Supply Chain News
Leading Apparel Brand UNTUCKit Optimizes Inventory Through RFID
Brick-and-mortar stores are making a comeback, but only the digitally re-defined will thrive. Luckily, tools such as IoT, RFID, beacons and analytics are giving retailers insights into operations that can give their merchandise a boost.
Demand-Driven Manufacturing Can Help You Cost-Justify Your Next IIoT Project
One of the keys to digital transformation is to prove the benefits of your IIoT program through a pilot project.
Collaborative Planning and Execution for the Industrial Manufacturing Industry
After decades of improving their engineering and production functions, the world's leading industrial manufacturers now are working to improve the performance of their supply chains, which are among some of the most complex in the world.
Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization
E2open’s Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization solution provides accurate modeling of current conditions, optimal inventory targets, fast run-times and rapid analyses, enabling organizations to reduce inventory while protecting or increasing service levels and customer satisfaction.
Tariffs Present Different Supply Chain Challenges for Shippers
The Trump administration on Friday escalated a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, moving ahead with tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods and provoking an immediate tit-for-tat response from Beijing.
How to Derive Optimal Value from a Supply Chain Control Tower
Supply chain control towers are everywhere, and there are many different kinds based on different assumptions and with different capabilities, however, many control towers miss the mark on foundational and critical elements essential to today’s supply chains, so how do you choose?
Improving the Customer Experience in the Age of Ecommerce
With e-commerce now making up a total of 17% of all retail sales in the USA, retailers need to put their focus on improving their supply chains in order to win and retain business.
Circular Supply Chain – The Missing Link
The circular supply chain is about taking apparent waste materials and returned goods and turning them into products which can be resold, and with sustainability goals in mind, companies need to find ways to reduce the carbon footprint of shipping freight.
Making Sales & Operations Planning a Calendar Highlight
With only 42% of companies rating their S&OP process as effective, we asked the question, what if, using powerful analytics, you could get insights into of all your low and high margin products and find opportunities for improvement on the fly?
Inventory Management and Omnichannel Fulfillment Challenges
Customers are demanding a boundary-less retail environment, but building a supply chain that is synchronized across all sales channels remains elusive for many businesses today.
Supply Chain Network Optimization Technology is Ripe for Disruption
Supply Chain Network Optimization is key to running an efficient and profitable operation today, however the implementation to reach that goal needs to be re-evaluated.
Food & Drink Customer Centricity
In recent years, product variety in the food & drink industry has exploded and competition
has become intense.
Supply Chain Risk 2.0 – Understanding Supplier Networks and Supply Connections
To survive in today’s complex and inter-dependent supply chains, companies need supplier and material insight that allows them to fully understand and act upon shifts in the market, mitigate cost risk, and ensure business continuity.
Six Must Have Supply Chain Capabilities for Success in the Food and Beverage Industry
The food & beverage industry faces a lengthy list of unique challenges from long raw material lead-times and volatile commodity pricing to safety and quality requirements combined with high demand uncertainty, frequent new product introductions, perishability and complex manufacturing constraints.
Embracing the Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Planning
Digital transformation is one of the top concerns and areas of focus for C-Level executives, and there is a growing awareness within senior managers that transforming supply chain planning capabilities to take advantage of the emerging technologies will provide a necessary competitive imperative.
Five Tips for Improving Demand Planner Effectiveness
A forecast is more than a projection of future business; it is a request for product (or a request for resources to ensure supply of a product). Forecast accuracy is crucial for achieving both customer service goals as well as ensuring proper utilization of resources to drive profitable business growth.
Study Shows CFOs Lack Visibility Into Their Organization’s Business Spend Management
CFOs may not always be the most publicly visible executives compared with CEOs and other senior leaders, but in a rapidly changing world full of new challenges and risks, finance executives can be the stewards who guide companies toward growth.
UPS Strengthens Cross-Border Capabilities With New Flagship £120 Million London Hub
UPS has opened a new £120 million hub at the DP World London Gateway Logistics Park in the UK to help improve the company’s e-commerce capabilities, particularly as a gateway to Europe and for companies looking to grow their cross-border business.
The Impact of Hurricanes on Transportation and How to Build a Storm Resilient Supply Chain
This report looks at data before and after Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 and dives into the true cost and volume impacts experienced by logistics customers; it also shares advice on how shippers can prepare for another 2018 challenging storm season.
Controlling Shipping Costs via Multi-Modal Freight Rate Visibility
As global trade shifts with the changing times, shipping management is becoming more important, more time consuming, and more expensive for companies.
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