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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Updates included in this edition include: Coupa Software Entering Definitive Agreement to be Acquired. Coupa Software Enters Definitive Agreement to be Acquired. The announcement further coincides with Coupa Software’s report of fiscal third quarter financial performance. This report speculates that “ HMI Capital, which owns 4.8

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. According to a recent report, the company canceled, closed, or delayed 99 fulfillment facilities, impacting nearly 32.3 The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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Is Business ‘Transformation’ a Dirty Word?

QAD

One definition I found said ‘a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.’ The assumption is that for given functions in a company, there is an optimal level of cost vs productivity that is achieved simply by the assignment of a percentage budget cut. What is Transformation? ’ Thorough and dramatic change.

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Is Your Supply Chain Future-Ready for the New Normal?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The McKinsey report “How COVID-19 is changing consumer behaviour – now and forever”, bluntly illustrates how this change occurred more quickly and seismically than anyone predicted – so fast that it’s apparent the capacity to adapt had always been there. . The future of supply chains is Digital and Autonomous.

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Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77 Trillion in 2023. Here’s How Blue Yonder Can Help.

BlueYonder

Watch the “Inventory Distortion: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” webinar , which provides an overview of the study results — or read IHL’s in-depth research report. In North America, retail loss due to out-of-stocks actually increased by a staggering 17.7% The post Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77

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Digital Transformation: Why It’s Not an “Easy Button”

Talking Logistics

Ciarleglio, SVP Sales, North America at Elemica , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. There is so much talk, and varying interpretations, about digital transformation, that I began our discussion by asking Roger for his definition and what he sees as the current adoption rate. The Digital Transformation Journey.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is definitely a bittersweet time of year. Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7