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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

The challenge is structuring or adapting a logistics network where a forecast is difficult, so that it can continue to change. Trusted tools for planning and control of the supply chain and individual locations are used – for the point of sale, the warehouse and for transport. Design of the logistics network.

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Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Venue: Austria Center Vienna, Austria. This year’s event, 22-24 June at Austria Center Vienna, provides the latest innovations and roadmaps from SAP, best practices and candid insights from industry experts, and first-hand experiences from leading-edge customers eager to share their stories. Date: 22-24 June, 2016.

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GrandVision: “We are changing completely as we become demand driven”

Supply Chain Movement

Many of these stores are recognised under banners such as Apollo-Optik in Germany, Générale d’Optique and GrandOptical in France, Pearle in the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria and Vision Express in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, the Middle East and India to name just a few. It is a very significant change.

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German Hypermarket Chain ‘real’ Launches Forecasting and Replenishment Project with RELEX

RELEX Solutions

Retailer and Unified Retail Planning specialist aim to optimize and automate hypermarket’s forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores. RELEX offers an automated system for integrated forecasting and ordering for our stores and warehouses,” explains Wolfram Jütz, Head of the SCM department at ‘real’.

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Will Cloud Computing in Logistics Replace On-Premises Systems for Good?

Logistics Viewpoints

Data can be monitored over the long term, and important trends and forecasts can then be derived. The question is: can we also operate a warehouse fully autonomously ? During his 17 years at KNAPP, Bernd has worked in different roles both at the headquarters in Austria and at the company’s Brazilian subsidiary.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: AMR's Top 25 Highs and Lows

Supply Chains Rock

I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. I want to specialize in Forecasting. While they are second to none in getting clothes from the catwalk to the shop floor, they suffer in quality and anyone that shops at Zara would back me up here. Toyota is also curious at #10.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

This young, publicly listed American software vendor recently bought out Terra Technology, a specialist in demand sensing (short-term forecasting based on point-of-sale data). directly from their suppliers, from their own warehouse or even from a retail store). Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica.