Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a first installment in a four-part technology market education series where we address the evolving use of Cloud based control layer technology platforms applied to warehousing and customer fulfillment processes. Enhanced synchronization of facility or campus throughput.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers the implications of Amazon’s ongoing global and domestic operational and last mile fulfillment network. We believe that these inventory management, customer and last-mile fulfillment strategies will have industry wide implications in terms of competitive stakes and cost-to-serve.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 11, 2024

the Industrial AI Supply Chain Analytics and Decision Intelligence pioneer, today announced the launch of new inventory projection capabilities that will enable businesses to predict the future state of their inventories. These insights are then utilized to enhance vendor lead time predictions.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 11, 2024

the Industrial AI Supply Chain Analytics and Decision Intelligence pioneer, today announced the launch of new inventory projection capabilities that will enable businesses to predict the future state of their inventories. These insights are then utilized to enhance vendor lead time predictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Procurement and Supply Chain Management are essential functions that can help companies navigate these challenges, but they are often siloed and operate in separate departments. Their metrics are often misaligned as well – supply chain focuses on service and procurement focuses on the cost of acquiring materials and services.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Supply chain processes are not immune to this trend. EY analysts Edmund Wong and Glenn Steinberg ( @GlennSteinberg ), ask, “Are you running an analog supply chain for a digital economy? They explain, “The global supply chain is a creation from the past, ill-suited to today’s fast-changing world.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While every part of the supply chain is important, let’s take a moment to consider the tough challenges facing warehouses today. Warehouses sit at the heart of the supply chain, fulfilling customer promises and playing a critical role in driving satisfaction and repeat sales. Operating costs are skyrocketing.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2024

Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives 1 , which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. Blue Yonder has helped many wholesalers address these challenges with advanced order management solutions. Why did we conduct this study?

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2023

A large department store in North America faced challenges with soaring fulfillment costs and decreasing margins, both placing pressure on the business. The wanted to leverage stores to help fulfill orders but weren’t sure how to balance the inventory needed to satisfy in-store, omni-channel, and ship-from-store customer purchases.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. Whether you’re a recent graduate or contemplating a career change, uncover key insights for establishing the groundwork of a thriving career in the dynamic world of supply chain. Lucky for you.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 27, 2024

The Evolution of Retail Supply Chain & Logistics: A Pre-AI Overview In the pre-AI era, the retail sector was markedly different, especially since the traditional supply chain and logistics models were largely driven by manual labor. How is AI Revolutionizing Retail Supply Chains?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

” The Enterra Revenue Growth Intelligence System ( ERGIS ) was developed to help the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector make better choices about pricing, trade promotions, and other activities affecting revenue growth. ToolsGroup analysts suggest retailers adopt lean retail principles, which affect all aspects of the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 20, 2022

Decisions were taken in isolation without consideration to the total demand and supply situation and with no understanding of the long-term impact, and often the customer service team only found out there had been an issue when the customer rang them to complain. No longer can the supply chain wait for humans to gather to reach consensus.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the dynamic world of supply chain management, demand planning is a critical component for achieving holistic supply planning. It involves constructing an accurate forecast of future demand based on supply drivers, aiming to meet customer needs as precisely as possible. What is Demand-driven Inventory Replenishment?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog reflects and provides added context to the announcement that Shopify and Amazon will collaborate on merchant parcel shipping options. In May of 2022, Shopify announced its acquisition of end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

This Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech commentary provides highlights and added perspectives on this week announcement regarding Kinaxis’ s completed acquisition of supply chain execution B2B SaaS platform provider MPO. Background. A Strategic Acquisition.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Manufacturers have incurred significant financial losses due to supply chain disruptions and the subsequent inventory management challenges. As a result, when ordering a component, it may have to be shipped from one end to the other. Inventory management in the supply chain. Effective data management.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2016

Bob Ferrari of Supply Chain Matters recently pointed to The Sports Authority bankruptcy as one indication. If retailers optimize their inventory—dynamically aligning their supply chains to changing customer preferences and behavior—they can position inventory to satisfy demand at the lowest possible cost. Here’s why.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2021

