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Pet Food Manufacturing and the Pandemic: Inside an Industry Boom

Unleashed

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? of pet owners?tended

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Even though a feasible plan is the most critical business user criterion for software selection, only one in two manufacturers surveyed believe they have the ability to model a feasible plan. Focus on IT standardization. Mistake #4.

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Strategy. Strategy. Wherefore Art Thou Strategy?

Supply Chain Shaman

We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence. While companies build Supply Chain Centers of Excellence, most are not clear on what good looks like. When you ask, “What defines supply chain excellence?” The other issue?

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In Focus: 5 Factors To Consider On The “Build Vs Buy” Decision on Last-Mile Software Solution

Locus

A consumer survey showed that 55% of consumers will switch their retail brands if they find their delivery times are too slow. However, should a business invest their capital in building and maintaining their solution from scratch, or simply purchase an off-the-shelf solution? Below are key takeaways from the session “ Buy vs Build?

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

The issue is cross-industry. PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. This exceeds the 55% previously reported in the Supply Chain Insights surveys. References: 2023 Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey: PwC

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Consumers and Retailers Have Embraced Omnichannel Operations

Enterra Insights

One retail sector that witnessed a dramatic rise in online purchases during the pandemic was the grocery sector. Analysts from Chicory note, “The grocery shopper’s path to purchase from digital to in-store and other online environments has always been obscure.”[2] The Omnichannel Consumer. The Omnichannel Retailer.

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

BlueYonder

Incisiv surveyed 115 retailers to understand the current state of omni-channel retail and evaluated the digital ordering and fulfillment capabilities of these retailers in four key areas, including Inventory Visibility, Frictionless Fulfillment, Cost & Payments, and 360-Degree Service, which encompassed 104 digital capabilities.