Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

In Table 1, I share a comparison of the two methods. Comparison of the Gartner Top 25 and Supply Chain Insights Supply Chains to Admire Methodologies. There is never a meaningful comparison of balance sheet performance or a serious conversation on supply chain excellence. What do you think? I hope to see you there!

Gartner 197

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

While the projected reversion to that modest 5% increase would be welcomed and feel like relief in comparison, rates at this level will still eat into a shipper’s margins and drag on profitability. Cassidy writes, “After rising by double digits in 2018, US contract truckload rates could rise a more modest 5 percent on average in 2019.”

Optimization Software 101

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. Easier comparison of rates, timeliness, availability, and services. Download the White Paper: Over-the-Road (OTR) Freight Management Trends. Regional Networks Open the Door to More Drivers and Added Service Levels. Learn More.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages. Changing Trends in BCO Air Cargo Procurement. During the peak of the ocean freight congestion, in September 2021, ocean freight rates reached well over $20,000 for China – US West Coast shipping. Signup Now.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A simple comparison of big data can be seen by thinking about the factors that go into setting up a child's lemonade stand. . Why Should I Be Looking at This Tech Trend? When Did Big Data in Supply Chain Become a Game-Changer? . Big data in supply chain is not a new concept.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In both our summary and perspectives focused on August and July global PMI reporting , we echoed an increased trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Economists currently warn that these trends are subject to significant change as the rapidly increasing value of the U.S. export activities.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Zipline Logistics

JULY 21, 2020

This change is most evident in the shift in retail trends that we have seen since late this winter. percent in a year-over-year comparison , which marks the first annual increase of the pandemic. Caine continued by saying that he expects this trend to continue even as the pandemic wanes. And this trend does not stop there.

Trends 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2018

In Table 3, I share a comparison of the two methodologies. Supply Chain Leaders wanted a comparison by peer group (the Gartner Top 25 groups all companies together), and companies lower than 12B$ in annual revenue wanted a methodology to gauge success. (I Comparison of the Gartner Top 25 and the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

Gartner 199

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Reversing The Trend. How do we reverse the trend? While the input from sales on market trends is invaluable, sales should never be asked to forecast. To understand the trends, check out the orbit charts and the comparison to the Gartner Top 25. Few measured projects against improved results. The reason?

Procurement Analytics 370

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

These current factors, in addition to the atypical activity of the recent past (whipsaw demand pattern), render time-series trends less relevant than in more stable environments. So, what methods can we apply to better gauge future trends? Qualitative Review of Explanatory Variables.

Forecasting 219

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2020

While consumer trends and preferences have always evolved based on the environments they exist in, the global pandemic’s unprecedented impact on everyday routines has created cause for consideration across all aspects of the supply chain.

Survey 72

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

In a NASA comparison , if a large power plant generated 1 billion watts of power in a year, it would take 44 million of these power plants to equal the power that our Earth receives from the sun. Without the daily dose of sunlight – our planet will simply be a cold lifeless chunk of rock.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 130

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Logility

JUNE 10, 2020

Maintaining their market advantage came at the cost of great complexity – with more than 80,000 individual items for sale at any one time across nearly 150 retail outlets, monitoring individual performance across categories and regions, tracking trends and preparing clear, useful and timely reports were nearly impossible tasks.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies that operate separate systems for revenue management and demand management create a risk in understanding market trends and gauging price elasticity quickly. This trend leads to reactive behavior. I list sixteen in Table 2, but of the 29 companies listed in the Gartner Top 25, 27 underperform their peer group sector.

Gartner 334

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

Meanwhile, livestreaming is becoming the hottest trend in selling products online, and is expected grow by 95.5% In comparison, the total sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US was around $19.8 With the shopping fever generated by customers nationwide, double 11 generates breaking sales records each year. billion in 2020.

Retail 136

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Then, we’ll delve into three of the latest trends and five steps you can take to best manage your returns. The Latest Trends in Retail Returns. The Goals of Customer-Centric Retail Returns.

Retail 296

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Now, we can do better than that by using advanced analytics, which can be extended to include more dimensions, such as trends, and provide further insights. Comparison of these profiles then gives us store clusters with similar demand, and based on these insights, assortment plans can be developed to address the difference.

Optimal Sourcing 194

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We approached the topic from the perspective of importance in comparison to other objectives and change in importance over time. Supply Chain Resilience We questioned supply chain practitioners about the importance of supply chain resiliency in their organizations.

Supply Chain Planning 198

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

All one sees is food on the table, the next new gadget, trending fashion – all of these have much to do beyond the farmer who grew the produce or the assembly line worker who put the gadgets together or the machines/people who cut/knit/sewed the fabric. However, much of the work to lay out supply chains happens behind the scenes.

