Cathy Roberson
MARCH 20, 2023
Retailers and wholesalers are bringing in fresh inventories to stir springtime sales. Indeed, many retailers noted success in drawing down inventories during the holiday season. However, many of these retailers had to resort to mark-downs, at the expense of revenue, to move out most, if not all, inventories that filled up warehouses and arrived at inopportune times due to transportation delays throughout 2022.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 20, 2023
Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. A unicorn has a valuation of over $1 billion. One of the more interesting is o9 Solutions. In January of 2022, Dallas-based o9 Solutions was valued at $2.7 billion after a funding round. Based on their growth, the company may be worth even more now.
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AIMMS
MARCH 20, 2023
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John Galt
MARCH 20, 2023
We tapped into a wealth of knowledge from supply chain experts and thought leaders to ask what lesson from experience they would share with future leaders. Read their answers!
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The Smart Software
MARCH 20, 2023
We often encounter Excel-based reorder point planning methods. In this post, we’ve detailed an approach that a customer used prior to proceeding with Smart. We describe how their spreadsheet worked, the statistical approaches it relied on, the steps planners went through each planning cycle, and their stated motivations for using (and really liking) this internally developed spreadsheet.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
BlueYonder
MARCH 20, 2023
With the arrival of spring, it’s a good time to give your digital life a thorough clean up and ensure that your online accounts and devices are secure. Cybersecurity is an ongoing process and neglecting it can leave you vulnerable to hacking, identity theft, and other online threats. Device manufacturers and software companies are always adding updates to address new vulnerabilities or threats, and, in the same way, we need to consider ongoing updates for ourselves both personally and prof
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 20, 2023
With every passing day, AI continues to be integrated into supply chain management systems and processes, with a focus on improving efficiency, reducing costs and increasing sustainability.
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
MARCH 20, 2023
Peter F. Weis is an experienced leader and advisor in cloud transformation and global supply chain management, whose track record spans both start-ups and Fortune 500 enterprises. The post Peter F. Weis – Strategic Advisor appeared first on Solvoyo.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 20, 2023
This special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech provides an initial perspective as to what the SVB collapse implies for supply chain tech in the weeks ahead. Perhaps this is why commentary is re-titled as This “Year” in Supply Chain Tech since the world of tech has been upended by an ongoing series of events. Brief Background By now, many of our readers might have read or heard about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
MARCH 20, 2023
Peter F. Weis is an experienced leader and advisor in cloud transformation and global supply chain management, whose track record spans both start-ups and Fortune 500 enterprises. He is the former global CIO at Matson, a 2.3B publicly traded global transportation and logistics provider based in Oakland, CA. The post Peter F. Weis – Strategic Advisor appeared first on Solvoyo.
o9 Solutions
MARCH 20, 2023
DALLAS, TX – March 20, 2023 – o9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered integrated business planning platform, welcomes Ivanka Janssen, CSCO of Philips. Ivanka Janssen is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Philips, a Dutch multinational corporation that produces and sells healthcare technology products worldwide. Janssen is leading initiatives to transform Philips’ supply chain to be more agile, resilient, and sustainable, and she oversees global supply chain operations, including procurement, manufac
Proxima
MARCH 20, 2023
CPOs have been battling with the need to manage short-term costs and the pressure to deliver on (perceivably) long-term goals like sustainability targets. Our CPO Report showed that the economic downturn isn’t causing procurement leaders to abandon sustainability goals in 2023 but there is no doubt they are in a challenging environment. We have set out focus areas for procurement leaders looking to prioritize minimizing their emissions this year.
New Horizon Supply Chain Blog
MARCH 20, 2023
Introduction I started to write a “Demand Forecasting 101” article but decided that was going to turn into another Ph.D. thesis, so instead I wrote this. This is a list of things that I learned about demand forecasting early in my career – things that would have been nice to know from day one. More important, they are things that my clients have found valuable to discuss at the outset of projects.
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Locus
MARCH 20, 2023
For as long as online delivery and services have been around, the question plaguing last-mile delivery managers has remained unchanged: how can they create an engaging journey while delivering value at every stage of the process and how can last-mile tracking help? Digital technologies have evolved and birthed an empowered customer. The modern customer is aware of their needs and possesses the knowledge and skills to efficiently utilize information and tools to fulfill them.
