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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Sourcing Offices: a shift of paradigm

KEPLER Consulting

Over last decade, sourcing offices became a major piece within globalized footprint of western retailers. After a first era of development and opportunity catch up particularly positive and characterized by consistent purchasing gains , most of these Sourcing Offices are now searching for their second breath.

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The Virtual Twin Experience: How to Use it for Maximum Benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

This could mean reducing fuel consumption, machine CO 2 emissions, or transitioning their energy to hybrid, electric or hydrogen sources. This can enable you to simulate and optimize physical space and line layouts, workshop operations, and robot operations. Supply Chain Instability. How to Start Your Virtual Twin Experience Journey.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. A bad decision can result in missed orders, significant inventory, or scrapped materials. Le t’s look at a quick example. By doing this, they could potentially save the company millions of dollars in excess inventory. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility.

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Reshaping Product Lifecycle Innovation: An Inside Look at PTC LiveWorx 2023

Arena Solutions

This four-day event is packed with interactive workshops, technical trainings, and a keynote from PTC’s president and CEO, Jim Heppelmann , that deliver practical solutions to address your most critical business challenges. To stay on course, many companies are moving away from legacy systems and embracing a digital transformation.

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European Supply Chain Directors Forum 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The event is comprised of an agenda of original case studies, inspirational keynote sessions, interactive workshops and specialist working groups. Featuring real life examples of leadership and employee engagement on a global scale improving business performance via the supply chain. Procurement. Purchasing. Operations. Focus for 2016.

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Brexit: 5 Things Supply Chain Leaders Should Consider to Prepare for its Impact

AIMMS

Do you need to set up new inventory locations? Perhaps it makes sense to build up additional inventory in the UK or on the continent. New sources of risk post-Brexit include tighter customs and administrative control processes, cost increases, and border crossings that are more prone to error. Let’s look at an example.