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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

This blog post started a series of telephone calls. A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Definition. Merriam-Webster.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. More than 1,500 of the rings have arrived at more than 130 stores, Walmart Canada said in a corporate blog post. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

If you work in the automotive, aerospace and defense industries or, of course, the consumer goods industry, you’ve probably been working with RFID technology for years. I recommend taking a look at your inventory management, ERP and warehouse management system (WMS) to determine whether they can support a high degree of granularity.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1

QAD

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Wine-ing About Today’s F&B Challenges and Opportunities

QAD

This blog is a summary of that conversation. Abrupt closures of in-person dining, bars, travel, business and entertainment events, coupled with the simultaneous spike in online ordering and direct-to-consumer (DTC) was really difficult from a supply chain perspective. A Conversation with VinRoutes.com Co-founder Lara Sowinski.

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32 Ecommerce KPIs That Every Online Store Needs to Track for Growth

ShipBob

Depending on your business goals, a “conversion” can be almost anything, but in most cases, for ecommerce businesses, it is when someone converts from being just a website visitor or email subscriber to becoming a customer by making a purchase. Costs of goods sold (COGS). Conversion rate = (Conversions ÷ Total visitors) X 100%.

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What Retailers Need to Know About Inventory Management for 2016

RFgen

As retailers study their current warehouse operations, they have to keep one eye on innovations positioned to become industry standards. This affects warehouse management because inventory employees must prep orders pouring in from numerous sales channels. Modern consumers like eco-friendly businesses.