RFgen
MARCH 20, 2023
Key Takeaways: Inventory control involves the management of products and services across the supply chain, ensuring the right amount of product at the right time. Integrating purchasing and inventory control is critical for forward planning and forecasting in today’s economic climate. Automated technologies and mobile inventory management systems can help align teams around a single source of truth when making inventory decisions.
Freight Plus
MARCH 20, 2023
An effective freight logistics program is the foundation for ensuring products are delivered on time and in the right condition. However, standing up and managing a transportation & logistics program is a complex and time-consuming process. Despite the obvious and important role supply chain management plays for businesses, investment into logistics programs often gets placed […] The post Managed Transportation: A Complete Guide appeared first on FreightPlus.
Adexa
MARCH 20, 2023
Join Adexa @ Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2023 conference About the Event Going to Gartner Symposium/Xpo this May? Stop by Adexa’s booth #507 to meet our team of supply chain experts and experience the only next generation SCP in a unified S&OP+S&OE environment on the market. Not only will you get the chance to talk to our team of industry experts – supply chain professional who have spent years helping fortune class companies across 5-continents – you’ll have the chance to
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Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 20, 2023
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this morning’s business headline reports indicating that Amazon intends to layoff upwards of an additional 9,000 jobs. Development Business and general media reports indicated that online retail platform provider Amazon intends to slash an additional 9,000 jobs. The move adds to the previously announced headcount reductions.
Saleswarp
MARCH 20, 2023
Sustainability has become increasingly important for businesses over the years, with companies now focusing on creating more sustainable supply chains. A sustainable supply chain integrates environmentally friendly practices throughout the entire process, from sourcing raw materials to product delivery. It not only ensures that operations are environmentally friendly, but it can reduce costs and even increase customer loyalty.
Locus
MARCH 20, 2023
The UAE-based B2B floral marketplace is able to scale their last-mile flower delivery operations with a 99% on-time delivery rate, and bring a new level of customizability to buyers’ experience Having grown up in a family in the floral industry, Charif Mzayek was acutely aware of the challenges of both flower growers and buyers: long and inefficient supply chains that increase costs and impact product quality, price volatility, and a lack of transparency being some of the hardest to tackle.
Tecsys
MARCH 20, 2023
New out-of-the-box analytics solution marks the supply chain industry’s first no-code digital twin dashboard and 3D heat map visualization solution.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
MPO Multi Party Orchestration
MARCH 20, 2023
In the wake of the e-commerce boom, shippers and logistics service providers are experiencing unprecedented levels of customer demand. In theory, that’s a real boon. But for companies still operating around manual processes, it’s an uphill battle to manage newfound complexities around inconsistent rates, tight capacity, and short delivery time windows.
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
MARCH 20, 2023
Omer is a seasoned supply chain professional with more than 20 years of experience in supply chain management, emphasizing business analytics and fact-based decision making and delivering high-quality software and consulting services. The post Omer Bakkalbasi – Chief Innovation Officer appeared first on Solvoyo.
DELMIA Quintiq
MARCH 20, 2023
One of the main challenges of the digital transformation of factories is to digitize the quality control and inspection operations efficiently and to reduce the number of non-conformities or to detect them early in the process. To achieve this, augmented reality (AR) is one of the best digital answers. However, what makes an augmented reality solution better than another digital solution or more traditional alternatives?
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
MARCH 20, 2023
Erol acquired nearly 20 years of experience on a variety of US Government projects such as Military Logistics Systems, Transit Visibility, AIT, RFID and Supply Chain Management systems, COTS integration, and custom software development for governmental agencies. The post Erol Beynam – Vice President, Software Engineering appeared first on Solvoyo.
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Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
MARCH 20, 2023
Manufacturers depend on their ERP system to optimize business processes, unify their different functions and platforms, and provide them with information to make decisions. But with ransomware and cyberattacks on the rise, securing the ERP system is now becoming a top priority. Why are ERP systems attacked? ERP systems contain very important and confidential information.
Supply Chain Management and Analytics
MARCH 20, 2023
Emre brings more than 8 years of experience implementing Planning, Pricing, and Optimization solutions for retail companies. Among the companies he managed end to end supply chain projects are A101, Şok, Defacto, Hepsiburada, Penti. The post Emre Haliloglu – Director, Customer Success appeared first on Solvoyo.
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 20, 2023
Craig Henry, U.S. industry manager of intralogistics with Siemens, discusses the continuing labor shortage, inflationary pressures and the need to invest smartly in technologies.
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