Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2023

He writes, “Media coverage has almost entirely overlooked a resurgence that’s well underway: Much of the industrial sector is thriving, often brimming with innovators in a relentless drive for innovation and a zeal to deploy new technology that rivals the Silicon Valley leaders known as FAANG: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.”

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2024

One interesting fact is that companies that adopt digital transformation and supply chain innovation can expect operational cost savings of up to 30%, according to a recent McKinsey study. Well, they do it mainly in warehouses and distribution centers. And considering Amazon’s success, it’s safe to say the model works.

Optimal Sourcing 54

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Optimizing your warehouse means examining every corner of your infrastructure and every facet of your workflows and processes to identify and correct inefficiencies. Not only does warehouse optimization result in a healthier bottom line, but it also improves key warehouse metrics like accurate orders and on-time delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

When he talks and refers to the basics, his team usually rolls their eyes. Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. I kept pressuring this client to use their channel data locked into the Excel files in their sales account teams. The industry considers the company a leader, but I know the dark side that internally, the IT processes squash innovation.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The ”end” they refer to – whether it’s forwarding, fulfillment, or platforms for B2B or B2C sales – remains fairly ambiguous, spanning an acquisition of fashion logistics company HUUB in September 2021 to an investment in rapid fashion production company Unmade. This isn’t just about purchasing power. No end to end-to-end.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

It involves outsourcing logistics activities, such as warehousing, transportation, distribution, inventory management, and order fulfillment, to a dedicated logistics service provider. While it possesses the buying power of a large corporation, NUNNER focuses on providing tailor-made solutions to its customers.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Digital Process Optimization: Streamlining Business for Efficiency In the race to streamline operations and elevate efficiency, Digital Process Optimization (DPO) emerges as a critical strategy for businesses looking to innovate and scale.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Procurement training equips you to excel in the corporate world by teaching you everything from supplier dynamics to negotiating strategies. What is procurement and purchasing Lesson 2. Procurement and Purchasing Cycle Lesson 7. Make or Buy decision Lesson 3. Trends and tendencies in procurement Lesson 3.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now, companies can handle the pre-PO procurement processes, identify purchasing needs, order and approve purchases, receive invoices, and pay for goods all in one system. The PR should contain information about the required items and, if necessitated by company policy, justification for the purchase.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As the biggest players in fulfillment, distribution and omnichannel retail continue to push boundaries, logistics and planning strategists are forced to innovate. Create an adaptive unified buying process. “If you look at the typical buying process, it is bifurcated based on geography.

Inventory Reduction 75

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. Different terms are used to refer to these zones – but while the terms differ slightly, the concept is similar. Read more: What is a Bonded Warehouse?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS_ or Advanced Planning (APS). As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues. As shown in Figure 2, there are many variants of visibility.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 173

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Business Process Automation AI: Revolutionizing Efficiency in the Digital Age Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically transforming Business Process Automation (BPA), ushering in a new era of operational efficiency and innovation. Here’s how to address common hurdles with strategic actions that leverage AI for automation excellence.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 25, 2021

The purpose of a purchase order. Purchase orders are a crucial part of your purchasing processes. Purchase orders (PO) document the purchasing part of your inventory management system and are legally binding documents. How do you create a purchase order template? What should be included on a purchase order?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

One of the barriers to greater progress in driving supply chain excellence is the current state of user satisfaction with current technologies. We are also more advanced on transportation and warehouse planning than supply chain planning. 2004 data references the work that I completed while an analyst at AMR Research.)

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RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2016

Innovative inventory techniques go from abstract to concrete in 2016. As retailers study their current warehouse operations, they have to keep one eye on innovations positioned to become industry standards. This affects warehouse management because inventory employees must prep orders pouring in from numerous sales channels.

