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This Week in Supply Chain News (February 19 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The most significant delays are evident in shipments originating from Asian ports destined for Western Europe and the East Coast of the United States. These disruptions significantly impact just-in-time inventory systems and cause substantial upheaval in the supply chain schedules of numerous organizations. Walmart’s U.S.

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

Omnichannel retail operations are well on their way to becoming the norm. Michael Jones ( @mdjonesy ), a business consultant, explains, “Consumers don’t shop ‘omnichannel.’ ”[1] Successful companies make omnichannel operations seamless and easy for consumers; but, behind the scenes complexity rules.

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Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: The Importance of Real-Time Inventory Visibility

Talking Logistics

Note: The following is an excerpt from “ Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights ,” based on research conducted by Adelante SCM and LEGACY Supply Chain Services with input from nearly 100 supply chain professionals from retail, manufacturing, and logistics service providers companies in the United States and Canada.

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Our Customers on How Automation Accelerates Their Omnichannel Fulfillment Strategies

6 River Systems

these omnichannel trends put an unprecedented strain on retailers’ worldwide supply chains, not only in terms of increased consumer demand, but execution speed and flexibility. At our annual user’s conference, FLOW 2020, we hosted a live customer panel: Automation to Accelerate your Omnichannel Journey.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. Supporting Ecommerce and Omnichannel. There will be no emails or spreadsheets. Conclusion.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

ToolsGroup

Yet according to retail advisory firm IHL , “The most significant challenges to inventory distortion are the availability of workers and the disruptions outside of the immediate control of the retailer.” As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

The omnichannel shopping experience (more on that in a moment…) has also proven the need for physical stores, with Salesforce reporting that six in 10 digital orders are influenced by in-store experience. Omnichannel Retail: The Future is Phygital. According to McKinsey , 60-70% of consumers are now shopping in an omnichannel way.