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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases.

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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. The solution solved a relevant industry issue. They are industry-specific niche offerings. The stories border on the ridiculous. Transora was an extreme.

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was far a cry from the neon and glitzy hotels of Las Vegas where I am often speaking. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design.

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Technology Diffusion: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

QAD

You’re probably thinking, “Are you crazy, letting your 84 year old mother drive after an incident like that,” but she is actually an excellent driver. Do we have alarms that go off when a vehicle is driven to Las Vegas for the weekend (assuming Las Vegas is out of the territory)? Do we do that?

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Blue Yonder is a Leader in the Inaugural Nucleus Research WMS Technology Value Matrix

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder is shown as being able to provide WMS solutions across many industries, including Automotive, Food & Beverage, High Tech, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, Logistics Service Providers, E-Commerce, and Retail Grocery, Hardlines and Softlines. Industry templates are enabling deployments of less than six weeks. In Charles A.

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Putting the WoW! Into Service Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Since a modern business is shifting from manufacturing to service, this article will provide a review of literature and a case study of the company at a forefront of the service supply chain frontier. When vendors fly to visit our offices in Las Vegas, they are greeted at the airport by one of our Zappos shuttles.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

71% think we need more industry standards around S&OP. Steve Hainey is an international speaker who has had over 20 years’ experience in global multi-site supply chain planning for Fortune 100 & 500 manufacturing companies of retail consumable goods, chemical materials, and medical device products.

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