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RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2016

Innovative inventory techniques go from abstract to concrete in 2016. As retailers study their current warehouse operations, they have to keep one eye on innovations positioned to become industry standards. This affects warehouse management because inventory employees must prep orders pouring in from numerous sales channels.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In fact, SCOR is actually an entire reference model for supply chain performance management and improvement, in which benchmarking plays just one part. For example, are you sure that you don’t have one or two business units that excel in a performance element which, otherwise, is proving to be a weakness for your supply chain operations?

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SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

This experience served as evidence to support my hypothesis that most Supply Chain functions and responsibilities can be performed remotely, barring those involving physical material handling or in-person activities within a warehouse setting. This paradigm shift in how modern Supply Chain work is executed has opened up new possibilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

In complex supply chains with business activities and processes dispersed geographically and data held in multiple systems, sometimes at different levels of aggregation with no easy way to cross reference, the challenge of instigating an effective analysis of the current status and future target state is hard to navigate.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

This keeps them from creating smooth, synchronized and responsive supply chain plans to achieve the desired operational excellence. – How can they ensure that final customer demand is effectively met by the organization’s production, distribution, and purchasing processes? into the final plan?

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

This keeps them from creating smooth, synchronized and responsive supply chain plans to achieve the desired operational excellence. – How can they ensure that final customer demand is effectively met by the organization’s production, distribution, and purchasing processes? into the final plan?

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

I took our line of fasteners: bolts, nuts screws and washers and put them in one location in the Warehouse. No Purchase Orders were used. Cutting the Right Costs with Technology by Sourcing Innovation. So, I hope the next article explains the evolved VMI model.” ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I limited myself to just six predictions, although I believe many of the predictions I made last year (and the year before that ) will continue to play out in 2015 and beyond, so I encourage you to revisit those predictions too (I listed them below for quick reference). Amazon Inside P&G Warehouses: A Case of “What’s In It for We”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 5, 2019

Delivery is the fulfillment of the entire customer experience, a journey that begins with brand awareness, continues with the purchase on- or offline, and culminates in the critical moments when customers wait to receive their order. If you think delivery is just about transporting a product to the buyer, think again.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

With new supply chain innovations , trends in logistics technology and advancements like automated robots making a big impact on operational efficiency, it seems that supply chain optimization is within reach for more companies than ever before. We needed something innovative, an idea out of the box to pull us out of the storm.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. For more on this topic, reference my prior blog posts on Learn the Language of Demand and Driving Innovation ). So why have companies not done this?

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Stages of the retail logistics process includes warehouse receiving , inventory management, fulfillment, and shipping. Procurement refers to sourcing merchandise on time to meet demand, and it affects the ways your online retail business activities (like sales, inventory management, and distribution) can be performed. .

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. This new era brings with it an acceleration of innovation and disruption.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Every single business should be able to democratize an excellent delivery experience and provide it to their customers. Delivery experience drives customer retention, and it is driving reference and many studies and numbers about it. Joe Lynch sits with Kushal Nahata , the Co-founder and CEO at FarEye. It is commerce. It is tremendous.

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Vinculum

APRIL 7, 2021

You can purchase a product on the internet, but you can’t return it in-store. Even though about a third of all purchases happened online before the pandemic, we’ve observed a direct effect on retailers because they are switching their online and offline channels to connect online and offline channels.

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ThroughPut

MAY 23, 2019

Of course, data may be “the new oil”, but if not refined properly through analysis, and not put into the right tank for action by domain experts, then it’s never going to propel the motors of corporate innovation forward. Yet industrial-scale disruption on multiple fronts requires lots of innovation.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. I have purchased the E-Book myself and truly enjoyed it. .

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags improve visibility throughout the supply chain. They have data all over; a lot of big logistic companies are referring data as new oil.

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ShipBob

MAY 4, 2022

Consumers are searching for innovation in the companies they do business with, and that’s why brands, both big and small, have introduced live shopping. . An excellent example of this would be livestreaming products on Facebook, directly connecting with viewers, engaging them, and attracting new customers. Today her channel has 1.75

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