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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. This group meets three times a year, and I always find the discussions stimulating. This group meets three times a year, and I always find the discussions stimulating. Holiday travel. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.

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Summit ’21 – Five Key Learnings for your Supply Chain Sustainability Journey

SupplyShift

The coalition, which saw Pepsico and McCormick join for season 1, provides suppliers with tools and resources to develop their own climate action plans. If you have a great program out there, just go find them and tag along.” The term itself may even feel overused at times. Sustainability is an existential challenge.

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Summit ’21 – Five Key Learnings for your Supply Chain Sustainability Journey

SupplyShift

The coalition, which saw Pepsico and McCormick join for season 1, provides suppliers with tools and resources to develop their own climate action plans. . If you have a great program out there, just go find them and tag along.”. The term itself may even feel overused at times. Key Takeaways. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel.

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How to Create an Unbeatable Retail Customer Experience in 2023

ShipBob

In general, a great retail experience is when a customer has a positive interaction with your brand that makes them feel confident to purchase from you — and hopefully again and again. The first interaction and the first purchase are the two most important events that can influence a customer’s experience and their loyalty to a brand.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

Requis

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Highlights from the conversation.

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Case Derome: Ensuring a Successful Implementation and Change Management During Rapid Growth

RELEX Solutions

In 2015, Derome set out to improve its supply chain processes knowing it needed an agile solution to support its growth as keeping track of stock levels without an inventory management system was difficult. Derome and RELEX began working together in January 2016 to improve purchasing and replenishment for stores and DCs.

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What is Inventory Management?

EMERGE App

You might be using pencil-and-paper, spreadsheets or sophisticated inventory management software to do this. Nowadays it refers to inventory management software because computational power is needed to effortlessly calculate, for example, landed costs for purchases and CBM for your packing lists. Time and day.