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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Kimberly-Clark is public consumer goods company that generated over $19 billion in revenues last year.

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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like?

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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition). The implementation of NoSQL for inventory management gives them an inventory signal with little to no process latency.

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Real Benefits of Artificially Intelligent (AI) Inventory Solutions

Clear Spider

AI inventory solutions create more powerful and adaptive supply chains. One of the key drivers of supply chain resilience is the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in inventory management. AI makes use of the endless stream of data collected through inventory management devices and cloud-based applications.

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Global Supply Chains — A Source of Strength

Enterra Insights

At the time, Bain & Company analysts observed, “Leaders must grapple with a longer-term question: How should we retool our supply chain to protect against shocks while staying competitive on cost and value? There has been plenty of bad supply chain news over the past year. But as the Suez Canal crisis shows, looks are deceiving.”[3]

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Reduce Excess Inventory While Protecting Margins with a Pricing and Promotion Analysis  Solution

Logility

Your ship’s come in! Much of the merchandise languishing aboard cargo ships stuck in ports around the world during the pandemic-fueled supply chain crisis has made it to store shelves. Then, as port problems eased, a glut of inventory – a phenomenon known as the “ bullwhip effect.” That’s a good thing, right?

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Navigating Uncharted Waters: Out of the Fort and Into the Moat

Freightos

This was terrible news for a company now on the hook to ship to kids who were suddenly cooped up and hankering for a fort. Listen to the full podcast interview here ) Source: Fort Of course, this stark reality was faced by many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) during the peak of the pandemic. to 0.85 (Source: ShipBob ).