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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

These teams are also more advanced in the use of planning and more advanced analytics concepts. To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate. Private Equity M&A.

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Do You Have What It Takes to be an Omni-Channel Experience Leader?

BlueYonder

Have you had a chance to check out the Incisiv 2023 Omni-Channel Experience Index report ? Let’s briefly look at the four key areas: Inventory Visibility and Accuracy With digital becoming the first point of customer interaction in more than 90% of purchases, inventory visibility and accuracy are the top experience priorities for retailers.

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend: Three Takeaways From Our Latest Survey

BlueYonder

Our survey confirmed consumers are in fact tightening their belts, with 60% of shoppers reporting that they spent less than normal during Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend this year and 30% spending a lot less than normal. Consumers still value flexibility for getting their purchases. The result is a drag on bottom lines.

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Understanding the Difference Between ATS and ATP: It’s Time for Brands to Start Keeping Their Promises

BlueYonder

Breaking a promise to consumers has never been more dangerous, as expectations across numerous metrics become more severe and decisive. The latter ATS model is often conflated and confused with the desired ATP holy grail, and it’s completely understandable why this is the case. Is that item available and ready to ship?

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Make the Promise, Keep the Promise: How an Integrated Supply Chain Fosters Greater Trust

BlueYonder

Never has this been more true than in the advent of the “shopper you cannot see” — digital shoppers who adopt omni-channel modes of ordering retail goods to be shipped to their front door, where and when they need it most.

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How Important is 1% to Your Supply Chain?

BlueYonder

To give you a better idea of how a small error can have a huge impact, imagine a container ship navigating from China to Seattle with a compass that is off by 1 degree. At that setting, it would miss its intended port by over 100 miles – putting the container ship closer to Vancouver or Portland.

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Far From Dying, Retail Supports 1 in 4 Jobs in the U.S.

BlueYonder

manufacturing output rose for a fourth straight month in December; shipping giant Maersk moves into blockchain technology; and Lego is building something new – online games – in partnership with one of China’s biggest tech firms. The Wall Street Journal reports that A.P. Retail Still Supports 1 in 4 Jobs in the U.S.

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