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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

It is not a surprise for customers to walk into stores with empty shelves or for companies to not receive shipments from their overseas suppliers. It is not easy for companies to cope with customers’ sudden increases in demand without agile planning capabilities. As we welcome 2022, we also welcome new supply chain challenges.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Vendor Selection: What they Won’t Tell You

Logility

A successful relationship with your vendor can last many years so companies may embark on supply chain planning implementations once every 10-15 years – or longer. Apart from the supply chain, operations, procurement and IT teams, also consider sales operations, finance and more. They’re also how you will hold one another accountable.

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Unleashed Cash Flow Workshop: Experts Share Tips for Generating Cash Flow & Mitigating Risk

Unleashed

Overstocking became a necessary evil for many companies as they struggled to meet customer demand throughout the recent onslaught of supply chain disruptions. As a result, significant amounts of cash flow remain tied up in unmoving inventory. It’s getting the basics right.” Less friction means more sales. Look at it fresh.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

As I work with companies, I often contrast the strategies, approaches and outcomes within a peer group. Over the last five years, I have helped two companies, Sonoco Products and Owens Illinois (OI) with their selection of technologies to improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning. The companies are similar in size.

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Manufacturing 4.0 in academia & practice: How SupplyOn contributed to the MIM 2019 conference

SupplyOn

More than 750 participants from 51 countries all over the world came to discuss the latest trends in Manufacturing 4.0 and smart manufacturing systems to inventory control and supply chain management (SCM). In addition to SupplyOn, various other industrial companies such as Airbus, Siemens and Festo presented.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. A bad decision can result in missed orders, significant inventory, or scrapped materials. Why is this a problem?

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Top 10 Best Supply Chain Job Boards

SCMDOJO

National Association of Educational Procurement. It is essentially a python based web scrapper with many sites in the database and brings the latest supply chain jobs posted by companies. You can find great interviews and inside looks at companies, the ability to compare salaries and benefits, and general information on all positions.