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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

All their coffee packages in groceries have the date the coffee was roasted on their packages; and this date label is centrally placed on the package and it is easy to read. 25 to 30 active blends, in a variety of different package sizes, move through these different channels.

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Walmart’s Massive Investment in a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart is making investments in warehouse automation in distribution centers to deliver aisle and department-ready pallets to stores. The use of demand management, inventory optimization, and replenishment applications can help this retail behemoth achieve much better inventory placement and fulfillment flexibility.

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My Take: Let’s Admit Seven Demand Management Mistakes of the Last Decade

Supply Chain Shaman

After two decades of process and technology refinement, excellence in demand management still eludes supply chain teams. In our research at Supply Chain Insights, we find that demand planning is the most misunderstood of any supply chain planning application. Teams are also confused on the process.

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Peak Season Inventory Management and Fulfillment Strategies

Intelligent Audit

Demand Planning: Ensure the management and your team members understand how not receiving inventory on time from a given supplier will affect production. Warehousing Management: Consider keeping management personnel on hand to take action when warehouse inventory becomes inadequate and the current supplier cannot keep pace.

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Omni-Channel Fulfillment is Key for the Holiday Season

Logistics Viewpoints

And over the last month+ of the year, that equates to over 3 billion packages in the US alone. There are five major technologies included in the study: warehouse management systems (WMS), transportation management systems (TMS), distributed order management (DOM), inventory optimization/store replenishment, and demand planning.

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Asian Paints Supply Chain: Adaptive and Resilient

Logistics Viewpoints

Asian Paints has 8 factories and 143 company warehouses, which directly ship paint to hardware stores. Mr. Lade pointed out that Asian paints needs a strong demand and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process because they are not operating through a large distributor.

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

Logility customers can now access warehouse and Accelerated Growth in Cloud Services Annual Contract Value and Subscription Revenue. Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the first quarter include: , Berlin Packaging, Destination XL Group, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., Logility, Inc.