Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Kroger collaborates with thousands of food and beverage, health, beauty, and personal care companies to service roughly 2,800 stores.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 15, 2024

It’s no wonder that a KPMG study has found that 50% of supply chain organizations plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) applications and advanced analytics capabilities through 2024. Thorough data cleansing significantly enhances the accuracy of AI’s predictive capabilities. For example, top reasons why ThroughPut.ai

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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ThroughPut

MARCH 15, 2024

It’s no wonder that a KPMG study has found that 50% of supply chain organizations plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) applications and advanced analytics capabilities through 2024. Thorough data cleansing significantly enhances the accuracy of AI’s predictive capabilities. For example, top reasons why ThroughPut.ai

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

retail, e-commerce, food production). The rush to stockpile basic needs like food, beverages and toilet paper led to a dramatic increase in sales at retail outlets such as supermarkets. Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Our upcoming SCRC meeting is focused on how organizations are undertaking practical approaches to creating business analytics. People who are working on real analytics challenges will be sharing some of the lessons learned along the way, and some of the common mistakes to avoid. Analytics with lousy data, is, in fact, not trustworthy.

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crisp

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this guide, we’ll show you what metrics those are, easy ways to find them, and how you can use them to accelerate your brand’s retail growth. Now that you know how to access your retail data easily and often, here are the metrics you’ll want to keep on hand: Velocity. Retail data: A brand’s greatest asset.

Procurement Analytics 98

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2023

Be sure to measure current order picking metrics, such as: Picking accuracy Picking rate Fill rate On-time rate Travel time You may also need to evaluate other relevant inventory KPIs. For example: Inventory accuracy / error rate Order turnaround / cycle time Cost per order And any other metrics valuable to your operation.

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 12, 2021

Food and Beverage (F&B) companies operate under unique market conditions, such as high market volatility. Global food trends in the pandemic saw some interesting variations from the norm. Higher profitability and revenue predictability. Demand can also be forecasted accurately through sophisticated data models and analytics.

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 24, 2021

Food & Beverage giants like Kellog’s reported on the state of breakdown in supply chain management. Absence of Real-Time Data : Delayed delivery of performance metrics and consumer behavior sets off a chain reaction of excess, wastage, and loss of profits. A common trend underlying these problems is ‘unpredictability’.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

Blue Yonder laid out a vision of how supply chains can take advantage of recent breakthroughs in technology to shift the work of supply chain management from “reactive” to predictive. This is not only an environmental risk, but also creates undue costs and losses for companies.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 16, 2021

While the transformational power of AI is evident, too much faith is put into supply chain simulation platforms that are neither accurate nor predictive. Breaking up with Excel: Digital Sales Planning Success with Concord Foods. Vanguard Predictive Planning enables our clients to run simulations to navigate disruptions and challenges.

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Locus

JULY 17, 2023

As the world continues to embrace the convenience of doorstep deliveries, the food industry has caught up with the trend—projecting a market volume of $1.65 Busy lifestyles, remote work setups, and urbanization, all create the desire for time-saving solutions leading to a surge in demand for convenient food delivery services.

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2021

By using a combination of technologies like AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics, online brands can manage complex supply chains by automating warehouse operations, improving delivery times, easily managing inventory, optimizing third-party communication, and creating new customer experiences that increase satisfaction and boost sales.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

The company also plans to utilize its Whole Foods locations’ parking lot space as distribution centers, placing fast delivery ahead of the in-store shopping experience. Among the moves to reduced costs, Amazon is building 140 fulfillment centers to get closer to its customers to reduce shipping costs , achieve even faster delivery.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

Use data and KPIs to identify pressure points Keeping a close eye on your supply chain metrics is another crucial step as this allows you to identify areas that may look problematic and need improvement. ShipBob offers a free analytics reporting tool that will let you track all the crucial supply chain metrics in one place.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

As I wrote last June, investments are rising in Supply Chain Operating Networks and Descartes is a prime example of this trend in action — a trend that I predict will continue to gain momentum in the months and years ahead. Business Intelligence, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence: We’re in the middle of an evolution here.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The algorithms iteratively query data with many using constraint-based modeling to find the core set of factors with the greatest predictive accuracy. One of the most challenging aspects of managing a supply chain is predicting the future demands for production. Journal Of Business Logistics , 37 (1), 6-17. Preston, D.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized among Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Software and Technology Providers. The annual FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers honors leading software and technology providers that ensure a safe, efficient, and reliable global food and beverage supply chain. Logility, Inc.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Smartwatches, drones, jetpacks, robot housekeepers, a food replicator and even a flying car that could transform into a briefcase. Seven years from now WEF is also predicting we’ll see fully functional 3D printed cars in production — and the implications of wide scale on-demand production to supply chain are huge.

