New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At the request of some customers, I wanted to share best practices for ramping-up inventory for a new distribution center (DC) and transitioning distribution lanes from the old DC(s) to a new one. To accommodate growth, the distributor is going to add a new DC and transition 50 stores from existing DCs to the new DC.

Distribution 52

Distribution Inventory DC Purchasing Training 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

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?

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

Procurement Solutions 52

Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 52

Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Shipping Gazette Daily News. One of the most comprehensive daily summaries, and by far the leading Asian-based summary, China’s Shipping Gazette provides daily information about carriers, forwarders and technology. Since 1974 with industry-leading expertise in, well, American shipping. DC Velocity. AmericanShipper.

Resource Reduction 120

Resource Reduction Resources Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 120

Veridian Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2019

It refers to the ability to buy online and pick up in store. retailers, up to 72 percent, lack click and collect capabilities, reports DC Velocity. This is essential to making buy online and pick up in-store, profitable, but it also ensures workers efficiently perform their duties. Click and collect is not a new concept.

Retail 49

Retail Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Omnichannel Procurement Analytics 49

o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility. The objective was to deliver products to consumers at the lowest possible costs, with standardized assortments produced at the cheapest locations and shipped in the most efficient quantities. and the response to those signals.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Inventory Management Software 52

o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility. The objective was to deliver products to consumers at the lowest possible costs, with standardized assortments produced at the cheapest locations and shipped in the most efficient quantities. and the response to those signals.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Inventory Management Software 52

SupplyPike

JANUARY 16, 2020

Type 03 orders go to the distribution center (DC) as opposed to type 07 orders which go to the store directly. Additionally, your SSO can be rejected if the form doesn’t contain the must arrive by date (MBD) , the ship date , and the cancel date. Committed Buy SSO. Next, you’ll need to manually combine them in Excel.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Vendor Strategies Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Inventory Reduction 52

The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Reinke is a Washington, DC native, and graduated from the National Cathedral School. Established in 1978, TIA has consistently demonstrated its commitment to fostering excellence and innovation within the logistics and transportation sector. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. She received a B.A.

Third Party Logistics 277

Third Party Logistics Freight Logistics Network Optimization Software Negotiating Skills 277

Veridian Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2019

It refers to the ability to buy online and pick up in store. retailers, up to 72 percent, lack click and collect capabilities, reports DC Velocity. This is essential to making buy online and pick up in-store, profitable, but it also ensures workers efficiently perform their duties. Click and collect is not a new concept.

Retail 40

Retail Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Analytics Omnichannel 40

Alloy

MAY 16, 2022

Lead times from the manufacturer are calculated and shipping times to the retailer’s DCs are factored in even before the final leg of the journey to the store. Traditionally, your visibility ends at sell-in, going dark when the product leaves the truck at the DC. Inventory available to ship. Lead times.

Alloy 52

Alloy Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Inventory Reduction 52

RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2019

With the global WMS market positioned to reach $5 billion by 2025 , according to DC Velocity, it’s clear that WMS is only going to become more prevalent as time goes on. Where WMS Lite Excels. WMS vs Advanced WMS. Warehouse automation software is a necessity in the modern warehouse. Directed Picking. Directed Replenishment.

Optimization Software 81

Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software 81

Alloy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Channel Performance in Walmart Luminate gives you a true omni-channel view of sales, whether the purchase is in-store, delivered, shipped to store, picked up, or shipped directly to the customer. Commerce has changed since Retail Link was released, one of the major changes being omnichannel fulfillment. Not anymore.

Procurement Analytics 52

Procurement Analytics Analytics Software Forecasting Software Predictive Analytics Software 52

Zipline Logistics

MARCH 18, 2020

It currently just uses on-time metrics to grade suppliers and the store’s retail buyers can base purchasing decisions on a brand’s delivery performance. One large Sam’s Club distribution center (DC) is already using the new system. However, the remainder of the retailer’s DCs will make the switch by the end of March.

Vendor Strategies 52

Vendor Strategies Procurement Analytics Buyer Training Supply Chain Planning Software 52

RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2019

With the global WMS market positioned to reach $5 billion by 2025 , according to DC Velocity, it’s clear that WMS is only going to become more prevalent as time goes on. Where WMS Lite Excels. WMS vs Advanced WMS. Warehouse automation software is a necessity in the modern warehouse. Directed Picking. Directed Replenishment.

Optimization Software 52

Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

6 River Systems

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The more orders that are picked, the more orders can be shipped, and that means more orders can be invoiced, hence picking directly increases the revenue for the distribution center. Throughput is the measure of inventory that is received into the inbound dock doors and shipped through the outbound dock doors by fulfilling orders.”

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction 52

6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I am buying a sheep and goat farm alongside a larger space for a garment factory so that I can control where the cashmere and wool is coming from, how it is processed and how it is manufactured before it is sent to my customers. If you want to optimize your supply chain, the way to do it best isn’t to buy some fancy new machine.

Optimal Sourcing 55

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

You will need to excel at managing and accelerating the 3-D Cycle, if you want to win in digital economy. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. Logility recently purchased Halo which embeds ML. And, then, there is the success of Walmart.com.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. PST will ship the same day. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

You will need to excel at managing and accelerating the 3-D Cycle, if you want to win in digital economy. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. Nordstrom, of all organizations, is opening “inventoryless” stores.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Modeling Supply Chain Planning 40

Supply Chain Action Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

You will need to excel at managing and accelerating the 3-D Cycle, if you want to win in digital economy. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. And, then, there is the success of Walmart.com.

Supply Chain Network Software 40

Supply Chain Network Software Network Optimization Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 40

Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

You will need to excel at managing and accelerating the 3-D Cycle, if you want to win in digital economy. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. And, then, there is the success of Walmart.com.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Software 40

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 221

BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2017

In the previous blog post , we discussed two MOTs: when a consumer decides to buy a particular brand, product or service, and then the experience (good or bad) that the consumer has after the purchase of a particular brand, product or service.

Real-time Visibility 72

Real-time Visibility Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand 72

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! Glen was excited to talk about his new system at Circular Supply Chains and tell me that all of the principles I wrote about in “ From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Ultimate Principles for World Class Fulfillment!

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 95

NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

While many people think there are “free trade” for agreements like NAFTA that make it easy to ship across borders, think again! FTZ’s allow product to be imported and stored in a large DC, with yet to be custom cleared inventory sitting there. It all depends.

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Negotiating Skills Global Optimal Sourcing Modeling 45

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4 Parcel shipping costs were estimated at $229.7 The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4

Logistics Network Optimization Software 41

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics 41

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Pre-tariff shipping was not enough to tighten the market balance even as seasonality improved in May,” Denoyer said. While these results may seem surprising to those solely focused on barcode scanning, the adoption of multi-modal technologies in the DC makes perfect sense for greater worker efficiency and productivity.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. So we claim it was not the high cost structure, it was the greed.

Gartner 41

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software 41

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. So we claim it was not the high cost structure, it was the greed.

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