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How to Design a Successful Apparel Supply Chain

Logility

Apparel is an exciting and rapidly changing industry. Planners need to contend with inconsistent consumer buying behavior, the need to satisfy multiple channels, complex sourcing options and proliferating “sub-seasons,” collections and assortments. Establish In-Season Excellence to Maximize Sell-through.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. The idiom, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, symbolizes working on something pointless or insignificant because it will soon be overtaken by events. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? Tom Peters.

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. Event companies perpetuate the myths of best practices. They want to talk.

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Against my friends’ advice, I decided to drive to speak to 120 business leaders at the Gains Systems event. In the case of Apparel and Automotive industries there are slight improvements, but they have shifted inventories to suppliers. Most planning happens in Excel Spreadsheets. ” Learn why are users dependent on Excel?

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. Some solutions now include proactive event management driving recommendations to correct/prevent disruption. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.)

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How to Create an Unbeatable Retail Customer Experience in 2023

ShipBob

How people feel when they interact with your business influences their buying behavior. A retail experience refers to how customers interact with your brand and how it makes them feel, which influences their decision to buy or not to buy. So, how exactly do you create an exceptional retail experience?

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. Apparel is an example.