Cognira

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Retailers guide to win holiday promotions November 28, 2023 Promotions Home As the holiday season approaches, retailers take preparatory measurements and tailor their holiday promotions for the most action-packed time of the year. With spending anticipated to hit $1.56 compared to the last year.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Inventory replenishment is reordering stock in the right quantities, at the right time. Too much inventory can increase costs, limit cash flow, and leave you with expired stock. In this inventory replenishment guide: What is inventory replenishment? Preventing stock expiry. Reducing overall freight costs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 16, 2022

Esther is the Chief Revenue Officer at Flowspace , an ecommerce fulfillment platform that helps brands meet their customers’ post-purchase expectations. Flowspace is an ecommerce fulfillment platform that helps brands meet their customers’ post-purchase expectations. About Esther Kestenbaum Prozan.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

The shock to the supply chain that the pandemic created has led to a new environment that will determine tomorrow’s retail winners. However, the pandemic is only the latest disruptor in an already risky global retail environment. Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

The shock to the supply chain that the pandemic created has led to a new environment that will determine tomorrow’s retail winners. However, the pandemic is only the latest disruptor in an already risky global retail environment. Over the past few decades, retail supply chains were built for operational excellence, not agility.

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ShipBob

MARCH 2, 2023

How people feel when they interact with your business influences their buying behavior. The type of retail experience speaks volumes about the quality of your products and how much you value your customers. So, how exactly do you create an exceptional retail experience? What is a retail experience?

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Unleashed

AUGUST 29, 2023

Inventory management software helps businesses keep track of stock and be more efficient in their daily operations. It automates tedious manual tasks that can be prone to human error, improving the accuracy of a company’s recorded inventory levels and reducing inventory carrying costs.

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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.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Effective inventory tracking is a critical component of inventory management. There are two main ways businesses can track inventory: manually, using spreadsheets and logbooks; or automated, using inventory software systems. What is inventory tracking? It helps to reduce inventory shrinkage and loss.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Manufacturers and brick-and-mortar retailers have been using software to manage their inventory for years – but inventory management is even more important when you’re running a business that operates in the complex eCommerce space. Learn more: Guide to Effective Multichannel Selling What is eCommerce inventory management?

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Unleashed

MARCH 7, 2022

PAR levels are used widely in industries that handle perishable items – such as hospitality and pharmaceuticals – to calculate the level of inventory needed for a given item so businesses don’t run out before their next delivery. The PAR level determines the optimum amount of inventory stock needed on hand after each order delivery.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Introduction: A Common but Seldom Discussed Problem Starting up a new warehouse or distribution center, or transitioning from one to another, is a common activity for many wholesalers and retailers. This must be done right to maintain service levels while avoiding excess inventory costs.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Introduction: A Common but Seldom Discussed Problem Starting up a new warehouse or distribution center, or transitioning from one to another, is a common activity for many wholesalers and retailers. This must be done right to maintain service levels while avoiding excess inventory costs.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 23, 2023

Inventory is an important asset. And since ecommerce businesses deal with different types of inventory on a daily basis, it’s important that you understand all of them well. In this article, we demystify the main types of inventory, as well as ecommerce-specific inventory.

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Unleashed

JUNE 24, 2020

That includes the importance of robust inventory management to retail. Ensuring you don’t fail at order fulfilment begins with understanding your inventory and supply chain. In an increasingly complex eCommerce world, keeping track of inventory is tricky. What is Omnichannel Inventory Management? Smart warehousing.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

Are you tired of dealing with excessive inventory levels that eat up your storage space, tie up your capital, and hinder your company’s growth? If so, then it’s time to consider the numerous benefits of reducing inventory. Inventories are designed to match customer(s) demand. The same applies to inventory reduction.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and retailers are jostling into position to take advantage of a growing economy and increased consumer confidence. The Importance of Inventory Management. When it comes to inventory management, new trends are demonstrating that less is more. Getting the Right Tools for the Job.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged.

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Unleashed

MARCH 26, 2023

If you’re running a product business and using Xero for your accounting, you’ll need to implement some form of inventory management. While the platform offers some inventory features of its own, many businesses will require something with greater functionality. Do you need integrated Xero inventory software?

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this guide to barcodes in inventory management: In order to apply barcodes to inventory management, it is important to understand the basics of the barcode system. Hence, some companies will find corded barcode scanners to be all they need, where other companies require wireless scanners to support their online inventory management.

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2022

Good distribution management improves supply chain efficiency by streamlining the entire retail logistics operations. As a result, you need an optimized retail distribution strategy for better efficiency and cost savings. What is retail distribution? How does retail distribution work? Selective distribution.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 29, 2024

Why your business needs accurate order management The order management cycle How to streamline order management with ShipBob ShipBob builds next-level order management processes Order management FAQs Once a customer clicks the “Buy” button, their order’s journey begins. No problem. Finding that balance can be tricky.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Table of Contents ** Minutes What is an inventory audit? When it comes to selling goods, ecommerce businesses may audit their inventory — whether it’s for tax purposes annually or to simply verify units on hand. Inventory audits can be done in-house or by a third party and represent one point in time. What is an inventory audit?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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C3 Solutions

JUNE 19, 2020

This article is part of our Retail Program. Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. Retail is moving at a pace we've never seen before. That represents 14 percent of the world's overall retail sales of $25.038 trillion. [1] 20 Min Read.

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Customers are likely to remain loyal to retailers who can deliver on their promises. As online commerce continues to grow, supply chain leaders and operations professionals in retail are rethinking the role of the store to optimize omnichannel fulfillment performance and better utilize inventory. What is Ship from Store?

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

It’s no mystery that some of the world’s largest retail chains are struggling to survive. In Europe, V&D , a major Dutch department store, and Brantano , a large footwear retailer operating in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, have officially declared bankruptcy. Key trends shaping today’s retail supply chain.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. Zachary said.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Inventory management is a holistic and logical methodology for handling both raw materials and finished products. Raw material inventory management represents a vital stage in the successful supervision of any manufacturing company’s supply chain. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Inventory Turns. Not many companies have cracked this code.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

These are all forms of retail logistics. From managing inventory flow to ensuring that customers receive shipments on time, retail logistics streamlines the different stages of your ecommerce supply chain to keep your business running smoothly. What are retail logistics? COVID’s impact on retail logistics.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

What was behind Amazon’s falling profits in 2019, and how did other big online retail players perform? In this retrospective of the highs and lows of the year, learn which retailers excelled, and which ones looked like they might be struggling in the fiercely competitive online retail arena. Let’s dive in and take a look.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. As demand forecasting accuracy increases, and the standard deviation associated with the forecast decreases, the need to hold “just in case” inventory also goes down.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Drop Shipping Teddy Bears! The platform has risen enormously in recent years, and so has people’s skepticism, questioning the possible risks of buying from AliExpress. The platform has risen enormously in recent years, and so has people’s skepticism, questioning the possible risks of buying from AliExpress.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

During the next decade, the power shifted to the retailer. Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. My Letter to the Retailer.

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