ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. S = Cost per order.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

As a result, most projects are not clear in scope, with the implementation of visibility as a “functional extension to existing process” lacking a holistic outside-in approach/strategy to sense, respond, and act. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Design an Over-Arching Strategy and Building Blocks.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. Sure, we’re concerned, and in some cases stocking more inventory at local distribution centers. It’s the consumer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

The day before I traveled to Boston, I spoke to a client. Consumer goods manufacturers will pay 60-70% more in retail deductions, and the retail struggle to source for the holidays will worsen. I must admit that it felt soooooo good. I so want the pandemic to be over. The issues result in late arrivals and customer service issues.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Topic: Prepping for Peak: How to Level-up your CX Strategy this holiday season. Retailers and shippers must adapt their strategy to ensure they get the right product, to the right place at the right time to meet the high expectations of consumers/customers. Description: .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

Logistics and Supply Chain Management programmes at Heriot-Watt University Dubai discusses how successful selection and implementation of a digital supply chain strategy can be predicted. Supply chain trends and practices today, are mainly driven by cost optimisation and lean strategy. This has proved to be a major source of risk.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

New survey finds that most companies are still formulating and gaining support for a digital strategy, with fear of change and data challenges as leading roadblocks. . BOSTON, Mass. And there’s no time to lose–the time is now to execute on a strategy before opportunity and competitive advantage is lost.”. PRESS RELEASE.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

A vigorous supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy can assist organizations in maximizing partnership value, minimize risk, and manage costs through the entire supplier relationship lifecycle. In May, 2014 Raytheon gathered a group of its largest suppliers in Boston, MA to discuss the launch of the company’s Supplier Advisory Council.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2022

In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, two men, disguised as police officers, talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where they blindfolded and tied up the two security guards, and made off with thirteen works of art. Last Friday marked the 32 nd anniversary of the largest art heist in the world.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

According to a published report from New Hampshire’s Manchester Union Leader via Yahoo News , plans for the sixth facility call for the construction of a 102,418 square foot combination office and manufacturing facility within Londonderry, New Hampshire , near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Further noted was that a U.S.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

On May 15 – 18, 2023, professionals across the industrial enterprise will have the opportunity to attend PTC LiveWorx in person at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with industry experts and peers to develop effective strategies that help future-proof your business.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

BOSTON (September 23, 2022) ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Inventory Optimization 2022 Vendor Assessment. . About ToolsGroup.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 21, 2021

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. He observes, “For many manufacturing and supply chain organizations, the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted multiple shortcomings in their data management strategies. revolution.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment. They don’t know how to segregate, forecast or inventory these “extreme error” items. Leverage Inventory More Effectively. Many CPG companies are at a loss on what to work on to improve these forecasts.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2019

BOSTON (December 13, 2019) ToolsGroup, a leader a global leader in supply chain planning software, has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Inventory Optimization 2019 Vendor Assessment. PRESS RELEASE. About ToolsGroup.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Realising operational and cost efficiencies will reduced lead times, improved forecast accuracy and increased inventory turnover. Successful collaboration will result in several benefits – reductions in lead times, improved in-stock fill rates, improved forecast accuracy, and increased inventory turnover.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Joanne: “Abiomed delivered over $1M worth of PPE to local hospitals in the Boston area and we continue that line of communication and support to this day. Joanne: “Abiomed has always had robust risk mitigation strategies in place. However, today, we’ve had to re-evaluate those strategies and rethink new ways of working.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2022

Last week, Boston based home goods and furniture online platform provider Wayfair announced it will shed nearly 5 percent of its global workforce and upwards of 10 percent of this provider’s corporate level staffing, amounting to upwards of 900 people. This has resulted in increased initiatives to now scale-back operations and trim staffing.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

.” Nevertheless, they note, “An organization has a far better chance at succeeding when its operating model — or how the organization creates value — is aligned to its strategy.” For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard. There are Five Symptoms of Outdated Forecasting and Inventory Planning Software: Have you diagnosed your problem– and solution–to improved demand planning? Image source: Sturgis Journal. Image source: FDA .

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The Network Effect

MARCH 18, 2016

There’s an interesting report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Three Paths to Advantage with Digital Supply Chain , that illustrates the urgent need for companies today to transition to a digital supply chain, if they haven’t done so already. Source: Digital Transformation of Supply Chains , p3, Capgemini Consulting (PDF).

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Logility

JULY 14, 2011

I am going to use the “efficient frontier” concept in inventory optimization as an example. There is a natural trade-off between service level and inventory cost. A full Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) initiative can do this. of Boston University and Michael Martin of Stanley Black & Decker.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

As global supply chains start the long process of recovery, supply chain management is in the spotlight, and new best practices and innovative strategies are emerging as supply chain leaders aim to reduce risk in an uncertain future. Develop alternative sources and diversify value chains. ” — Michael Varney and Wil G.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

Blockchain shows potential for increasing the speed, scale, and visibility of supply chains, eliminating counterfeit-goods transactions while also improving batching, routing and inventory control. Improving track-and-trace reduces the need for buffer stock by providing real-time visibility of inventory levels and shipments.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

… Adapting traditional supply chain structures and strategy to use data more impactfully within an organization is one of the biggest challenges for business moving forward.” ” According to the Boston Consulting Group, companies on the leading edge of leveraging Supply Chain 4.0 They are: The Internet of Things (IoT).

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 14, 2022

BOSTON, January 14, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has been recognized by Retail Today magazine as a leader in the Supply Chain category in Retail CIO Radar 2022, a first-of-its kind annual list of most innovative and transformative retail technology solution providers.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

It currently serves the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C., Amazon offers a similar expedited delivery service to customers through Amazon Prime Now, but it has different pricing and execution strategies compared to Google Express. Retailers pay a commission in return for bringing in business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BOSTON and MILAN (Sept. Sarah Voorhees has spent the last 12 years of her career in supply chain leadership roles, where she’s reimagined demand and supply planning and inventory management practices at consumer goods and distribution companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Short cycles require buffer inventories and short lead times.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The low costs to enter the eCommerce market allows sellers to add eCommerce to their sales channels so they can effectively diversify their sales strategy. Forward-thinking businesses will have a multichannel selling strategy that combines the best of both worlds. How does a B2B eCommerce strategy benefit your business?

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

In my second installment, I reviewed strategies for rolling out an eKanban project that have proven successful for me. We reviewed the importance of engaging leadership in the eKanban project and strategies for turning frontline contributors into change-agents. The quick fix was to add a source code to the order. Problem solved.

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