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Implementing Last-mile Delivery Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

To remain competitive, retailers and carriers must excel in the crucial last-mile delivery stage. To Build or To Buy Companies looking to implement new or improve existing delivery technology face a crucial decision: should they build an in-house platform or buy an existing solution from a vendor?

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Note in Figure 1, that eight industries have gone backwards and four moved forward. In the case of Apparel and Automotive industries there are slight improvements, but they have shifted inventories to suppliers. I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

While the industry is flush with terms like digital twin and what-if modeling, current applications were not equal to the need. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. In addition, build a planning master data management system. Next Steps. Over time, this changed.

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The Intersection of Sustainability and Consumer Behavior

QAD

It has most definitely impacted how people buy products of all types and in all industries. However, at the same time, the technology of better data management is most definitely helping manufacturers as well. Capterra did a study this year that provides some really interesting data.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

The issue is cross-industry. He provides services to companies on master data management and is more familiar with transactional processing than decision support. Connect the Output of Supply Chain Planning Supply (planned orders) to Procurement Commodity Management. The public markets are nervous. This is his world.

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Process Automation in Retail and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

In an industry inundated with paper,” writes Brian Belcher , Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Vector, “it’s a mystery how operations will continue to efficiently expand. Paper costs the supply-chain industry upwards of $3 billion every year (not counting the additional price tag of paper, ink and printing).

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How Can Manufacturers Manage Disruption and Improve Productivity?

Logility

Over time, ineffective quality control processes will affect customer satisfaction, buying behaviors, and ultimately lead to lost market share. Managing Your Data. Let’s wrap up with a reminder that data-driven insights require holistic data management. The term of art is data warehousing.