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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

Based on a heritage of quality and innovation, the designs earned the trust in generations of families. Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

Amazon’s innovation is redefining eCommerce faster than Wal-Mart can keep up. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH. With the dawn of eCommerce, companies must now ship the EACH. Disintermediation.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx, UPS snag Black Friday volume share from regional carriers Amazon revises numerous seller fees Tariffs on aluminum have cost US beverage industry $2b Zero emission cargo ships are getting closer Faced with high returns, retailers are telling shoppers: “Just keep it.” The process releases nearly twice as much CO2 per metric ton (1.1

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7-11, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Finds a Faulty Shipping Safety Net for Brexit (WSJ – sub. Finds a Faulty Shipping Safety Net for Brexit (WSJ – sub. In five years, which technologies will have delivered the most supply chain innovation benefits? Robots in the Warehouse. Here are some excerpts from the article: XPO Logistics Inc.

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Welcome Puff, The Magic Dragon, to Your Team

Supply Chain Shaman

Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh. My stepson calls them tidy whiteys) Imagine a boring, basic apparel item. Rules, engines, policies and metrics need to align. If you are wondering how to ride the dragon, consider taking the steps: Provide innovation funding. Stories from the Field.

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Omni-channel Emerging as Top Retail Logistics Issue

Supply Chain Network

The panel will address thought provoking perspectives on the innovative supply chain responses and evolutions that will best support omni-channel business and operational productivity gains. Leslie Irvin, Director, Wal-Mart Innovations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Room 25, Monday Feb 24 th , 10:30 am. Room 25, Monday Feb 24 th , 2:45 pm.