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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. The forecaster should not assume there will be a similar spike in sales next January in Phoenix.

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The Avnet Tech Games IX Welcomes The Inaugural JDA Supply Chain Challenge

BlueYonder

Just as they would in real life, each team had to assemble and solder a kit of loose components onto a motherboard, test the units, tune them, and conduct final testing on them before they ship to the “customer” – our judging panel. Uncategorized capacity forecasting inventory pricing' Tushar Solanki.

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Retailers turn toward private fleets

Cathy Roberson

Supply chains have encountered delivery delays, capacity constraints, and volatile rates since the COVID pandemic began in 2020. The old notion that you can buy the capacity as we need it—and turn the tap on or off—is a thing of the past." The shipper community has a collective sense that control has been slipping away.

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Direct to consumer online shop launched with fully functioning billing, payment, shipping capabilities. The site was launched in eight weeks. Digital process prototypes.

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Warehousing News Roundup: March 25, 2019

Stord

The number of ocean imports fell across California ports in February , primarily due to the end of a tariff-driven shipping surge. As the company’s inventory footprint grows, it is making changes to many parts of its supply chain to improve margins and provide two-day shipping on online orders by 2021. from January to February.

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

This analysis is ad-hoc is usually stimulated by the launch of a new product or a shift in capacity. The flows are typically linear and the analysis is on alternate modes and best shipping lanes. The focus is where are the right locations for factories and distribution centers? The focus is on the physical flows of supply chain.

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Omni-Channel Supply Chains Are Changing Everything You Ever Learned in School…

Supply Chain View from the Field

But the sales person tells you, “I can find you a small at the store in Phoenix Arizona, and will have them ship it to you free of charge…you should get it in two days.” Sales people like to be working with customers, not shipping stuff in boxes. ” This causes additional problems, however.