Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. Only a modern and digital supply chain that is ever-evolving can manage the product quality, inventory volume, and fashion supplier relationships that the industry requires.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2014

More and more global luxury brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and others are promoting themselves as Lifestyle brands, spanning many products including fragrance, home collections, apparel, paint, wallpaper, foods, and many other products. The entire apparel supply chain is driven by these financial metrics.

Supply Chain Design Software 111

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Columbia Sportswear is a 77-year old, profitable, multi-billion dollar company and a leading brand in the global outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industry. How did this vast improvement in a key supply chain metric translate into financial performance? billion in worldwide revenue.

Supply Chain Software 100

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Logility

MARCH 10, 2022

Many companies now use environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance metrics when setting targets for executive pay, which is a clear indicator that sustainability is moving beyond being a brand value. It’s Time to Think About Sustainability Differently. Digitalization Reveals ESG Connections.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the context of supply chain management, prescriptive analytics leverages raw historical data and performance data to determine the best probable courses of action, supporting supply chain decisions through network design, inventory and warehouse optimization, and supplier management.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 52

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The Institute for Supply Management conducted a special survey that asked members to assess how Harvey might impact six key business metrics and whether they may be impacted by shortages of input materials due to Harvey. "Our Broadly speaking, the six metrics organized by severity of impact into three groups. Most Impacted Metrics.

Metrics 98

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Zara has become Europe’s most profitable apparel brands by building agility end to end in their supply chains. To create flexible and balanced supply chain organisation, it is necessary to integrate strategy, processes, metrics, and technology enterprise wide and across customers, suppliers, and service providers.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 258

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Last year in Florida at RILA Logistics 2013, the topic of multi-channel was discussed with 5 related presentations delivered where the challenges of the coming omni-channel revolution were laid down. So why am I suggesting that Omni-channel is now emerging to be the top retail logistics challenge being faced today by retailers?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 115

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ShipBob

APRIL 13, 2021

However, there is a wide range of metrics that you should be tracking to help your online store grow. Why ecommerce performance metrics are important. Shipping & logistics KPIs. Why are ecommerce performance metrics important to your online store? Table of Contents. What are ecommerce KPIs? Sales KPIs. Marketing KPIs.

Procurement Analytics 95

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

We determine which companies have driven higher levels of improvement (based on Supply Chain Index calculations) and shareholder value (as defined by Price to Tangible Book Value) while outperforming their peer group on growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

Pharmaceutical 110

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2022

A key challenge of omnichannel that automation can help with is maintaining accurate inventory across multiple channels Omnichannel vs multichannel eCommerce: what’s the difference? For example, with business functions working together to create streamlined and efficient workflows, omnichannel systems improve inventory control.

Omnichannel 97

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

To keep a business afloat, an online brand needs to track inventory , manage the fulfillment and shipping process, and oversee products getting to their end destination. Managing inventory. For example, an Ecommerce Operations Manager might collaborate with the Warehouse Manager to perform regular ecommerce inventory audits.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 8, 2015

For instance, competing in high-end fashion apparel will require a different supply chain strategy than selling cotton briefs. Create the right metrics and monitor them. There is no one right set of supply chain metrics, and there will be trade-offs that reflect the needs of the markets and customers.

Resource Reduction 100

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American Global Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Routine monitoring of key economic and logistics indicators works like a compass. With that follows our quarterly update on key strategic economic and logistics indicators. Supplementing that is the monthly Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). This report has logistics-specific indicators critical to your business.

Price Reduction 52

Price Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Resource Reduction 52

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. So, how does predictive analytics help with that?

Predictive Analytics 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. That was primarily due to retailers working on emptying warehouses of older inventory and shippers continuing to move more freight to East Coast ports because of concerns over the slow pace of labor talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Material Savings 202

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

Reverse Logistics 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Table 1: Contract of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns and Cash-To-Cash for Consumer-Facing Industries. In parallel, take a closer look at inventory turns where only pharmaceutical companies made slight progress. The difference?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Most companies are moving backward on the Supply Chain Matrix That Matter (growth, operating marging, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital). Similarly, industries like beverages, contract manufacturing, food, oil and gas, restaurants and fast food, and retail apparel have finalists, but no winners.

Pharmaceutical 60

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Design 60

SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. The three main aggregations of sustainability metrics are environmental, social, and governance. Both types use quantitative metrics but have slight differentiators.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These are sophisticated global networks, external of the business itself, comprised of manufacturers, logistics enterprises, and third-party suppliers. The three main aggregations of sustainability metrics are environmental, social, and governance. Both types use quantitative metrics but have slight differentiators.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Sustainability Resource Reduction Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

This view of the supply chain is focused primarily on how we get inventory to the customer. He pointed out that the customer doesn’t care which division owns the inventory – they just want the product whenever and wherever they desire. This works well in the Apple store, but can be complicated for apparel.

Supply Chain Design Software 60

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Logility

MAY 2, 2021

From sourcing and production to logistics to marketing, most companies have long relied on a single foundational key performance indicator (KPI) to dictate how they fulfill their customer needs. This one shortcoming is perhaps one of the most obvious for this forecasting metric.

Forecasting 149

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. This work is important to me. I am not quite sure.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

It includes all of its elements: customers, sales channels, products, warehouses, logistics network, and the interactions between them. Customer Satisfaction scores side by side with the service level and availability metrics. The post Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Supply Chain Planning Software 261

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Suppliers are measured using factual performance indicators covering pricing, quality, innovation, and reliability , to name but a few of the measurement components included in the “McDonalds Supplier Performance Index,” as the suite of metrics is known. So what can we learn from the example of Vendor Flex by Amazon?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 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. This keeps demand high and dramatically lowers the amount of unsold inventory sitting in warehouses.

Distribution 34

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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. This keeps demand high and dramatically lowers the amount of unsold inventory sitting in warehouses.

Distribution 28

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ShipBob

MAY 1, 2020

Creepy Co sells apparel with a horror theme. For example, FLEO Shorts grew because of its popular Crossfit shorts, but they were able to leverage their growth to create other types of Crossfit-related apparel. . Limit inventory and storage costs. Finding storage space to accommodate new ecommerce inventory takes time and money.

Inventory Reduction 59

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Poly mailers are flexible and don’t require additional dunnage for shipping, which is why they’re the preferred choice to apparel, beauty, and book retailers. Tech-enabled 3PLs like ShipBob also offer insights into important distribution metrics that you can use to make informed decisions, such as how much your average shipping costs are.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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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>

Distribution 34

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. In fact, BMW has adopted any number of digital production technologies, such as data analytics, smart logistics and 3D printing. Debuting at # 24 is footwear and apparel company Adidas (arch-rival Nike has been a Top 25 mainstay for years).

Gartner 81

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