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Emma – The Sleep Company Selects ToolsGroup Supply Chain Planning Software to Support Growth

ToolsGroup

Emma will replace its old error-prone, manual spreadsheet-based planning with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) for inventory optimization, fulfillment, demand modeling, and replenishment. The rollout of ToolsGroup is part of Emma’s broader transformation initiative to re-platform its entire IT system throughout the value chain. “In

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Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

ToolsGroup

These include both downside impacts, but also the risk of missed upside opportunity - often lost revenue when insufficient inventory renders a business unable to seize on, for example, an unexpected demand peak. Previously the company typically dealt with inventory shortfalls with rush orders by air.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Services Dr. Muddassir offer are as follows: Digital Transformation Inventory Optimization Analysis Advisory and Coaching for Supply Chain Software companies & Professionals Guide: Dr. Muddassir as the supply chain specialist has created 7 e-Books for the SCMDOJO Academy with his extensive knowledge and experience in the field.

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Inditex Achieves Added Business and Supply Network Accomplishments

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg reported t hat the retailer, operators of the Zara , Bershka, and Massimo Dutti fashion brands, made a conscious decision to increase overall inventory levels by 27 percent among suppliers located across Spain , Turkey and Morocco to provide added business agility. Business Outlook.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Warehousing. Inventory levels. But in Supply Chain you would normally expect to see the following standard set, along with those that are more specific to your business needs. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time. DIFOT – Delivery In Full on Time.

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The Rise of Logistics Technology in E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

Huge warehouses are being built to house an infinitely higher number of products. Logistics providers focus on revamping existing business models to create a productive, cost-savings oriented environment, explains Ricard Coelho of TAS Portugal S. Logistics technologies are changing how modern retailers operate.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Norfolk Island. Papua New Guinea.