Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past few years, the news has been filled with stories about supply chain disruptions, supply chain fragility, and the need for supply chain resilience. A term once prominent in supply discussions optimization isn’t heard quite as often as it used to be.

Optimal Sourcing

QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

Can You Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions in Life Sciences? Supply chain disruptions in the life sciences industry can have serious consequences. By implementing these strategies, companies can better navigate supply chain disruptions.

Supply Chain Disruption

Kinaxis

JUNE 3, 2025

How CPG leaders can reduce costs without hurting supply chain performance fbaker Tue, 06/03/2025 - 09:18 In the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, SG&A (Selling, General, and Administrative) costs have long been a go-to target for improving margins. But today’s market is anything but typical.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Inventory buffers shrink. To keep operations and supply chains stable amid the volatility of today’s global trade dynamics, companies need a freight strategy that can flex under pressure. In April, freight company HLS Group reported 80 canceled sailings from China as trade tensions with the U.S. intensified.

Freight

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data can be used to identify inefficiencies in the supply chain, improve inventory management, and streamline operations. As recent events have shown, the automotive industry is vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, such as shortages of components or delays in delivery.

Automotive

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 12, 2025

The High Cost of Inefficiency: Key Statistics Supply chain inefficiencies drain resources and delay growth. Over 60% of businesses experienced supply chain disruptions in 2023, costing an average of $184 million per company. One of the studies done in 2025 estimates that green supply chains will save companies 1.2

Supply Chain Software

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Leveling up your inventory life cycle can be crucial, but keeping all the fundamental factors jumping is essential to let the life cycle evolve. However, if the life cycle stock is healthy, inventory management is smooth. Inventory management revolves around the pivotal concept of the product life cycle. Click here!

Inventory Reduction

ModusLink Corporation

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply Chain Management – SCM – The Coordinated Process of Producing and Delivering Goods and Services from Suppliers to Consumers – Conceptual Illustration In todays rapidly evolving global marketplace, supply chain disruptions have become a regular occurrence.

Sourcing Strategies

crisp

JULY 18, 2025

United States tariffs – oscillating between proposed, paused, and impending – are hiking costs on everything from essential ingredients to packaging. Meanwhile, supply chain vulnerabilities persist, creating unpredictable lead times and availability gaps. Become one with your valuable sales and inventory intelligence.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

My Office Apps

JANUARY 27, 2025

What is Inventory? A Comprehensive Guide to Types and Uses Inventory is a critical component of any business that deals with goods, as it forms the backbone of a company’s ability to operate efficiently and profitably. What is Inventory? Respond quickly to market fluctuations or disruptions.

Inventory Reduction

QAD

JANUARY 23, 2025

Inflation, high interest rates, supply chain disruption and trade issues are putting a squeeze on companies everywhere. Moving RFID Tagging Upstream Walmart had the right idea when it implemented its RFID mandate for suppliers, resulting in increased inventory accuracy and streamlined supply chain processes.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2025

Specifically indicated in this report was: “ The decisions are a sign that BYD’s robust sales growth over the past couple of years that drove it to overtake Tesla as the world’s largest EV maker could slow, as it grapples with rising inventory even after offering deep price cuts in China’s cutthroat auto market.”

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 31, 2025

1 Supply Chain Disruptions The past several years have underscored the fragility of global supply chains, as geopolitical conflicts, natural disasters and labor shortages have continually tested resilience. But resiliency isn’t simply about alerting delays — it’s about actionable adaptability.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

AI and ML in inventory and supply chain management Applying AI to demand forecasting can reduce forecasting errors and costs by optimizing inventory levels to match demand through analyzing data from an ERP on sales history, customer behaviour and industry patterns.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

But to make sure that they stay in tune with inevitable shifts in the market, as well as any number of unanticipated supply chain disruptions, manufacturers have yet another technology tool at hand: the digital twin. All of that theoretically lends itself to the creation of smaller, more nimble facilities.

Manufacturing Procurement

QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2024

According to an article by Supply Chain Dive , this can be challenging considering only 6% of companies report having full visibility across their supply chains. I am offering a limited number of visits for those who are interested in deep-diving into supplier performance and other key aspects of supply chain management.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Stord

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Picture the last time you lost a package. Now imagine being responsible for millions of packages arriving perfectly to the end consumer. This is the world of e-commerce fulfillment, where every lost, damaged, or delayed package isn't just an isolated annoyance—it's a customer relationship on the line.

