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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. Asena holds B.S.

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Is the Metaphor of War Appropriate in a Business Setting?

Enterra Insights

The now defunct Cognitive Computing Consortium once noted: “ The cognitive computing system offers a synthesis not just of information sources but of influences, contexts, and insights. 3] Shawn Burns (editor) and David DellaVolpe, Robin Babb, Nick Miller, and Gordon Muir (contributors), War Gamers’ Handbook , U.S. Naval War College.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

These ABC segments can also be used for setting up service level targets or availability targets which then determine the safety stocks for ensuring there are enough stocks to meet the fluctuating demand for those groups of products that are critical to business. The medium-term solution might be to enhance the assortment with alternatives.

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Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies

Logistics Viewpoints

This means we need more agile, flexible, and scalable planning platforms to process and consolidate new data sources, drive insights using advanced analytics such as AI/ML to drive autonomous decisions, and expand collaboration within and outside our organizations. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. So what to do?

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Your Complete Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management

Oracle SCM

In order to meet these new expectations, businesses need to be more agile and have more capabilities that allow them to better control the customer experience. Legacy SCM systems don’t have the visibility needed to meet these demands. This is a necessary handbook for any Innovation-Focused business leader. Are You Ready?

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Data source: eMarketer. And based on Placer Lab’s data , the investment looks promising, with monthly 2021 monthly in-store visits up across the board in comparison to 2019: Image source: Placer.ai. Image source: Bring Me the News. Data source: First Insights. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

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About Benefit Corporations A Benefit Corporation – or B Corp – is a certified business organization that meets exemplary standards for social and environmental responsibility, public transparency, and legal accountability set by the designating non-profit organization, B Lab.