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Understanding First-Mile Delivery & Why it’s Important for Your Store

ShipBob

First-mile delivery refers to the process of transporting finished goods from a manufacturer or supplier’s facility to an online retailer’s warehouse or multiple distribution centers — the last destination before products are delivered to the end user. Some of these inefficiencies often start with improper purchase ordering.

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. CPG companies that utilize an autonomous supply chain technology see a reduction in their inventory and cost and an increase in revenue.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners. About the Author: Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights.

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Designing Customer and Career Success

BlueYonder

I’m trying to find a piece of land to buy where I can put some beehives. Part of my job is to support the team’s operations and make sure they have the tools necessary to excel. I attend a lot of meetings daily, where we review the design for different products, such as Retail.me, Store Optimizer, Warehouse Manager, etc.

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Designing Customer and Career Success

BlueYonder

I’m trying to find a piece of land to buy where I can put some beehives. Part of my job is to support the team’s operations and make sure they have the tools necessary to excel. I attend a lot of meetings daily, where we review the design for different products, such as Retail.me, Store Optimizer, Warehouse Manager, etc.

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2016: The Start of the Third Act?

Supply Chain Shaman

While I blog more business-focused research on Forbes , and tell stories from my travels on LinkedIn , this is my blog for the technology leader attempting to stay current on supply chain technology trends. I manage a team at Supply Chain Insights and actively publish using an Open Content research model.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

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.