The Value of Cognitive Computing in Retail Cognitive computing is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI), which, like most AI systems, leverages machine learning as well as other technologies. As [cognitive computing algorithms] are exposed to more data, these algorithms, like humans, become more intelligent.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In his book, Lean Retail & Wholesale , professor and author Paul Myerson defines the shift towards lean retail as “a dramatic change in the way products are ordered and distributed that is far more data-centric and focused on understanding and meeting customer demand.” The impact of lean retail on supply chain management.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

”[1] What is often overlooked in the pursuit of better customer experiences is how those experiences can be affected by supply chain operations. .”[1] ”[1] What is often overlooked in the pursuit of better customer experiences is how those experiences can be affected by supply chain operations.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Editor’s Note: Two years ago we posted a blog about how to set an annual forecast accuracy target and it was one of our most popular topics. Like a "Zillow for Demand Planning", he suggest using market intelligence to quantify the relative forecastability of the demand signal to better understand your forecasting performance potential.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 19, 2021

For years supply chain consultants have urged companies to digitize their supply chains. As supply chains have lengthened and become more complex, digitization has been viewed as a way to reduce paperwork and increase visibility. Is this true for the supply chain industry?

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The idea of Intelligent IBP is to close these planning, decision & execution gaps and grasp the opportunities that comes with it. In this manifesto I will introduce Intelligent IBP principles. Many which I’ve highlighted over the years in blogs and articles. Introducing Intelligent IBP Let’s start with a definition.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 2, 2023

According to economists at banking giant Goldman Sachs, ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots will put 300 million jobs at risk worldwide. The mobile robots are guided through the fulfilment centre by AI-based software, and the operational efficiency will continue to improve thanks to machine learning.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides perspectives and likely motivations on Amazon’s announced effort to hire an additional 250,000 workers to support upcoming 2023 holiday fulfillment needs. The number considerably exceeds the 150,000 level of employees brought on in the prior two years. percent to $963.3 percent and 4.6

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My Office Apps

MAY 30, 2023

Furthermore, ERP systems integrate with warehouse management systems, enabling seamless coordination between inventory and order fulfillment. This integration allows for efficient picking, packing, and shipping processes, leading to faster order processing and reduced fulfillment errors.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 29, 2023

Market-based demand forecasting to help you predict orders and resources Retailers are facing increasing pressure to offer affordable, reliable and frictionless omni-channel fulfillment experiences. One large grocery chain in North America faced challenges due to increases in omni-channel shopping.

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Taulia

JULY 24, 2023

Supply chains are trending in the direction of complexity. While this shift has brought many benefits for companies, including the globalization of consumer demand, the increasing complexity of supply chains has also exposed new vulnerabilities. And it’s increasingly applicable throughout the supply chain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Then in the early 2000s, a new technology emerged, inventory optimization (IO), which could account for variability and multi-level activity in the supply chain and optimize inventory management policies using a statistical approach to manage both demand and supply variability. Inventory optimization.

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ThroughPut

MAY 27, 2022

The first step is syncing and streamlining your supply chain. For effective, accurate real-time demand sensing and forecasting, you need cross-functional visibility and actionable insights across the entire length of the supply chain as it forms the backbone of all business operations. For example, you need to know: 1.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 18, 2024

The economic disruption due to the pandemic highlighted pre-existing loopholes in global supply chains. Lack of digital connectivity made it hard to tie together global operations for supply chains, including inbound and outbound logistics. Strategies to enhance inbound logistics are: 1.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for its readership a published report that once again points to the strategic threat that Amazon is developing to yet again disrupt the retail and wholesale industry. Amazon had strong dependencies on last mile fulfillment carriers UPS and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. Featured names in this latest edition include Slync , Ryder System , IFS and Transfix.

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Locus

JULY 10, 2023

This is no small figure, and it inevitably means retailers must prepare to handle an influx of online orders. To effectively meet customer demand, retailers need a well-oiled machine behind the scenes – I’m talking about a streamlined supply chain. And the make-or-break point in this chain? The last mile.

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