Resilinc

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this new multi-part blog series, we address the possibilities of supply chain AI and how new capabilities and machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing supply chain risk management (SCRM). EventWatch AI employs classification models that fall under the category of NLP. Enter the future of AI in supply chain.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2020

To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Insights driving AI/ML trends and edge demand will play a critical role perchance another event of this magnitude should come upon us.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

In this blog, I’ll explain a bit more about the rating criteria we used to assess firms. Yung-Yun’s algorithm scanned tens of thousands of targeted news and company reports to develop the ratings in each category. Let me describe the two categories highlighted in the journal article. chemicals, resins, IT providers).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. As you read this blog, I hope that you will see me as a positive contrarian versus an old curmudgeon. Surgery is over. I am safely recuperating at home. As I process the content, I struggle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

At its annual event, Apple unveiled the new iPhone 15 lineup. In a blog post Tuesday, Walmart announced its new Walmart Express Delivery service, in which customers can have rapid delivery of orders placed in the evening, with a mind-blowing promise that orders placed by 9:30 PM will somehow be delivered just 30 minutes later, by 10:00.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As indicated in the figure below, available interfaces support the following risk categories: Financial risk identifies the financial viability of a supplier, indicates if the supplier is currently experiencing or is likely to experience any financial issues that can affect their ability to fulfill their commitments. Stay tuned!

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BlueYonder

MARCH 28, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. The following are the insights gained from the recently held ProMat 2023 event and my discussion with Ann Marie Jonkman , who leads Blue Yonder’s 3PL Industry Strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From a goods category lens, sales of electronics and jewelry items reportedly declined on a year-over-year basis, along with certain apparel categories. There were no noteworthy disruptions despite the usual compliment of winter snow and ice events. All rights reserved. The post Initial Estimates of U.S.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

This year, we centered our event around the theme “Stronger Together” to celebrate the collective challenges we have overcome and how we can move forward with renewed priorities. We’ve taken measures to minimize this impact–but our event cannot completely eliminate it. Keep an eye out for an in-depth blog session recap!

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog, we look at the top 10 supply chain events in disaster movies based on economic impact and general disruption to supply chain operations. Our first category, “It Could Happen,” eliminates sci-fi scenarios like volcanoes in L.A. Grab some popcorn and get ready for a supply chain-themed movie night!

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 18, 2024

Holiday sales defined as being the November through December period reportedly included gains in all but two of a total of nine retail categories. The highest sales category was noted as electronics and appliances, growing 9.3 The prior record of $929.5 billion occurred in the 2022 period. All rights reserved.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

Today marks the official halfway point of 2016 and that means it's time for our "Top Posts for the first half of the year" annual event. We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics , Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Transportation , and Freight. 5 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2016.So We hope you enjoy!

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Cognira

JULY 22, 2022

Throughout this blog, learn more about how a Promotion Solution can redefine the merchant role. 3 characteristics of a merchant include: Great eye and experience within product categories Deep understanding of their customers Exposure to organizational objectives and KPIs. Table of Contents. The typical role of a merchant.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2024

In the latter category, global vehicle inventory expressed in days of supply was reported as 28 days, compared to 15 days in the year-earlier quarter. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Net income declined 55 percent to $1.1 percent compared to 11.4

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TMC

MARCH 2, 2016

Our team included logistics, demand management, category management, and distribution from Delhaize, as well as West Coast Distributing and TMC’s Managed TMS® service. During Weather Event. The post How to Manage for Supply Chain Success During Major Weather Events appeared first on Connect Blog by TMC, a division of C.H.

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QAD

MARCH 24, 2022

Gartner ranks QAD as a visionary in the category of manufacturing and supply chain management for midsize manufacturers with its cloud-based QAD Adaptive ERP suite,” he continued. “It Learn more about the ins and outs of QAD’s Digital Manufacturing Diagnostic in our recent blog. Below are a few examples. Is it realistic?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2022

As with many tech conferences, this was the first opportunity to conduct an in-person event, but Kinaxis management elected to also livestream many of the keynote events and customer presentations. As Supply Chain Matters readers are likely aware, Kinaxis has been a continuous thought leadership sponsor of our blog.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For this blog, we’ll focus on just one of those steps, from Stage 3 to Stage 4. In a nutshell, moving up to Stage 4 SCP helps companies make the sounder trade-offs and tougher calls to achieve profit-oriented supply chain optimization (see figure at top of blog).

