QAD

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This requires establishing KPIs and specific metrics of success to assess performance against. Outsourcing: When you trust a supplier, you can transfer to them time-consuming activities like managing inventory levels or certain aspects of customer service.

Price Reduction 97

Price Reduction Material Savings Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction 97

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

For some customers, they manage the inventory using a vendor managed inventory program. In some case they manage inventory at the customer’s site. “We We don’t have one supply chain,” this vice president of supply chain explained to me, “we run very customized supply chains.”

Supply Chain Transformation 194

Supply Chain Transformation Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Scenario Planning 194

QAD

MAY 31, 2023

Typically individual group performance metrics of the different parts of the organization conflict with those of the other teams. By aligning their forecasts, they can identify any discrepancies early and make necessary adjustments to avoid inventory shortages or overstocks. This is a problem.

Supply Chain Planning 52

Supply Chain Planning S&OP Scenario Planning Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Unleashed

AUGUST 16, 2023

Goods available to be purchased on backorder can mean the difference between a lost sale and a satisfied customer. If you’re new to order fulfilment and inventory management , you’ll need a firm understanding of the backorder process. The inability to purchase out-of-stock goods will usually send a customer elsewhere.

Procurement Solutions 52

Procurement Solutions Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction 52

Vanguard Software

JULY 20, 2021

Whereas supply planning projects and manages inventory or supply to meet consumer demand. Supply Planning consists of estimating and forecasting the appropriate ways to fulfill the projected need found in the demand planning process. Organizations can then make shrewd business decisions about inventory and production.

Supply and Demand 52

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Demand Planning Software 52

6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In e-commerce, fulfillment is the bridge between your product and your customers. Without it, your inventory stays on the shelf, and your customers look elsewhere to get what they need. In a lot of ways, your fulfillment strategy, and the way you execute that strategy, is the sum total of your customer experience.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Material Savings 52

RFgen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Not everyone in the supply chain will be crucial to this process, so narrow stakeholders down to only the most important personnel that need to be involved. Knowing who your stakeholders are and how they fit into the strategy helps prevent supply chain disruptions.

Vendor Strategies 52

Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Waste Reduction 52

Turvo

APRIL 14, 2021

Turvo — the provider of the leading collaboration application for the supply chain — partnered with Ryder System to help them achieve just that. This could only be done with all hands on deck collaborating in real-time while meeting product demand and the middle of massive supply chain disruptions and changes.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Analytics Software 52

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers. This new dashboard gives retailers a lot of supply chain data to see where they stand.

Supply Chain Planning Software 210

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling 210

BlueYonder

MARCH 25, 2022

From the extremely visible and immediately felt increase in crude oil prices, the conflict is disrupting everything from food (wheat, corn, and sunflower oil exports), automotive (various metals including copper and iron) and semiconductors (90% of neon comes from Russia).

Modeling 93

Modeling Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 93

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Fitzgerald’s mandate was to build a supply chain for the company that would allow the company to scale from revenues of a billion dollars the year before he joined to a company that could scale up to $5 or $10 billion in sales. But the CEO made it clear to Mr. Fitzgerald that as the company scaled, customer service could not suffer.

Supply Chain Design Software 194

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Czech Republic 194

ShipBob

JULY 2, 2023

This could be superior design, unique features, better pricing, or exceptional customer service. Take a look not only at what your competitors are offering but also what your competitors’ customers are saying. Supply chain disruptions The supply chain landscape can be unpredictable.

Purchasing Skills 59

Purchasing Skills Price Reduction Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 59

Unleashed

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Omnichannel fulfilment is an order management strategy that centralises inventory management and order fulfilment between multiple selling channels for the purpose of creating an holistic, streamlined customer experience. This ensures that accurate and up-to-date inventory information is accessible to both customers and the business.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 52

QAD

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Supply chain disruptions have been a common theme throughout the last 18 months – from chip shortages to limited and sometimes non-existent shipping containers to the great toilet paper crisis. The platform has also been extended to include frontline customer service representatives as well.

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Resource Reduction Analytics Software 97

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

The greatest technical challenge of a highly outsourced supply chain is to gain access to data—including forecast, inventory, in-transit, committed supply, and capacity—necessary to make critical decisions. When can I tell the customer it will ship? Do I have the inventory and capacity to support?

Supply and Demand 100

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Design Software 100

Logility

JANUARY 26, 2024

Depending on who you ask, the answer can be anything from low costs and efficiency to a delicate balance between profitability and customer service. Even those in the early stages of adoption can leverage its strategic advantages, making 2024 a pivotal year for transforming supply chain execution.

Supply Chain Planning Software 214

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 214

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If I do an excellent job at safety stock management, my company will have the right levels of inventory. We start in a room surrounded by whiteboards, and we begin mapping the supply chain disruptions month by month. Focus on the Form and Function of Inventory. Focus on improving inventory buffers.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills 195

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

“OPEC and 10 producers outside the cartel, including Russia, agreed late last month to continue holding back nearly 2% of crude production from the global market through the end of [2018]…with the aim of alleviating a supply glut that has plagued oil markets since 2014,” according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

Predictive Analytics Software 91

Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 91