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Apparel and footwear: At what point is missed sales better than excess inventory?

Kinaxis

In adidas’s recent earnings call, CEO Kasper Rorsted warned that adidas would miss its 2019 growth target because its supply chain was unable to meet the huge demand for its mid-priced apparel, especially in North America. For a company operating at almost 52 percent gross margin, that’s not an insignificant amount.

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Finn-Tack implements inventory and demand management solution

Supply Chain Movement

Finn-Tack, with an international customer base with growing global demand, has two production plants in China, and the Ukraine, manufacturing riding equipment and clothing. It also has a further four warehouses in The Netherlands, North America, Russia, and in Finland.

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KeHE Distributors Undergoes a Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Our mission to SERVE and feed America is fueled by an obsession with natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products. KeHE is fulfilling that need with the help of 5,500 employee-owners and a 16-distribution center network across North America.

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COVID-19 By The Numbers. My Takeaway For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

While many might fixate on the size of the impact on the United States, what is important to me in this chart is the conspicuous absence of China, North Korea, and Japan. While Asian markets are struggling with the shifts in demand in Europe and North America, they have relative stability in their home markets.

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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 concludes our latest edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech.