Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The order fulfilment process covers every step required to get goods to the people who purchase them, from the moment a customer places an order to when they receive their purchase. Competitive advantage: When it comes to making a purchase , customers usually have several options to choose from.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

My takeaways from Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference 2016. Gartner’s Noha Tohamy offered a great presentation about this at their recent Supply Chain Executive Conference. As Noha explained during the conference, there are a few questions you should ask yourself before embarking on this journey.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. We look at where we need to enhance our technology program, optimize transports and warehousing, segment and increase services to our customers, all within the matrix of improving the global supply chain.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

Gartner’s Noha Tohamy offered a great presentation about this at their recent Supply Chain Executive Conference. Think for instance of a Source Optimization app for your retail company – a custom solution that helps you understand how and when to source your supplies, foresee possible supplier issues and adapt your plans accordingly.

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Requis

JUNE 25, 2020

She is VP of Membership for the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable and was the 2019 CSCMP Edge conference chair. After having met thousands of professionals at conferences over the years, I’ve realized that the best ones have these things in common: Firstly, we are data-focused, logical people who are very processed oriented.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

I took our line of fasteners: bolts, nuts screws and washers and put them in one location in the Warehouse. No Purchase Orders were used. VMI is an excellent option for many dealers and distributors as it has the ability to increase inventory turns, reduce customer returns, reduce administrative costs and reduce lost sales.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering? Customization?

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. In this 2-part Supply chain strategy post , the Managing Director at Solventure – Bram Desmet, discusses the key elements of an excellent supply chain. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent? Please subscribe here.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Skynet” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Let’s think about that for a minute.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services. Amazon Inside P&G Warehouses: A Case of “What’s In It for We”. With operational excellence a given, IT and talent become greater value propositions for 3PLs. The Google TMS?

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Ava Ex Machina” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Data Is the Double-edged Sword.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Skynet” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Let’s think about that for a minute.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The subject came up at a conference I attended where the theme was the supply chain of 2030. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Skynet” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. Let’s think about that for a minute.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Matas Guarello Wilhelmy is a trilingual executive and a supply chain consultant with 30 years of work experience in significant firms in the transportation, export, and retail sectors. Francine has been an Interim (project) manager and senior business analyst with a track record in Operational Excellence, Process Design and Data Analysis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2013

I love retail research. While some gals would call it retail therapy, I actively converge my days of shopping with supply chain research. Macy’s had been bragging at conferences about their work on cross-channel fulfillment with progress made in using their stores to ship directly to customers. Retail is about people.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

At the Supply Chain Insights Global Conference in 2019, an attendee stopped me after the third case study of the Supply Chains to Admire award winner. Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. ” As he spoke, I smiled.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 29, 2021

In addition to marketing, you can seamlessly integrate sales, customer service, and even in-store experiences so a customer can quickly move from channel to channel to complete their purchase. Think about the example of retail shoes. The customer purchases the shoes online since the online store already has the size.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

It’s no coincidence that Transport Intelligence just emailed me an invitation to The Future of Logistics conference. Download an Excel version of the list here for free ! Supply chain platform matching drop-ship retailers, manufacturers, distributors and freight forwarders. shipping address for E-Commerce purchasing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

At that time, I attended many conferences. The actual retailer orders were different than the retailer forecasts. The retailer’s plan was never normalized against inventory and as a result it did not reflect buying behavior. Staples was the first retailer to work with us on our new approach.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It described the effort of the retailer Marks & Spencer to use the information technology to interact with customers. Founded in 1999, it is an online retailer selling shoes via a drop-shipping business model. In order to excel in this operations, they try to find the people with positive attitude.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Steve Hainey is an international speaker who has had over 20 years’ experience in global multi-site supply chain planning for Fortune 100 & 500 manufacturing companies of retail consumable goods, chemical materials, and medical device products. I have purchased the E-Book myself and truly enjoyed it. .

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In other words, many supply chain and purchasing solutions looks at historical transaction activity (what happened in the past and is captured in our ERP systems). As pointed out by my colleague Andreas Wieland in his blog , the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) finally reached an agreement this past month.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Two weeks ago, I sat in the audience at Pivotcon , a conference focused on the advancement of digital business. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. It is a conundrum. As I read them, I laugh. I give them credit. e-commerce.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

We also have a division that focuses on the warehouse, tracking the forklifts and the assets that are collected by those forklifts. Now we have customers that are saying, “The warehouse space is such an unsafe place. You work with the big boys and a lot of large retail chains that are on the cutting edge of stuff.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Every single business should be able to democratize an excellent delivery experience and provide it to their customers. I started going to events in conferences because I didn’t work anywhere. You can automate them, you can build excellence, and you can continue innovating every month or every quarter.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The allocation of the right SKUs and volumes to different fulfillment centers has proven to be an excellent opportunity to apply AI. WILL: Drone development over the past several years has resulted in a variety of applications and more recently use in the inventory and tracking of items in warehouses. I asked in all innocence.

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