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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. This results in delays that cause material or inventory shortages that affect both manufacturers and retailers Fulfillment centers that are short of workers can’t keep pace with order fulfillment volumes fueled by eCommerce.

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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It is prime time for visibility / inventory management tools and outsourcing. The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

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Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain: It’s Time to Be Brave

BlueYonder

Brave” in this context points to a never-ending stream of innovations in the automotive space. The responses to events such as COVID-19, chip shortages, the Suez Canal blockage, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, and general economic turmoil, has been to try and become more efficient… to perfect stocks.

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How business intelligence can boost customer centricity

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Many manufacturing companies still rely on Excel for all sorts of tasks including scheduling, inventory management and data analysis. Even though, it is possible to ship some of these items by air, that is significantly more expensive, especially now that airlines need to bypass Russia.

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Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Join us at the event to: Hear from Marc van Pruijssen, Director Supply Chain Europe & Russia, Amway how today’s leading companiesare tackling inventory planning, replenishment and order fulfillment challenges in an omni-channel world to achieve competitive advantage. Register for the seminar >>>

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Inditex Achieves Added Business and Supply Network Accomplishments

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters has often highlighted Inditex’s ongoing business performance not only in supply chain innovation but also in overcoming industry challenges in good times and not so good. That was counter to Inditex’s prior stance to operate a very lean inventory levels. Business Outlook.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021.