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RS Group Achieves Back-to-Back Ecovadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Excellence

Synovos

One example of a key achievement for RS over the past year is the 10% reduction in direct carbon emissions from 2,000 tCO 2 e in H1 2022/23 to 1,800 tCO 2 e in H1 2023/24 due to energy savings, switching to renewable electricity, and a net zero fleet*. million customers. Interested in our services?

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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

GlobalTranz

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence? Work centers?

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Do You Need a Graph?

Supply Chain Shaman

Like Linus clinging to his blanket, supply chain teams make most of their decisions on Excel spreadsheets. Examples are product attributes, units of measure, selling units, and regional channel characteristics. Demand latency (the time from purchase by the customer to order visibility by the manufacturer) is weeks and months.

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Taming Supply Chain Bullwhips with Artificial Intelligence

Logility

Taming Supply Chain Bullwhips with DemandAI+ Bullwhip effect is a common term used in supply chain to describe how a small change in consumer purchasing pattern or a change in any demand pattern that can cause significantly large impacts to supply. Excel-based tools lack these capabilities.

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Do You Have What It Takes to be an Omni-Channel Experience Leader?

BlueYonder

Based on their findings, retailers in the leader’s category provided the most comprehensive omni-channel experiences across seven retail segments including: apparel, consumer electronics, department stores, general merchandise, grocery, health and beauty, and specialty. Why does this matter?

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Digital Path to Purchase Decreases Retailers’ Reliance on Holiday Shopping

Enterra Insights

Amazon’s Prime Day in July, for example, has led to more retailers like Target, Walmart and Kohl’s offering steep discounts on toys, apparel and electronics during the summer, in a bid to stay competitive. Consumers are demanding faster shipping, better visibility and excellent customer experience from the places they shop.

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Value-Based Purchasing in Healthcare Explained

Precoro

Yet there’s a proactive approach that addresses the high cost of healthcare: value-based purchasing (VBP). For example, let’s say a patient seeks treatment for lower back pain. We can observe American VBP programs as examples of how value-based purchasing can change the healthcare landscape.