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Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

In their 2021 State of Supply Chain Execution Report, Blue Yonder and Reuters Events found that 63% of retailers and manufacturers have been affected by the availability of labor over the past year. The most common way companies are attempting to optimize their human resources is via the deployment of warehouse labor management solutions.

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Supply Chain Management in a Post-pandemic World

Enterra Insights

He notes COVID-19 “left no country, company or individual unaffected”; however, he writes, “How ‘unexpected’ it actually was is up for debate — many have adopted the term ‘black swan,’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s coinage for a highly improbable but game-changing event, to describe the pandemic.

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European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit 2014

Supply Chain Movement

Organisation: WTG Events. Designed for and built in conjunction with senior supply chain and logistics leaders from multiple regions and industries, the event will provide a mix of expert case studies, interactive debate and in depth topic master classes. Mark Foscoe, Group Logistics Manager, Mitsubishi Electric.

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Introducing ThroughPut Demand Sensing : Your Toolkit for a Resilient & Agile Supply Chain

ThroughPut

The shock has shaken up age-old demand patterns and has amplified uncertainty and volatility across sectors. This is truly a stress test for Demand Management Processes. None of our existing demand systems were prepared for the unpredictable pandemic demand patterns and has thrown the economy right on its toes.

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What Value Are You Getting From Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

Operations complexity coupled with the rise in demand volatility increases corporate risk. Outsourcing–procurement, manufacturing and transportation– decreased visibility and increased data latency. Additionally t he move from regional to global supply chain management decreased visibility. Reference Figure 1.

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Introducing ThroughPut Demand Sensing : Your Toolkit for a Resilient & Agile Supply Chain

ThroughPut

The shock has shaken up age-old demand patterns and has amplified uncertainty and volatility across sectors. This is truly a stress test for Demand Management Processes. None of our existing demand systems were prepared for the unpredictable pandemic demand patterns and has thrown the economy right on its toes.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The acquisition comes on the heels of ToolsGroup ’s acquisition of Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business (formerly JustEnough Software ), and further extends ToolsGroup ’s functional reach in retail from planning to execution. This column featured details of that acquisition in a November 2021 update. auto makers including Tesla.