Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2020

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Tom Peters. Here, in this blog, I explain.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. Nike, which is an even better example.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 4, 2022

So what trends will we see in multichannel eCommerce in 2022 – and can SMEs leap on board with them? Read on for the 15 key multichannel eCommerce trends of 2022. Learn more: Guide to Effective Multichannel Selling What are the key trends in multichannel eCommerce for 2022?? We think so.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gases, the fashion industry is a major polluter, especially with the onslaught of “fast fashion”, where people will buy clothes for an Instagram photo and then never wear them again. Leadership Excellence for the Digital Age – LogiSYM January/February 2018. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As we near the holiday discounting season, this trend has strengthened. When compounded by trends like the rise of anti-consumerism and our bargain shopping culture, it is not clear that the massive discounts that businesses are turning to will ultimately deliver the necessary lift. The pandemic hit fashion retailers especially hard.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 18, 2024

For example, recognizing that two different terms in separate datasets actually refer to the same concept (e.g., “DOB” These tools enable organizations to quickly turn insights into actions with strong stakeholder buy-in while accelerating the execution of strategies across the business and the attainment of an organizations’ objectives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In the process, there is a fine line between marketing hype and overpromising, making buying difficult. For example, I am working with a client that has deployed Ariba from SAP, GT Nexus from Infor, Everstream, and Project 44. For example, deeper analytics into poorly implemented planning systems makes terrible decisions faster.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 28, 2024

Predictive Analytics is one of the most powerful features of AI tools that help identify patterns and new trends much before they happen. AI powers predictive analytics where trends, preferences and purchasing behaviors are analyzed in-depth that help companies store the right product mix.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Excellence, or superiority, is often the goal in corporate organizations. Each and every function, within its own right, strives for excellence and achievement in order for a company to collectively grow, evolve, and thrive. Achieving excellence seldom comes easy. As procurement reaches for excellence, evolution is required.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 30, 2023

This new research analyzes the latest market trends and consumer preferences to help you understand which capabilities retail leaders offer today. These retailers excelled in offering distinctive experiences and demonstrated functional maturity across all evaluated areas. Why does this matter? Check out the report for the full list.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

For example, if there is a port congestion or weather event affecting a truck on the road or a ship in the ocean, or a delay in the customs clearance or a COVID-19 shutdown in Shanghai, China, then supply chain operations can look at alternative, proactive risk mitigation strategies.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Thomas continues, “The ease of online shopping throughout the year, with constant deal days, has accelerated this trend. 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.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

All one sees is food on the table, the next new gadget, trending fashion – all of these have much to do beyond the farmer who grew the produce or the assembly line worker who put the gadgets together or the machines/people who cut/knit/sewed the fabric. A good example is accelerated adoption of automation, whether we know it or not.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Reversing The Trend. How do we reverse the trend? While the input from sales on market trends is invaluable, sales should never be asked to forecast. To understand the trends, check out the orbit charts and the comparison to the Gartner Top 25. If you want to drive change, start by defining supply chain excellence.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Taking a step back, if we look at the bigger trends taking place in this industry, there are a few of note that may ultimately be a driving factor for improvements within healthcare supply chains: Healthcare spend is highest in the world: The US spends significantly more than most of the world on healthcare per capita. Share on Twitter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 26, 2023

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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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be little relief in 2022 unless the factors driving the increased import volumes—a strong economy and the fundamental shift in consumer behavior to purchase more goods and less services—change. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. The trend is clear. For example, only 22% of medical device products complied with GS1 standards during the pandemic. For this blog post, never mind the comparison.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The bane of e-commerce is the large percentage of purchased items that are returned. She reports, “The share of online purchases that are returned averages 30% or higher, depending on the category, three times the rate in physical stores.”[2] Get Consumers to Keep What They Purchase. of sales, or $428 billion. .”

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Precoro

MARCH 11, 2024

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.

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

For example, European consumers prefer to buy in their region (75%), then abroad (19%) or at the airport (6%). These statistics are similar for Asian consumers who represent the major consumer market with 62% buying luxury goods in Asia, 16% buying luxury goods at the airport, and 22% buying abroad.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, the Gartner Top 25 celebrates the accomplishments of Intel (active with Gartner), but in the analysis in Table 1, Nvidia Corporation and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) clearly outperform Intel in the Semiconductor Industry. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. As I wrote last June, investments are rising in Supply Chain Operating Networks and Descartes is a prime example of this trend in action — a trend that I predict will continue to gain momentum in the months and years ahead. Will this include drone deliveries?

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Invata Intralogistics

APRIL 5, 2024

In the relentless hustle of the e-commerce world, staying ahead means keeping up with trends and creating and capitalizing on new opportunities. Additionally, AI can learn from historical data to forecast order trends and pre-position frequently ordered items, further streamlining the process.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

When customers have transparency into product availability, delivery timelines, and order status, they are more likely to complete purchases and continue shopping with a business. At the same time, it makes excellent sense to have a good SEO software solution to keep track of how your marketing strategies perform.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Out of more than $100 million under spend, 3 people are supposed to manage this, including the Director of Purchasing. What are others saying about the recent past, present, and future of procurement and the trends involved in procurement?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 12, 2023

With supply chain disruptions continuing, purchasing more stock in advance to meet the forecasted upturn in demand made perfect sense. For many retailers, the first thought to reduce unsold items is to simply buy better. Forecasting ideal buy quantities is near-impossible. So, what can retailers do about this?

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Proxima

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Undoubtedly driven by increased public scrutiny, rapidly developing technologies, real time data, and the emotive influence of David Attenborough (for example); consumers are increasingly seeking a personalised, proactive service, across all channels, which also addresses the ethical and environmental issues they care about most.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

All of this has led companies in the commercial space to prioritise sustainability, which includes a trend towards adopting solar energy. With renewable electricity generation in 2021 experiencing the fastest year-on-year growth since the 1970s, solar power has become a major trend, seeing a record growth of 160 GW in 2021.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

A good example is the Netherlands, which is a very small country in Europe, but with its fertile river delta and with an estimated 80% of its land dedicated to farming and cheap natural gas to heat its greenhouses, it has been able to become the world’s second largest agriculture exporter.

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Cognira

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

However, with the emerging trends and shifting consumer behavior, retailers need to identify these patterns and act accordingly by leveraging new technologies and implementing modern and smart promotion management methods and tools to gain a competitive edge. With spending anticipated to hit $1.56

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. As with most trends we all have read over the last few years, the focus was on technology. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. We listed the first 7. Increased velocity.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In our Q&A, Shahzaib discussed predictive AI, which is used for supply chain disruption monitoring, hurricane simulators, commodity predictions, supplier screening, and predictive purchase orders. For example it has been used to: Diagnose breast cancer with the same accuracy as radiologists when given mammograms that show signs of cancer.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Organizations can create subscription-based analytics products and with the data collected from IoT devices monitor and use trends, patterns, and insights about their usage. This strategy creates a subscription-based revenue stream, while the physical good itself is often a one-time purchase. Where to start.

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