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ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

If this foundation does not exist or if it is shaky, then buyers don’t know how much the company is spending with a given supplier, let alone how they can improve the efficiency or impact of a given spend category. Here is a link to the blog initially published on Art of Procurement including the link to the Podcast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

While most leaders early to the subject think of risk as mitigation of events (in Figure 1 we share the most disruptive events from the period of 2013-2018), event mitigation is the easy part of risk management. Top Events Leading to a Supply Chain Disruption. Join Our Event to Act Differently and Drive New Outcomes.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this first of two blogs, we will cover the need for demand forecasting excellence. In the second blog, we will discuss best practices in replenishment and inventory management. Unforeseen events can trigger higher or lower demand for certain products and be modeled with scenarios for the probability of likelihood.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this first of two blogs, we will cover the need for demand forecasting excellence. In the second blog, we will discuss best practices in replenishment and inventory management. Unforeseen events can trigger higher or lower demand for certain products and be modeled with scenarios for the probability of likelihood.

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EC Sourcing Group

MAY 17, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of spend classification in eSourcing and its vital connection to eSourcing technology platforms. Accurate classification of products, services, and suppliers forms the foundation for improved decision-making, cost optimization, and enhanced supply chain management.

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QAD

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a result, it’s difficult to discover qualified suppliers, effectively collaborate with suppliers and quickly respond to unexpected supply events. The post What You Need to Know About Supplier Management and SRM Software appeared first on QAD Blog. So, we can not truly say that the sourcing process begins with supplier management.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

These programs are as familiar to procurement professionals as concepts like spend analysis or category management. NMSDC’s economic output and job figures are astounding and their corporate members, sponsors, event attendees, and award recipients show a broad and rich representation across a wide swath of commercial industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule follow-up relative to updating readers to prior supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. The storm made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida as Category 3 hurricane storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. All rights reserved.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Category Key. The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. Here’s how it happened. . Malcom McLean. Infrastructure Development. Container Regulation.

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ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

The event is free to attend and aims to attract hundreds of procurement and supply chain professionals to discuss and learn more about the latest industry trends and processes. But now with strategic sourcing and category management, the process has become much easier to track, monitor and control. So what’s “art” got to do with it?

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Resilinc

MARCH 30, 2021

This is Part 2 of our four-part blog series based on Resilinc’s Ultimate Guide to Supply Chain Resiliency. If your company has a mature and well-function SCRM program, then these blogs can help you validate what you’re already doing and provide ideas for fine-tuning your program. Event Related. Event Related.

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Resilinc

MARCH 23, 2021

Wherever your organization is on the journey to a mature and robust SCRM program, this four-part blog series—based on the Ultimate Guide to Supply Chain Resiliency Program Success co-authored by Resilinc and the Global Supply Chain Resiliency Council—should be helpful. Part 1: Starting the SCRM Journey.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features a commentary on the aftermath of Hurricane Ian that impacted the United States and the impacts for industry supply chains. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2021

Today marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, an event that reminds us we have only one planet on which we are all passengers. Lesser of Two Evils : “Claiming to be greener than other products in its category when the category as a whole may be environmentally unfriendly (i.e., ” 5. ” 6. ” 7.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2022

As I noted in my last blog , record inflation continues to be a significant concern for retailers — because it’s having an enormous and complicated impact on consumer behaviors. I call this trend “little luxuries” — and it’s one that every category manager needs to understand so they can manage it proactively.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In an earlier blog , I explained how the SCRC supply chain index was formed, and how it provides meaningful insights into the Innovation and Sustainability categories of the WSJ index, by assessing the level of innovation and sustainability within an organization’s supply chain. Johnson and Johnson. Cisco Systems.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Gracie Myers, a researcher with Research Optimus, writes, “Predictive analytics is being applied toward all facets of business operations and processes to help anticipate events, avoid risks, and create solutions. Organizations can modify how and where they use resources to better prepare for future events.

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Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2023

Weather related events show no signs of slowing down, either. Our 24/7 event monitoring platform, EventWatch AI sent alerts for 333 Extreme Weather events in 2022; this was up 36% YOY. Side note: we track alerts for Hurricanes/Typhoons and Floods separately; both of these events were up 18% YOY and 36% YOY respectively.)

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

On a category basis, executives pointed to comparable sales for grocery items rising by mid-single digits. Inventory at the end of Q3 was reported as 14 percent lower than last year, reflecting a 19 percent reduction in discretionary category inventory. Customer transactions reportedly rose 3.4 percent on a year-over-year basis.

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