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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Baseline demand reflects market potential.) Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. The status quo failed corporations.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

ToolsGroup

The Current State of the Retail Worker Shortage: Are Retail Workers in Demand? With reports of retail layoffs and overstaffing at companies (such as Walmart and Amazon) to cover Omicron-related staffing shortages, it would appear the shortage of workers may be abating.

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Dealing With The Supply Chain Gloppy Mess

Supply Chain Shaman

A moderately-priced new home in the United States now costs an additional $16,500. Builders in my area are pre-paying for lumber to hold prices at the cost of $250,000/house. Similarly, demand planning based on order history is not equal to the challenge. A Shift From Planning To Decision Support.

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

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Critical Supply Chain Planning Capabilities Needed to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions

Logility

A major fire in China has a different impact than a major earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a volcanic eruption in northern Europe or a category 5 hurricane in the southern United States. With a demand-side disruption like a recession or a pandemic, customers will drastically change their purchases and adjust their inventory positions.

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Replenishment 101: What is replenishment?

SupplyPike

It’s frustrating having to either purchase a different brand of the product you are looking for or to forgo purchasing the product altogether. Walmart has over 4,700 stores in the United States alone and 42 regional distribution centers (not including grocery or import centers). Why is replenishment essential?