Supply Chain Planning Software 160

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

In Table 1, we share the overall industry trend. Industry Trend by Year. Comparison of Industry Players Within Consumer Goods for the Period of 2012-2021. As I write the report, I am reflecting on how can companies be resilient in a market that is volatile? contraction in 2019 to positive growth of 7.2% in 2021 was a rough ride.

Supply and Demand 217

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

While the investment landscape and what VCs look for is quite different since then, this is a trend that will only evolve. Founded in 2006, this firm is slightly newer in comparison to others. The post Ecommerce Venture Capital Trends: Which VCs & Seed Investors are Investing in Ecommerce? Greycroft Partners.

Trends 105

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Stord

DECEMBER 20, 2022

About Multichannel Merchant Multichannel Merchant reaches key decision makers responsible for ecommerce, management, marketing and operations at companies that sell merchandise through multiple channels — including ecommerce, mobile, social, and catalog.

3PL 60

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 11, 2021

Andrew Ng ( @AndrewYNg ), Co-Founder of Coursera, an adjunct professor at Stanford, and former head of Baidu AI Group and Google Brain, makes that comparison when discussing artificial intelligence (AI). Below are some of the trends subject matters experts see driving the cognitive technologies in the years ahead. Focus on ModelOps.

Trends 180

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Build an industry peer group and gain insights on major trends. In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. Ecolab was able to overcome the downward trend.

Supply Chain Design Software 250

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

The traditional purchasing process as we know it (recognition of need, search for information, comparison, decision, post purchase) leaves room for a real journey into an exclusive world of products and services. The trend goes and must go to ultra customization! New Consumption Patterns.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 75

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 14, 2022

Smaller spot bids give shippers and carriers more freedom and flexibility to collaborate and adapt to market trends. Consumers are shifting focus and changing where their money is going, so shippers must track and monitor these trends and ensure their finances are following suit. ?Applied

Freight 52

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Answering this question requires (1) a data set which can provide the correct basis of comparison (like the MLS in the housing market) and (2) employing an approach that controls for key differences between data points in the data set (like house size, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, in his analogy). Second, where should you focus?

Forecasting 214

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2024

Globalization, international business and the trend towards world markets introduces complexity for business. If the data is sensitive and shared, such as by email or USB, the risks are even greater in the event of a security breach. Decentralized data and lack of trade secret security can lead to legal vulnerability.

Global 98

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 2, 2022

With constant fluctuations in the market customer demands, and global supply chain trends, it is impossible to overstate the need for accurate and reliable actionable, real-time analytics as freight has fallen over 20% in the last month. (That compares with a 29% rate increase in the spot market and a 14% rate increase for contracts in 2021.)

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2020

Comparison of 2010 and 2019 Industry Sector Results for Operating Margin and Inventory Turns. Supply chain leaders have many opportunities to reverse this trend. Aggregate industry sector results were better in 2000, and 2010 than in 2019. Look at Table 1 results, should we feel good about this?

Supply Chain Design Software 387

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2021

Robinson’s last quarter earnings in North American Surface Transportation, up 10.8% – which many companies would be delighted with – seem paltry in comparison. The freight industry has long operated as a cyclical business, but we’re not relying on historical trends to hold in the post-COVID environment.” That makes C.H.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 245

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2016

Furthermore, some data may be of minimal use without comparison to and identification of trends and collaborations between data from other transactions within a given warehouse or transportation system. However, most of today’s data goes unused and represents a lost opportunity to the company.

Metrics 120

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 30, 2014

Product digitization is not a new trend, but recent developments in this space could transform distribution networks at the local, regional, and global levels. In my last blog post Impact of Macro-Trends on Supply Chains: Diversification of Sales Channels , I looked at the splintering of sales channels and the possible impact on distribution.

Supply Chain Design Software 83

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Enterra Insights

MAY 9, 2022

But it is just that, an acceleration of an existing trend due to e-retailers’ ability to trade during lockdown. Physical retailers now need to think about what is going to fuel the e-commerce trend in the future, and how to overcome the threat. Schwarz explains, “Ecommerce is no longer a stand-alone channel.

Omnichannel 130

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Doing so provides valuable “color” to the overall trends. Software solutions can address training issues (multi-language instructions, easy to understand business rules) and provide improved productivity and efficiency with relatively minimal costs in comparison to physical automation.

3PL 208

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EcoVadis

MAY 29, 2017

The growth of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not just a trend for intrinsically motivated companies, or those for which it is assumed that their large size drives its necessity. Trends that are putting CSR in the spotlight. But just how relevant is this for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in comparison to larger companies?

Trends 40

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

As the calendar determines the earliness/lateness of Thanksgiving and Christmas, all sorts of things happen to make year to year comparisons difficult. So, how can comparisons be made? As the trends alter the open hours of stores and the use of weekends (particularly Sunday’s) for home delivery, how can fair comparisons be made?

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