The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Supply Chain as a service (ScaaS) : Future supply chains, will outsource as many activities as possible to third party and only orchestrate the movement of materials and information between all nodes of their Supply Chain digitally. Zara has become Europe’s most profitable apparel brands by building agility end to end in their supply chains.

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American Global Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Indexes that increased in September include: Rent Owners' equivalent rent Lodging away from home Motor vehicle insurance Recreation Personal care New vehicles The indexes for used cars and trucks and for apparel were among those that decreased in September. Information is as of October 18, 2023.) The all-items index increased 3.7

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses can access historical data, market trends, and other external factors and, by plugging in predictive analytics, gain invaluable insights that streamline inventory management, demand forecasting, transportation planning, risk mitigation, and overall decision-making processes.

Predictive Analytics 52

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

You may make an informed selection and select the procurement training programme that best meets your needs by carefully weighing these considerations. Whether you are starting your research or looking to enhance your knowledge, this course offers essential information for that purpose. What you will learn: Lesson 1.

Purchasing Training 78

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

To give you an idea of what this is doing, the classic retail metrics, “same store sales” and “sales per square foot”, are no longer being reported by Macy’s department stores. Too often, the information about the very same product, appearing on different websites, may differ significantly!

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

As you map the your outside-in processes, think about demand, product, information flows and cash flows simultaneously. When you think about social interaction how can you use in the information from both the social and the interest graphs? Explore how you can capture, harmonize and analyze this data to inform upstream processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

Shoppers started seeing shortages of tomatoes on about February 20, with retailers saying a combination of bad weather and related transport issues in north Africa and Europe were causing significant supply problems. The shortages spread to other products, leaving shelves bare of fresh produce items including cucumbers, peppers and lettuce.

Material Savings 202

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

It makes sense to run reverse logistics as a profit centre with corresponding KPI and metrics. Network analysis will be crucial for finding the best configuration of return centres, given factors like retail locations and transport facilities with backhaul possibilities. Speed will be an important factor.

Reverse Logistics 40

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Small to mid-size retail and apparel companies can tackle a fast fashion strategy despite the absence of large capital outlays and the scale and volume afforded to other giants like H&M and Nike. Cutting transportation costs means you can afford to have more frequent shipments to stores and keep less product on the shelves.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Small to mid-size retail and apparel companies can tackle a fast fashion strategy despite the absence of large capital outlays and the scale and volume afforded to other giants like H&M and Nike. Cutting transportation costs means you can afford to have more frequent shipments to stores and keep less product on the shelves.

Distribution 28

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

With better access to up-to-date reports, you’ll have more visibility into key performance indicators and other important warehouse metrics. Collaborative robots speed up this process by dynamically managing the boundaries of picking zones and handling transport between them, keeping pickers within optimized areas in the warehouse.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

</h3></blockquote> <p>A deviation from traditional models where sales reports and formal marketing metrics inform decisions and then mass quantities of product is <em>pushed </em>out to stores based on those findings.</p>

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