Supply Chain Software 100

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In April Smithfield Foods closed a few large US meat processing plants for several weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Pinpoint the biggest profit-makers in your planning system and then commit to only offering the most predictable and reliable products until the disruption has passed. Global or local supply chain bottlenecks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2016

There are currently no good solutions for consumer products or food/beverage. With cloud-based analytics, non-relational database open source code sharing and advancements in predictive, prescriptive and cognitive analytics, what is old, can become new again. Test/Tune and Then Embrace Analytics.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. One joint solution.

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Demand Solutions

JULY 31, 2013

Which metrics are most important to track? SCM BI can provide the foundation for predictive lead time information that helps you order supplies at exactly the right time, depending on the season as well as the many variables that affect your supply chain. How should you interpret the data you get? Get industry-specific functionality.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

IQMS is defining MES as including planning & scheduling, production reporting including analytics & Business Intelligence (BI), Quality Management and Shop Floor Control System. MES vendors have in the past looked at analytics and BI as an afterthought, integrating into commonly used 3 rd party reporting apps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I had touched some nerves with my five predictions for 2020: Digital, Outside-in Value Networks. While the companies in the post event discussions, liked the predictions and were ready to take the jump, they struggled on the how. We are beginning to design and implementing outside-in processes that will fuel growth agendas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. There is the need for an analytics strategy that can power outside-in, real-time processes using structured AND unstructured data. Build a scrappy, cross-functional team to test and learn using new forms of analytics.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

When considering what to tackle first, businesses and their supply chain management and manufacturing operational teams should initially have a clear understanding of their supply chain and/or plant level metrics that need to be improved in both current and likely future business and performance needs.

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Shipsy

JUNE 20, 2017

Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and advanced analytics have been some of the most disruptive technologies that leaders are adopting. The consumer products manufacturers have been using shelf-based sensors and analytics to analyze the completeness of display planogram and understanding the availability.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 18, 2021

It is becoming more common for food & beverage companies, for instance, to collect, clean and reuse boxes, bottles and barrels. To deal with this, businesses must be able to predict which items are more likely to be returned, and where and when these are likely to arrive.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

It comes down to understanding of technologies, systems, and analytics. People still need to know the basics, but the big change is in the analytics area. We have a couple of people in our business who are amazing at building online analytics tools to analyze inventory, provide benchmarking, and all sorts of diagnostic tools.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. These aren’t so much “predictions”, as opportunities that procurement professionals should become aware of, and educate themselves on.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chains must be connected and collaborative so all links can align to business strategy and oriented toward a common set of the most important metrics (and not functional metrics that drive siloed behavior). Animals that try to take a bite out of a cactus seeking food or moisture will get bitten back by those thorns.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

If there’s anything we’ve learned in the last year, it’s that prediction is not only much more complicated than it looks, and that the volatility and uncertainty that exists in the global supply chain operating environment is making life a whole lot LESS unpredictable.

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Alloy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An Introduction to Walmart Luminate Listen to the full episode of the Shelf Life Podcast on Walmart Luminate Walmart Luminate is the retailer’s new data, analytics and reporting tool for suppliers — and it represents a massive step forward in retailer-supplier collaboration. What you will learn in this article What is Walmart Luminate?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 10, 2017

Manufacturers are already using smart labels and the IIoT to perform predictive analytics on their production machinery to increase their manufacturing efficiency. The food and beverage processing industry also benefit from the IIoT and smart sensor infrastructure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Snowflake is a cloud computing–based data cloud company that offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data-as-a-service.” Retailers can make changes to the lead times, predict supply chain disruptions, change a store to an e-commerce site, and see what will happen across the supply chain network.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 29, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) in inventory management are metrics that help you monitor and make decisions about your stock. The Stratum data hub collects, organizes and stores data from multiple sources and serves as a single version of the truth for helping our clients analyze performance KPIs and metrics across their businesses.

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