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Consumers and Retailers Have Embraced Omnichannel Operations

Enterra Insights

And — in what could be boon or bane for manufacturers and retailers — today’s consumers are quite willing to abandon their once-preferred brands in favor of new ones that offer value or novelty.”[1] The Omnichannel Consumer. The Omnichannel Retailer. ”[2] Yes, consumers can be difficult to figure out. during 2020.

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Network Visibility and Supply Chain Planning Work Better Together

Logistics Viewpoints

A multi-enterprise supply chain network provides visibility to upstream and downstream events that can affect a company’s supply chain. As the new events that have occurred are analyzed and a new plan is created, the financial implications can be seen. Visibility to Events. MSCN and SCP are better together.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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ToolsGroup-IHL Group 2022 Retail Inventory Study Shows Diminishing Customer Loyalty Due to Out-of-Stock Concerns

ToolsGroup

The survey report: How Retailers Win Customer Loyalty in an Omnichannel World tracks the change in U.S. As a result of ecommerce and omnichannel shopping, impulse buying has declined. generates timely data reports, offers advisory services and serves as the leading retail technology spokesperson for industry and vendor events.

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QAD Named Top 10 Most Powerful ERP Vendor

QAD

Gartner ranks QAD as a visionary in the category of manufacturing and supply chain management for midsize manufacturers with its cloud-based QAD Adaptive ERP suite,” he continued. “It It recently purchased WebJaguar, a digital commerce platform, to create an omnichannel customer management solution for both B2B and B2C.”.

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection. Capacity can be easily ramped up or down due to product seasonality, holidays and of course global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Implement successful omnichannel strategies and business models.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Rewarded Companies with Foresight

Enterra Insights

Hindsight — understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened — is important; however, foresight — the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future — is even more important. The rush to omnichannel operations. Manufacturers, however, are also getting more involved.

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