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Supply Chain Disruptions: The Warehouse Perspective (Part 2)

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In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. When these events reach the warehouse, agility and resilience are critically important to navigating through the issue with the least possible impact to operations and customers.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. When it comes to inventory and driving improvement in the face of variability, there are five issues: Poorly Implemented Advanced Planning Solutions. Software mergers & acquisitions also slowed innovation.

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IDC MarketScape Names Blue Yonder a Leader in Order Orchestration and Fulfillment

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The report is aimed at “provide[ing] an entry point in a company’s due diligence in looking for the application or suite of solutions that best suit their specific needs as they move toward this goal.” The IDC MarketScape report on Order Orchestration and Fulfillment evaluates 14 software vendors in this area.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

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Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain: It’s Time to Be Brave

BlueYonder

In order for logistics, procurement and distribution to align with the general advancements of the industry itself, these critical areas must give in to a more comprehensive transformation. There is not yet a strong enough synchronization between planning and execution, with dedicated digital solutions as the middle filter connecting the two.

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Resilient and Sustainable? Can a Supply Chain Really Have It All?

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The result is that companies are now taking measures to become more resilient in the future, such as more nearshoring, increased inventory levels and investments in digital solutions for better visibility in the supply chain. All of this is to ensure the company’s ability to deliver, and ultimately, its survival.

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Managing Excess Inventory Needs a New Profitable Approach

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With supply chain disruptions continuing, purchasing more stock in advance to meet the forecasted upturn in demand made perfect sense. For many retailers, this can equate to 20% of their purchases. This level of analysis can’t simply be carried out in Excel, by far the most common tool to plan markdown.