Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While we might go and get the best of the solutions out there to meet today’s challenges and leverage today’s technology, that’s not going to come with a lifetime guarantee that it will meet all our needs in the years ahead. The system can now automatically receive all approved Purchase Orders so receipts can be reconciled against orders.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

.”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. … Companies are struggling to find space for the glut of apparel, kitchen appliances and other goods filling up their supply chains.” As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

For merchants using FBA, Amazon handles the process of picking, packing, and shipping items. billion in inventory that “if we could just wave a magic wand, we’d make it go away today,” said chief financial officer John David Rainey. Walmart estimates that inventory is still 15 percent above optimal levels. Walmart has about $1.5

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. A forest’s worth of artificial Christmas trees goes back every January.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As a quick recap, a crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. Some studies have indicated that online orders are three times more likely to be returned than in-store purchases.

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ShipBob

MARCH 2, 2023

In general, a great retail experience is when a customer has a positive interaction with your brand that makes them feel confident to purchase from you — and hopefully again and again. The first interaction and the first purchase are the two most important events that can influence a customer’s experience and their loyalty to a brand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. Time horizon. The takeaway?

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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. in December and January, the FusionOps software automatically notified Columbia staff to order more. billion in worldwide revenue.

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ShipBob

JUNE 8, 2022

Awaiting Fulfillment” signifies that the process of picking and packing items (as per the invoice) into the right shipping boxes has begun. After this process, a shipment label is generated and the order is prepared for shipping. Order cycle time is defined as the time taken between an order being placed to when it is shipped.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Mobile commerce (people making purchases from their smartphones) is poised to hit $415.93 Supply chain woes. Lean Six Sigma.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 20, 2022

The e-commerce platform in the apparel industry is skyrocketing. Apparel sales have reached the pinnacle with n-number of patterns, colors, and designs. This makes the purchasing of the property risk-free and adds no hesitation in the buyer’s mind. How to manage the returns. The steps to enhance the return management.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than ever, seasonal inventory needs to be carefully accounted for during the demand forecasting and inventory planning process , ensuring right-sized inventory that can meet customer expectations while limiting the spend and use of working capital. Benefits of Effective Seasonal Inventory Management.

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Vinculum

JULY 8, 2019

With over 130 sessions and 600 top technology solution providers , IRCE saw huge participation of brands, retailers, 3PLs and brand distributors from all over the world. Sell and manage orders, inventory, and fulfillment across multiple sales channels. End-to-end cross border solution to bring brands in the US and outside.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

big-box retailers are emerging as business winners while competitors — including some apparel sellers and small businesses — struggle.”[1] From social media to same-day shipping, successful retail brands chose to pivot and innovate to keep up with the competition. The rush to omnichannel operations.

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 12, 2021

It is widely acknowledged that uncertainty resulting from the pandemic created many opportunities for grocers but reduced demand in the fashion and apparel industry. pivoting from in-store purchases to online during COVID lockdowns). Robust modeling of these demand shaping activities can greatly benefit from ML techniques.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

Customers can shop online and have their orders shipped from a local Target store to their homes in as little as one hour. Some dark stores also retain a collection facility, where customers can pick up their purchases after placing them online, instead of receiving them by home-delivery service. Which Retailers Are Into Dark Stores?

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Logility

APRIL 27, 2015

For example, apparel trends, fit—active, slimming, skinny—style and color; or industry products—made with recycled material, and so on. Software that allows for classification of products helps retailers plan by many vectors. It costs a lot of money to ship, store and reship merchandise.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 9, 2021

Packages are then shipped to their destination via ground, air, or sea. Fortunately, more and more solutions and resources are being introduced, making it easier for ecommerce businesses to implement sustainability into their supply chain. Once they reach their destination, the packing materials are discarded. of global retail sales.

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ShipBob

APRIL 8, 2020

Discount products signal you don’t have to have the highest income to purchase it. If your brand experience matched what they expected from the initial purchase, then most likey they are willing to buy from you again. Price skimming can also be used by apparel brands to account for seasonal shopping. Price skimming cons.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Robinson) and I sat down with Talking Logistics host Adrian Gonzalez to discuss consumer shopping trends and expectations as we approach the holidays and how that impacts temperature controlled shipping and logistics. Suppliers must be thinking about how to provide a positive shipping and delivery experience for their customers.

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ShipBob

MARCH 11, 2022

This makes your products more easily searchable by people looking to make a purchase on Facebook. Streamlined checkout and shipping process. On top of reduced selling costs compared with running an ecommerce website, Facebook also offers a simplified shopping cart and shipping process. Personalized experience.

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Veridian Solutions

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Customers have several channels to make a purchase, such as online or mobile, bought in a store, a combination of the two, known as buy-online, pick-up in-store (BOPIS) , or any other channel to purchase offered by the retailer. However, it depends on the available inventory.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Leonard notes, “An efficient reverse logistics process is especially important for products that depreciate in value quickly, like apparel, which can lose 20% to 50% of its value in eight to 16 weeks.” Retailers that regularly pay return shipping fees can cut down on costs as well. ”[5].

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ShipBob

JANUARY 29, 2024

New orders are placed on your ecommerce platform, then whoever is storing your inventory has to select, package, and ship the right products to the right place. Potential obstacles can arise, as sales grow, channels multiply, products are added to your inventory, and your customer base expands. No problem.

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FLEXE

APRIL 12, 2017

Can you remember your first online purchase? Today, for many of us, shopping online happens more frequently than in-store purchases. Keeping up with industry titans has forced retailers of all sizes to improve online shopping experiences—because it all plays a role in completing a purchase. Seems like forever ago. They were $79.3

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Apparel fulfillment article and permission to publish here provided by AWL India. The process of completing clothes orders is known as apparel fulfillment. The delivery of clothing purchased by clients is the result of apparel fulfillment. What Makes Apparel Fulfillment Different? Apparel Return Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory. In the pre-COVID world, we thought about landed costs.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 16, 2021

In order to keep up with the unprecedented volume in such a short time span, it’s important you have the right shipping strategy and fulfillment processes in place. In this article, you will learn about the common challenges DTC brands face during peak shipping season, and how you can prepare your online store for success.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 30, 2023

How a return merchandise authorization works Much like the purchase journey, no two returns processes are alike, and they can look totally different from vertical to vertical, and often vary between merchants within those verticals. Other merchants implement a returns management solution such as ReturnLogic to automate the returns process.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Many countries have closed shops for non-essential and discretionary purchases, and even where they are open, consumers may be cautious about venturing to the high street, preferring to shop online. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19. Here’s another positive.

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ShipBob

JUNE 25, 2021

And while you might not have a catalog as large as SkyMall, it’s just as important to manage your products this way, so you can expand your product line, attract the right customers, and spend less time on managing your inventory. 7 ecommerce catalog management challenges and solutions. How to Choose a 3PL for Your Ecommerce Business.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

As manufacturers and retailers ramp up inventory for the Spring peak they’re bound to face a number of challenges that come with the sudden demand for products that have been in low demand and supply during the Fall and Winter. More than 14 million barbeques and more than 900,000 tons of charcoal are shipped annually (most during Spring).

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2022

Omnichannel integrates a multichannel strategy and optimises it as a progression of the online purchasing journey for the modern eCommerce customer. 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?

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