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How Can We Use Emerging Technology To Improve Community Nutrition?

Inmar

The good news is that there are technologies available right now that technology leaders can use to help develop sustainable solutions for improving food accessibility and driving better population health. One example is the North Market in North Minneapolis, an Inmar client in one of the country’s largest food deserts.

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The Impact Weather-Driven Demand has on Promotion Performance

Cognira

By including weather analytics in the forecasting stage, retailers are able to make even better predictions about purchasing patterns. Improved Inventory. Improved Inventory. An abnormal snowstorm is predicted to happen in Minneapolis, Minnesota when a grocery merchant plans on running a promotion for a fresh product.

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Holiday Sales Demonstrated Necessity of Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

After a weak holiday performance last year, the Minneapolis-based company embarked on a multibillion-dollar spending plan to improve its stores and digital capabilities. The growth in mobile purchasing continues. Two in five shoppers have made an additional purchase during an in-store pickup.” These mobile moments matter.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. And if you speak long enough, you will hear about a supply chain design that delivers growth at twice the rate of competitors while outperforming on cost, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The answer?