Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain. Perhaps the most notable initiative thus far, however, is its efforts toward launching a collaborative supply chain strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system. But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN). But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. billion in 2019.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. Tim Cook Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has a background in operations and supply chain management. Don’t forget!

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Lisa Johnston ( @thatljohnston ), Senior Editor at Consumer Goods Technology, writes, “Much has been written about the extreme shifts in consumer behavior patterns.”[2] Stable Consumer Behaviors. Taking the Digital Path to Purchase. Purchasing Out of Necessity. ”[3]. ”[3].

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TransAudit

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Today’s supply chains are still mostly linear, taking raw materials from the planet, using them, and disposing of them when they no longer have value. Supply chains at a consumer goods company, for example, make up about 80% of the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. What Is a Circular Supply Chain?

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

One of the least welcome consequences of supply chain snarls and labor shortages is rising inflation — and the food industry has been impacted like every other economic sector. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 In November, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Background In various Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, this supply chain technology industry analyst has raised awareness, perspectives and added focus to the critical importance of establishing synchronous processes and more timely decision making across an end-to-end supply chain network.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years, collaborated in teams where I was the only female in the room. The truth is women have long been underrepresented in supply chain leadership. Q&A with three inspiring women in supply chain.

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Labor shortages, inflationary pressure, recessionary risk and supply chain disruption will all persist, at least to some degree, through 2023 and we all know there’s no sure way to safeguard your operations. What is RFID Technology? RFID is a type of automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technology.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) presents special supply chain planning challenges for both smaller microbrands (e.g., eyeglass brand Warby Parker or mattress seller Casper) and much larger consumer goods incumbents, but the planning challenges are different depending on which type of company you are.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The call to action in April 2016 was: Increasingly companies are evaluating business network solutions to close the gap on inter-enterprise visibility ; but as companies work on the problem, they find that they need to somehow interconnect business networks. Defining a solution to close the gaps are not so easy. Technology Evolution.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

For the first time in history, shelves of stores across the globe that sell food, beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods (including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning products) are nearly empty. Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 15, 2018

Your company has an older supply chain planning (SCP) system of record (SOR) like SAP APO that was developed in the 1990s. This blog and the complete document (available for download) describes goals, technologies and approaches for getting there. You plan your supply chain to guarantee your service level outcomes.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Keeping up with demand and market trends challenges most supply chain operators. Supply chain operators need to take a step back and closely examine their demand forecasting process to optimize supply chain operations, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to be sure you’re equipping your organization with the right demand planning software. When you choose the right solution, you can stay ahead of fluctuations in customer demand, achieve high levels of forecast accuracy, handle seasonality, and drive collaboration across supply chain stakeholders.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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QAD

JUNE 16, 2021

As manufacturing and supply chains scale to meet larger global needs, real-time data and software systems allow manufacturers to automate processes and make smart data-driven decisions. Two commonly implemented software systems are ERP (enterprise resource planning) and MRP (material requirements planning).

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. What about mass customisation in software?

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Most analysts agree supply chains need to go digital. More recently analysts are also talking about the importance of supply chains becoming smart. By that they mean supply chains need to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to get the most out of collected data. ”[1].

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Common examples of finished goods inventory include: Fast-moving consumer goods Electronics Clothing Healthcare products Homeware Vehicles Retailers will typically refer to finished goods as merchandise inventory. The finished goods inventory formula is critical for deriving accurate inventory levels.

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QAD

MAY 19, 2021

While spreadsheets and manually tracked processes can help organize internal processes in the early days of any business, manufacturers and suppliers often turn to enterprise software like ERP or CRM to help scale their business. An ERP system covers all operational needs, commonly providing: Integration with other native systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

As an analyst, when technology providers acquire and divest companies, I get invited to pre-announcement conferences. In these sessions, the technology providers share their rational for the investment and invite questions. Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This feeds into effective inventory management and supply chain planning , and ensures customers receive their goods in a way that is cost-effective, timely and satisfactory for their requirements. This enables the company to manufacture and distribute its product in a way that, ideally, efficiently meets consumer demand.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 5, 2023

STANDARD ASSESSMENT THESIS for Retailers The Sustainability Insight System (THESIS), created by The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and powered by SupplyShift, is a science-based performance management system helping retailers transform the consumer goods industry to deliver more sustainable consumer products.

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Supply Chain Insights

MAY 17, 2017

Over the past several years I have been involved with some rather sophisticated technologies around consumer goods and retail. One of the more exciting solution areas I have worked with is Clientelling – a software application that is typically deployed by a retailer, but can also serve the supplier’s objectives as well.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

.”[1] Most retailers seem to agree with that conclusion and, as a result, they have invested a lot of time and money into bolstering their omnichannel operations in order to serve consumers where and when they shop. The Omnichannel Consumer. ”[2] Yes, consumers can be difficult to figure out. during 2020. ”[3].

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The atoms and electrons of the supply chain are changing. I am passionate about the topic of the digital supply chain, and I apologize in advance for the length of this article. The third Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over. It is an agenda designed by supply chain leaders for supply chain leaders.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For example, Tom Standage ( @tomstandage ), editor of The Economist ‘s ‘ The World in 2021 ‘, writes, “The adoption of new technological behaviors in response to the pandemic, from video-conferencing to online shopping, means usage has already reached levels that were not expected for many more years.”[1] ”[3]. .’ ”[5].

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2020

Consumer behavior, even before the pandemic, was moving steadily towards the digital path to purchase. The pandemic forced many consumers to make purchases online that they normally would have completed in stores. ” That doesn’t mean they aren’t using the digital path to purchase — because they are.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As you bring a consumer into the relationship, Reily admonishes, “Make sure that [the relationship is] genuine, and is something consumers actually want, versus something the brand wants them to do. Reily explains, “Realize that a d-to-c strategy is not necessarily exchanging goods for money. .” ” #3.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Truck driving shortage impacting cost of goods. The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 Part of this plan is to speed up its supply chain, primarily with a $100 million distribution center in Hendricks County, creating up to 500 jobs by the end of 2024.

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Locus

MAY 20, 2024

This blog delves into essential acronyms and abbreviations, from BOPIS to WISMO, that are pivotal for optimizing supply chains and elevating customer satisfaction. ODD – On-Demand Delivery On-Demand Delivery refers to the system of delivering products to customers as soon as they are ordered, without a fixed schedule.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Rajesh Mani, Director of Presales, Supply Chain Apps, Bristlecone. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility means different things to different audiences.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed.

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Unleashed

MARCH 13, 2019

We’ll highlight a few of the common inventory management problems facing business owners and discuss how they can be mitigated with practical solutions. Human error can be avoided by automating the inventory tracking system. Implement a barcode system to track inventory throughout its journey. Human error.

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. This and more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva. . Supply Chain News.

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