USC Consulting Group

JUNE 3, 2020

Many organizations in a variety of industries did just that when the pandemic first struck. Whether in official press releases, mass emails, or executive meetings, business leaders acknowledged that tough times may indeed be ahead, but also expressed confidence and cautious optimism that supply chain disruptions would be minimal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. COVID is far from over and food instability, coupled with drought, is driving migration from Sudan to Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Resilinc has published its 2022 Half Year report. For a taste of what’s included in the report, we’re highlighting some key year-on-year trends covered. Take a read and then be sure to download our 2022 Half Year Report – Gridlock for the full overview. Factory fires: the most common disruption. Hot off the press!

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2024

In our second AI blog of the series, Predictive AI vs. Generative Supply Chain AI , we looked at the difference between predictive AI and generative AI. Currently, Resilinc uses several predictive AI models in tracking purchase orders (POs) and commodities, autonomous mapping, risk-scoring models, and simulators.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2022

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its 2022 food inflation forecasts again reports Jim Wiesemeyer ( @Jim_Wiesemeyer ).[1] 1] This means today’s grocery food price hikes are the highest in 42 Years. ”[2] Their research found, “Consumer prices for food, personal care, and household items are up 13.9%

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Global manufacturing trends The Covid pandemic has raged across the world over the last two years, upending the manufacturing industry. But amid crises come opportunities, and the industry has adapted faster to technologies and new ways of working as it reshapes itself for the new world. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 25, 2024

According to this industry group , retail sales are expected to increase 3.5 Our Supply Chain Matters commentary highlighting NRF’s initial report actual 2023 holiday period sales indicated that core retail sales during the 2023 holiday season rose 3.8 percent to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion to $1.5

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Unleashed

JANUARY 18, 2021

The vitamin and supplement industry manufactures and sells goods to support dietary requirements, including products to complement health and fitness regimes. The state of the vitamin and supplement industry – a quick snapshot. Technology trends in the vitamin and supplement industry. The move to digitisation.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic? Define your procurement response strategy. Yet with the autobahns, motorways and highways largely free of traffic apart from freight, goods are generally getting through and we are yet to see long-term shortages of food and other essential items.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. What’s happening in the industry right now, and what can you expect next? The question is: Where to from here?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2023

Analysts at NielsenIQ observe, “Positive consumer sentiment toward sustainability has been growing for more than a decade, but the impact of purchasing preferences has yet to inspire a green revolution within the retail industry. Two rapidly emerging drivers of change — governance and cost — are about to change all that.

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RFgen

APRIL 12, 2024

Therefore, the goal is to optimize cost to optimize profits and catalyze growth. To start with, inventory costs go beyond the initial purchase price of goods. Hidden costs may accumulate after purchase if not meticulously monitored and managed. Next is the cost of storing the inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

Supply chain technology industry analyst and Supply Chain Matters Founder Bob Ferrari provides added perspectives and highlights to last week’s announced acquisition of Starboard Solutions by Logility. This was not the first acquisition of a promising supply chain network design technology provider.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New manufacturing data has revealed which industries and nations are leading the way in the post-pandemic economic recovery – and the tactics they’re using to beat supply chain disruption. The average price paid for goods purchased. Fulfilment days – the period between receiving and fulfilling an order.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

The phrases “transitory inflation” and “supply chain disruption” have been frequently used in the general and business news media this summer. Certainly, supply chain constraints are a partial cause of the current above trend inflation. This Summer’s Sales, Prices, and Supply Chain Performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. The report authors noted that this index, when calculated without the impact of China would have posted a 53.2 reported for March. reported for March. value, up from 53.1

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Industry leaders acknowledge that the U.S. food chain has rarely been so stressed and that no one is sure about the future, even as they try to dispel concerns about shortages. This means one thing — the food supply chain is vulnerable,” the statement said. “As

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Elementum

JULY 6, 2022

Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future. Executive Summary In Part One of this blog series we ’ re going to discuss the phenomenon that seems to be at the center of every economic advisor’s latest report: recession. Depending on the industry, this process can take 30 days or it can take 6-12 months.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

It also puts pressure on our supporting systems (government, communities, hospitals, businesses, supply chains, etc.) Part 1: The Impact of a State of Emergency on the Supply Chain, Disruption to Businesses, Daily Life, and unnecessary Waste. For example, once my supply of things that I need (i.e.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

It also puts pressure on our supporting systems (government, communities, hospitals, businesses, supply chains, etc.) Part 1: The Impact of a State of Emergency on the Supply Chain, Disruption to Businesses, Daily Life, and unnecessary Waste. For example, once my supply of things that I need (i.e.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

However the risk of disruption in their supply – from something as simple as bad weather or local labour shortages – meant it made sense to build in redundancy by setting up additional channels. Other recent changes the company has made include early ordering for key ingredients to circumvent disruptions in the global transport system.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Supply chain woes. Economic uncertainty paired with rising costs. Geopolitical instability.

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Clear Spider

JANUARY 26, 2023

A severe shortage of qualified workers creates challenges at every point in the supply chain, across numerous industries. In fact, few industries are immune to the effects of this historic labor shortage. Purchase orders will automatically be created when inventory levels reach pre-set reorder points.

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DynaSys

APRIL 14, 2021

One of the most complicated processes in any manufacturing business is the supply chain. Regardless of industry; automotive, high tech, life science, or consumer packaged goods, the supply chain (even before Covid-19) was a complicated entity. On any given day, one of the links in that chain could break.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 2, 2021

Positive momentum indicates pent-up demand since the October and November 2020 Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was higher than any time since 2018. We expect to see four trends in 2021 as manufacturing supply chains respond to demand and adjust to the new realities of this uncertain time. lower than those from November 2019.

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Unleashed

JUNE 7, 2023

The inventory optimisation process “After three years of pandemic disruption and economic volatility, sharpening demand forecasts and inventory planning across industries seems both as imperative and challenging as it has ever been.” As with hardware, inventory optimisation software should be purchased on an as-needed basis.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash.

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Vanguard Software

JUNE 8, 2021

In the last decade, the manufacturing industry has been dealing with the rising impact of demand volatility. Consumers have come to expect companies to provide a wider variety of products, readily available for purchase and at the best price. Breaking up with Excel: Digital Sales Planning Success with Concord Foods.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2023

ushered in the modern supermarket, transforming how people expect to purchase their groceries. There have been many more changes since then, including how products are produced and packaged, how they reach supermarkets, and how the consumer ultimately purchases them.”[1] The post-WWII era in the U.S. billion merger.”[4]

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Transportation and Logistics Disruptions. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. We have seen Texas freeze, which impacted all industries from petrochemicals to semiconductors to car manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Airbus takes a bit different marketing approach.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Advanced and predictive analytics. Advanced and predictive analytics are deployed in real- or near-real time.

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Unleashed

JULY 5, 2022

The spirits industry is evolving at speed as consumer tastes, habits – and demands – change. So how are these trends changing the industry, and what can we expect in 2022 and beyond? We take a look at 19 key trends, and what to expect in the future from this industry. How is the alcohol industry changing in 2022?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2023

All items, less food and energy “core CPI” came in at 4.8 Over the course of the two-day shopping event, Prime members purchased more than 375 million items worldwide. million people employed in the industry. But the change in the US Consumer Price Index released on Wednesday (year-over-year, for June) came in at 3.0

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Conventional wisdom says that it’s least expensive to work in bulk, whether you’re talking about purchasing or shipping. The petroleum, building and food industries effectively put this principle to work. JIT can also fail when it comes up against global supply chain disruptions. Bulk management.

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