Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

How do we harness the power of data with new forms of analytics? Today, technology providers are selling analytics. This week, I received this email from a financial institution questioning why business leaders are not harnessing more insights and redesigning processes based on analytics. S&OP Challenges. Reflection.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Recessionary environments cause disruptions in the manufacturing industry around the globe, leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines. This means they are more likely to focus on value and affordability and change their priorities and brand preferences when making purchases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Almost two decades of reporting. One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Well, we also know that many legacy systems will not be able to support all these changes quickly and cost-effectively.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Most of the current repetitive processes like (forecasting, reports, purchase orders & Invoicing) will be automated using various technologies. Zara has become Europe’s most profitable apparel brands by building agility end to end in their supply chains. Create a culture of flexibility in manufacturing/ sourcing strategy.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

million) from the Templeton World Charity Fund, that will be used to develop an Ethical Apparel Index and launch a new initiative under the SCRC umbrellas. Unethical working conditions among apparel supply chains present substantial challenges for brands’ pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and generate systemic dysfunction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Costco has reintroduced purchase limits. The funding will focus on manufacturers of the inputs used in COVID-19 vaccine production as well as facilities that fill and package vaccine vials. ” Costco members have been complaining on Twitter about product shortages and purchase limits for several weeks.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Like the multi-billion dollar chemical manufacturer that had been paying market rates for ocean transportation for eight years because nobody realized that their contract, filed away in a drawer by a transportation manager who had left the company, had expired. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Help us deliver your mail safely by keeping your dog secure and out of the way before your carrier arrives.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). The dramatic increase in cost is a major factor in inflation: driving the 11.5% jump in apparel costs and 5.5% The supply chain can handle cost increases more easily than variability.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Demand forecasting can help you spend less money on both inventory purchase orders and warehousing , as the more inventory you carry, the more expensive it is to store. They plan to continue to grow at that pace, so they are looking into whether they should purchase land, lease a warehouse, or outsource fulfillment to keep up with demand.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

Your business can use it to create a demand plan, which will help you set inventory levels, plan production, create manufacturing schedules, and drive other parts of your supply chain. It’s crucial for your demand plan to be accurate because it’s used to set your procurement and manufacturing levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If there’s any piece of technology or analytics that can help with the most advanced data-driven decision-making in the supply chain right now, that’s prescriptive analytics. It is the most promising form of analytics in the market currently. What Is Prescriptive Analytics in Supply Chain? How should the supplier perform?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. The report indicates that plans to further allow for future expansion that could double the space of this facility, with plans to hire 250 employees in the initial phase.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I am a manufacturing gal by training. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. Customer sentiment technologies mine the patterns of unstructured text and use new forms of analytics to guide discovery on what matters to the customer. What drives my passion?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 21, 2019

According to statista.com the global apparel market is expected to be $1.5 Edgexpo.com reports apparel and textile industry waste as follows: Nearly 20% of global waste water is produced by the fashion industry. It takes more than 5,000 gallons of water to manufacture a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Every second!

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Journalists Sarah Nassauer ( @SarahNassauer ) and Jennifer Maloney ( @maloneyfiles ) report, “Nearly six months into the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., big-box retailers are emerging as business winners while competitors — including some apparel sellers and small businesses — struggle.”[1]

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. The direct impact of this phenomenon is weakened purchasing power of other currencies relative to the Dollar. GM reported lower than expected earnings, blaming higher raw material costs and ongoing chip shortages. Other car manufacturers are expected to do the same.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2023

In this report, Gartner provides market analysis, strategic recommendations, and a list of Representative Vendors and their offerings for DOMs. Companies can leverage the report to identify vendors in the DOM market whose capabilities match against their goals. Why Blue Yonder.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. With over 1,000 factories already producing hoverboards, Shenzhen is already the ‘hoverboard manufacturing capital of the world’. Production Freight Logistics Retail Purchasing Receiving Freight: Dasher, Carrier, Forwarder (and Rudolph).

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2022

Omnichannel integrates a multichannel strategy and optimises it as a progression of the online purchasing journey for the modern eCommerce customer. Enhance customer satisfaction , because omnichannel optimises opportunities for personalisation through collection, analysis and cross-referencing of customer metrics and data, from all channels.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 11, 2020

Manufacturers would supply retailers, who would then resell the goods to consumers — therefore dealing with complaints or queries from the end consumer. The editorial staff at Digital Information World , reports, “In retail, artificial intelligence is being adopted rapidly — between 2016 and 2018 there was a 600% increase in adoption.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 27, 2022

At the back of your supply chain, you’ve got your raw materials being procured. In the middle, you’ve got your manufacturers that take those raw materials and turn them into finished goods. Scoops is a manufacturer that makes batch ice cream and pre-packaged ice cream bars and pints. Essentially, a company buys its customer.

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SupplyPike

MAY 21, 2020

In the latter part of 2011, apparel retailer JC Penney rolled out a daily low-price model. When manufacturers keep changing the prices to discount amounts, they influence customer demand. This makes it easy for them to purchase adequate quantities of products to be sold. Keeping Prices Stable. Do Away with Batch Orders.

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Elementum

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The National Retail Federation reports that this year more than 174 million Americans shopped from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday (a mere five day window), exceeding their projection of 164 million. In a survey conducted by The Daily Mail, 42% of women reported having returned gifts from their husbands.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. Also, for whatever reason, Gartner limits the scope of the Top 25 to companies in the manufacturing, retail or distribution sectors. In other words, these companies are all multinational giants in their respective verticals. Media Type. Media Credit.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 22, 2019

consumerism, with millennials aged 25 to 34 dominating that trend, according to a report … from consumer intelligence platform Resonate. adult online population or 77 million people, according to the report. Men and parents with young kids are most likely to be boycotting a product or retailer, according to the report.”

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

. … Companies are struggling to find space for the glut of apparel, kitchen appliances and other goods filling up their supply chains.” The worry for manufacturers and retailers alike is whether those ordered goods will make it to market or be stuck in some port. … And it’s not just Walmart.”[2].

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. For the past several years, at least one company out of twenty has suffered a supply chain disruption costing at least $100 million. What Is Multi-Tier?

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at tier two, three, and beyond, as each level of the supply chain carries different risks. For the past several years, at least one company out of twenty has suffered a supply chain disruption costing at least $100 million. What Is Multi-Tier?

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ShipBob

JUNE 25, 2021

Catalog management is a vital component of building an online brand because it helps customers find what they’re looking for and feel comfortable making a purchase based on the information provided. ShipBob’s analytics tool is also really cool. The analytics are super helpful.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products….

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Say you’re a manufacturer , refining your production and capacity planning. If you’re a manufacturer , have you produced enough? This giant in athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories improved the accuracy of allocations with over two million incremental units sold through vs the year prior. Show me how ?.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2021

These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. Revelations about forced labor and poor working conditions have also harmed the reputations of several leading apparel brands including H&M and Boohoo. Retailer Uniqlo Co.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. CPG manufacturers are scrambling to strengthen the connect with consumers and in some cases to bypass retailers altogether. as well as external drivers (weather, interest rates, new housing starts….),

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