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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Supply chain excellence happens when leaders manage complex non-linear flows.

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2022 Ivalua NOW Paris Recap!

ivalua

Leader Forrester CLM for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021. Ivalua remains the only vendor recognized as a leader in every current Procurement report spanning S2P by Gartner and Forrester. Ivalua R&D experts shared inf ormative and comprehensive updates for the Source-to-Contract, Procure-to-Pay, and Platform Solutions.

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5 Reasons Why You Need Procurement Planning Software

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Introduction: Procurement Planning for Distribution-Intensive Businesses Procurement planning is not a widely recognized category of supply chain software, but it should be. The resulting plan should maintain adequate safety stock levels for each purchased item while reducing inventory costs.

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How CPG Brands Can Harness the Power of POS Data

Silvon Software

Improved Forecast Accuracy Since POS data reflects real consumer purchases, forecasts based on this data are more accurate. In addition, shipment data can obscure the real picture because it’s affected by out-of-stocks, bulk orders, and retailer-driven buying tactics.

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How to Cut Costs by Improving Product Punctuality

MIT Supply Chain

Researchers at MIT CTL have developed a model that uses purchase order (PO) information to help retailers determine when many different types of products need to be shipped to meet sales deadlines. This retailer excels at capturing opportunistic business. Lack of visibility. Performance improvements.

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. This in turn allowed Wal-Mart to replicate sales successes between outlets; creating and managing peaks in demand via its systems for buying, shipping, and of course, warehousing.

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Augmented Reality (AR) is the Future of the Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Most people know the stuff they buy at the store is not made there and would likely come from a manufacturer. I started my industrial engineering career in a hot Southeastern ambient distribution center (DC) where innovation consisted of adding conveyor and sorters at several hundred dollars per FOOT! How do the products get there?