and based on these insights, assortment plans can be developed to address the difference. There are different ways of doing store cluster analysis. One way is to create a store sales profile using different product groups’ sales contributions.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Days of Inventory Comparison. Starting with apparel, let’s compare the two top performers –Nike and VF Corporation. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Let me make my point by sharing some financial data using client examples from the last decade.

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A Better Tradegecko alternative is EMERGE: Tradegecko Comparison to EMERGE

EMERGE App

If you are in industries such as Pharmaceutical , Apparel , Food & Beverage , Electronics & Equipment would require management in either a serial number, batch, expiry, or warranty, and EMERGE is optimized for this workflow. .

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. Bernstein & Co.,