Negotiating Skills

o9 Solutions

MAY 22, 2025

At this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Barcelona, Andreas Nickel, Global IT Lead for Supply Chain Applications at Novelis, took the stage to share an inside look at one of the metals industry’s most ambitious digital planning transformations. Most people don’t know what Novelis does.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

These tools empower evidence-based decisions, reduce waste, improve visibility and help safeguard against future supply chain disruptions. Centralized medication management platforms allow hospitals to track and manage inventory across departments and facilities in real time. Digital tools help shift that burden.

Supply Chain Planning Software

ivalua

JULY 3, 2025

Managing risk and ensuring supplier reliability is crucial to avoiding supply chain disruptions in the manufacturing process. Indirect procurement focuses on minimizing costs while ensuring that the organization has all necessary support services and supplies for smooth operations.

Manufacturing Procurement

QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Manufacturers counter with exclusive items, co-branded campaigns, and custom packaging to stand out and boost impulse buys. Maximize Buying Power QAD aligns purchases with demand forecasts, ensuring you avoid excess inventory or shortages, and spend smarter to maximize profits.

Manufacturing Procurement

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 29, 2025

Supply chain reports are data-driven documents that provide key metrics and insights into various aspects of your supply chain, including: Inventory Levels Tracking stock levels in real-time to ensure adequate inventory to meet demand while minimizing holding costs.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

Research from Creditsafe’s Cost of Late Payments report found nearly 86% of businesses saying that up to 30% of their monthly invoiced sales are overdue.

Cost Reduction Strategies

ShipBob

JUNE 20, 2025

Six steps to successful product sourcing Benefits of having multiple sources for your products How ShipBob supports your ecommerce business post-sourcing FAQs As a retail buyer, sourcing the consumer packaged goods (CPG) products to stock your shelves is integral to the success of your store.

Purchasing Skills

Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It helps manage purchasing, supplier relationships, and order processing while integrating procurement with finance, inventory, and other core business functions. Inventory Management Integration ERP systems integrate procurement with inventory, automatically updating stock levels and triggering reorder points when needed.

Procurement Solutions

Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

Direct spend includes goods and materials that go directly into your company’s products or services, such as raw materials, packaging, and components. Examples include office supplies, IT infrastructure, and facilities. ” Categories typically fall into two main groups: direct and indirect spend.

Manufacturing Procurement

crisp

MAY 21, 2025

Amid shifting trends, tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and more, CPG supply chain teams are constantly navigating uncertainty to keep products moving. In a Deloitte survey of retail professionals , 60% reported that AI tools improved their ability to forecast demand and manage inventory in 2024.

Inventory Reduction

RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2025

In a recent webinar , Jason Miller, Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, highlighted this complexity: “Monthly and quarterly inventory reports…group all categories togetherInventories are up. Inventories are down. What should we do?

Supply Chain Software

QAD

JULY 1, 2025

One leader went on to say, “We have revamped using QAD ERP, which helped us a lot in inventory management and cost analysis.” Recovering from Sudden Disruption “It’s really bad. is uttered more and more often in reaction to disruptive external events. It’s really bad.”

Manufacturing

EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

European truckmakers tackle rare-earths bottleneck with stockpiling, supply chain shifts European truckmaker Volvo Group has been seeking alternative sources of rare earths and Daimler Trucks has been building inventories to deal with supply issues linked to Chinese export curbs, saying lessons had been learned from the chip crisis.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

And retailers are using AI to dynamically adjust pricing and inventory strategies in response to tariff-driven cost changes. Supply chain leaders who are exercising a modicum of control over tariff volatility have created the right conditions for AI success. Will your organization be ready?

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2025

December 2024 LMI Index Highlights The Logistics Managers Index Report is compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

North America

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

These disruptions highlight the fragility of global supply chains, wherein a single policy can trigger a domino effect across continents, affecting inventory management, logistics and customer satisfaction. A McKinsey report found that AI adoption in supply chains cut inventory costs by 15% for early adopters in 2024.

Price Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2025

How Volkswagen and Maersk Solved an Export Bottleneck with Cars in Containers As vehicle exports from Mexico to North America surged, Volkswagen Mexico found itself confronting a significant supply chain crisis. Its long-established logistics model, built around rail and RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off) shipping, could no longer keep pace.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 3, 2025

These types of behavioral changes from customers disrupt traditional sales cycles and require increased agility to shift pricing strategies. At the same time, tariffs increase the risk of supply chain disruption, as exemplified by the current trade war between the U.S. Optimizing supply chain efficiency.

Optimal Sourcing

GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Supply chain disruption is a fact of life for every company that moves any type of product. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Preparing your supply chain for resiliency begins with risk management and a proactive strategy.

Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

the daily delivery of packages to our homes). FedEx founder and chairman Fred Smith, famously said “Information about the package is as important as the package itself.”. The post Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Supply Chain Disruption