crisp

JANUARY 24, 2024

Discover how Walmart’s Luminate Charter plan is revolutionizing retail data analytics with these five essential reports for suppliers. This is the promise of Walmart Luminate’s Charter plan. Omnichannel sales reporting One of the biggest additions to Luminate is the inclusion of omnichannel sales data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Building a puzzle takes time, patience and regardless of its size, takes a great deal of perseverance. SIOP stands for “Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan”, not to be confused with “S&OP”. Piecing Together the SIOP Process. by Madeline Smith , Supply Chain Management Consultant at Clarkston Consulting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“May you live in interesting times,” widely attributed as a Chinese curse, some claim this as a blessing; whichever side you take, this is exactly what’s happening in the supply chain world since 2020, and it looks like we will be living with this blessing/curse for a while longer. Composability as an Enabler of Agility & Resilience.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

That’s why it’s crucial to track inventory management KPIs consistently. . In this article, we break down what inventory KPIs entail, why they matter, and which metrics are most valuable for you to track. . Not sure what those metrics are? 15 most valuable inventory KPIs to keep track of. Inventory accuracy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

I remember the first time that I met the founders, Don and Toby. ” And from time to time, when we were behind deadline, and teasing each other about the looming weekly post, we would throw our llamas from cubicle to cubicle. It could no longer be just about inventory levels. The conference was low-key. Reflections.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 18, 2021

1] Because IoT solutions affect every stage of supply chain operations, all supply chain professionals need to be better informed, not just manufacturing professionals. Inventory embedded with the proper sensors can be tracked in real-time via the IoT. It’s now up to IoT providers to ensure that manufacturers don’t get left behind.”[1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. As the supply chain team contemplated this growth, they realized that they had to envision a future, not that many years out, where the company could be generating up to three times their current sales.

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Provenance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

To make better purchasing decisions you don’t just need information, you also need to know the integrity of that information and transparency around how and where it was created. . Producers, either a technician selected by a farm co-op or the smallholder farmers themselves, download the Farm-Trace app with a simple smartphone.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. It is morning in Orlando. The sun is rising.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

What’s Normal Anyways? They use advanced ERP software and S&OP strategy to match supply with demand, and turn over inventory faster and faster. Just-in-time” production has become a hallmark of today’s Supply Chains. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. And distances can be deceiving (both internally and importing), causing long lead times.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 10, 2023

In short, supply chain planning is about making sure you’re maximising efficiency through every phase of a product’s lifecycle. By reducing the cost and lead times of your goods, you’ll make more from each sale. Without it, you’ll struggle to forecast lead times and supply chain costs.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 6, 2022

Are today’s visibility tools missing something? However, in defense of logisticians, perhaps the definition has evolved over the years thanks to the complexity of today’s supply chains and the adoption of cloud-based systems, AI, and machine learning. Taylor Wilkerson @THWilkerson Forecasting Here’s the thing.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability. And even at that time he was doing something completely new: he was running simulations using software applications.

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Kinaxis

MAY 18, 2016

I’ll address one at a time. Just look at the PC world in the last ten years. by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. In this follow-up, we talk about the role of automation in the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

First and foremost was my Granddaughter’s desire to do this with me. In playing FarmVille I was really just managing a digital Supply Chain! And you are able to connect with a Co-op to buy, sell, share and jointly create more goods. Let’s explore more of how it works. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2017

But planning isn’t just the start; it’s the very foundation of effective inventory control. These responsibilities extend across functions and when properly exercised, comprise supply, demand, distribution, production, purchasing and capacity planning. The Basics of Inventory Planning. Technology and People.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on how to succeed in planning and decisions amid times of disruption. In part 1 of my blog on Planning the Value Chain and Decision Making in Times of Disruption, the focus was on the ability to react and execute amidst the unpredictability of demand. Technology for Effective Planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

Let’s start with the basics. Let’s start with the basics. A forecast is a time-phased view, or projection, of future demand. They vary in time-frequency, planning horizon, granularity, and unit of measure. An easy way to think about time horizons is to align the thinking with supplying lead times.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #9 Relentless pursuit of one supply chain metric at the expense of other metrics. Imagine that your child brings home their report card and it’s a mix of good and fair grades. Just focus on geography and forget about anything else.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Just review and build on our three fundamental pillars of great supply chain management. Now as any architect will tell you, it’s a mistake to build on top of wonky pillars, so throughout this post, we’ll concentrate on aligning the three supply chain pillars … and the benefits of doing so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Remember those times when we used to stroll down the block and find local stores such as the mom-and-pop diners and get the chance to relish the coziness and sense of family environment there. Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

As companies grow and mature in their supply chain processes, demand planning software gives them the tools to automatically create, update, and manage the demand plan across their product line and then include that plan in their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. What is demand planning software?

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

The power of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) comes in helping companies align financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in modern-day reality. It’s time to move beyond the ‘emperor’s new clothes’ argument. The Future of IBP is Now.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Analysts at Gartner predict circular economies will replace today’s wasteful linear economies over the next decade or so. 1] The staff at Smart Cities World adds, “Gartner defines the circular economy as an economic model that separates the ability to achieve economic growth from the consumption of natural resources.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

At the same time, supply chain disruptions resulted in shortages of vital parts and components, and retailers such as grocery stores faced challenges keeping items like toilet paper, hand soap and sanitizer and disinfecting wipes on their shelves. Maintain a culture of compliance, even in times of crisis.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In addition, those articles inevitably stimulate readers to post questions, which, over time, we try to answer in detail by creating new blog posts to address them. As we are often asked about KPIs for inventory management , that’s what we’re going to focus on in this particular post. 1: Inventory Turns. 1: Inventory Turns.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2015

Do some research, develop a business plan with some projections & an ROI analysis (multi-year), research solutions, resource appropriately and give it some time … Then market it differently than the rest of your business. How should I communicate this to more than just my top customers? Does my team live it daily?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. Christensen’s concept is that businesses will reject innovation based on the fact that the customer cannot currently use the innovation delaying the adoption of great ideas.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

This will not only influence fill rates and service levels (driving more revenue), but it also helps to keep the cost down increasing the bottom-line. Here’s some research on this topic. So, my answer would be the single biggest supply chain problem is forecasting accuracy as part of S&OP.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In its simplest form, fourth-party logistics is a model in which manufacturers hand over the entirety of the organisation and oversight of their supply chain to a 4PL provider. The concept of fourth-party logistics has existed for some time but only truly began evolving with the arrival of Industry 4.0—the What is 4PL? What is 3PL?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

As an analyst, I had predicted great things that did not happen. After three years of research, I have just refined the methodology to start to pull the trends. I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear.

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Arkieva

MARCH 29, 2016

Figure 1: Balancing Cash, Cost and Services. Typical supply chain aspects of service are the customer lead time, the service level, the product portfolio, the order flexibility, the payment terms, etc. Shorter lead times, a broader product portfolio and the use of consignment stocks can be extras from a service perspective.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Nick is a master of influence skills and building cross-functional, horizontal processes. In this post we share our take on his journey.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

Oh heck, why not just tackle the big one right away? It matters not what your metric is, you get the same results: too much of our trade spend goes down the drain, doesn’t it? Predicting the success of trade promotion is what this rush to promotion optimization is all about; but, it’s more about the quality and quantity of the data.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

To help you keep on top of your warehouse management and ensure your storage facilities don’t generate undue supply chain costs, take note of the following eight common warehousing mistakes. Sometimes things can slip, especially during busy times. #1: However, there are certain common principles that can and should be applied.

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