Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving.

Supply and Demand 376

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

Supply chain technology industry analyst and Supply Chain Matters Founder Bob Ferrari provides added perspectives and highlights to last week’s announced acquisition of Starboard Solutions by Logility. Starboard Founder and President , Steve Johanson will lead a newly formed Center of Excellence within Logility. All rights reserved.

Network Design Software 52

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Blue Yonder was named a Leader in this inaugural report and the leader in the Better Functionality quadrant based on an evaluation of our Blue Yonder Warehouse Management solution. Blue Yonder’s WMS , a SaaS solution, empowers businesses to deliver consistently high service at a value-driven cost.

Supply Chain Planning Software 124

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Supply Chain Insights

MAY 17, 2017

Over the past several years I have been involved with some rather sophisticated technologies around consumer goods and retail. One of the more exciting solution areas I have worked with is Clientelling – a software application that is typically deployed by a retailer, but can also serve the supplier’s objectives as well.

Procurement Solutions 110

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The right technology solutions allow supply chain operations to make data-driven decisions and provide a competitive advantage, particularly if an organization’s competitors are slow to adopt the latest technology advancements. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

Supply Chain Planning Software 298

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Over time, I’ve been fortunate to work in groups where both men and women were well represented, and I’ve had excellent leaders who championed my career by giving me the freedom to chart my own path. The good news is we’re catching up, making substantial contributions in the overall supply chain workforce.

Supply Chain Planning Software 177

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. She chose the hybrid route.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

With demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), supply chains are also facing rising issues of counterfeit goods, trade compliance, and even smuggling of illicit products. Working remotely has also brought about the rise of cyber-attacks that has impeded several firms.

Security 130

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 11, 2017

The evidence is in; and it appears that consumer products manufacturers now have a wide range of choices for both cloud and on-premise solutions to managing the second largest line item in the company P&L. They will undoubtedly be taxed in their effort to choose the right solution. User Interfaces. Beautiful.

Vendor Strategies 110

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 20, 2017

As empowered consumers, we expect full inventories of the products we want all the time, easy shopping and buying online and having the precious purchase on our doorsteps the next day. As a longtime analyst in the consumer goods and retail industries; I have seen what technology has done to change the way we do business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8 On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. Why does it matter to you?

Inventory Reduction 150

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Alloy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

An Introduction to Walmart Luminate Listen to the full episode of the Shelf Life Podcast on Walmart Luminate Walmart Luminate is the retailer’s new data, analytics and reporting tool for suppliers — and it represents a massive step forward in retailer-supplier collaboration. ” – Joel Beal, CEO and Cofounder @Alloy.ai

Procurement Analytics 52

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Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Fuelled by a strong return to normalcy, ‘revenge festivities’ is a simmering trend that picked up during this Navratri in India, leading to a 15% spike in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) sales with kirana stores stocking up 18% more. To provide consumer experiences for your online shoppers after they make their purchases, click here.

Demand Planning Software 52

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QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

the latest version of QAD’s next generation ERP solution that includes the Adaptive User Experience (UX) and the QAD Enterprise Platform. We are also excited to unveil updates to other areas in the QAD Adaptive Applications solution portfolio. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1,

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

If you work in the automotive, aerospace and defense industries or, of course, the consumer goods industry, you’ve probably been working with RFID technology for years. Only you know which level of detail is best for your organization, and the answer likely has a lot to do with your enterprise software.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

For example, European consumers prefer to buy in their region (75%), then abroad (19%) or at the airport (6%). These statistics are similar for Asian consumers who represent the major consumer market with 62% buying luxury goods in Asia, 16% buying luxury goods at the airport, and 22% buying abroad.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 75

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

For the first time in history, shelves of stores across the globe that sell food, beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods (including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning products) are nearly empty. A better way of adopting AI capabilities is through purpose-built solutions that are proven to solve a problem and add value.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 31, 2019

Procurement – the effective purchasing of raw materials, back-office goods and professional services – as well as Logistics – the orchestration of the movement of those goods – might not seem to be as important as sales, marketing, R&D or finance at first blush. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Manufacturing Procurement 72

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crisp

APRIL 21, 2023

The certified B Corp makes organic, better-for-you packaged sauces and donates a meal to those in need with every purchase. The company was founded by Richa Gupta, who was inspired by the “buy one, give one” model of Tom’s Shoes. Good Food for Good was born with its own “buy one, feed one” model.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 52

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Freightos

JULY 1, 2015

Same goes for books, groceries, taxis, banking, canoe and even B2B purchases. These 200+ contracts will be in different formats, ranging from PDFs and Excels to simple emails. Early online selling started with smaller consumer goods. But today, you can buy a boat online. You can buy house-sized power generators.

Freight 120

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ShipBob

APRIL 13, 2021

KPIs are one of the most valuable tools you have for keeping your team focused, accountable, and aligned. Costs of goods sold (COGS). Costs of goods sold is how much it costs to produce your products or services. COGS = Beginning inventory + Purchases during the period – Ending inventory. Marketing expenses. Churn rate.

Procurement Analytics 95

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The right technology solutions allow supply chain operations to make data-driven decisions and provide a competitive advantage, particularly if an organization’s competitors are slow to adopt the latest technology advancements. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

Supply Chain Planning Software 59

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RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2016

Organizations can limit themselves to providing optimum service over a few select platforms, but technology and software solutions allows more companies to operate with an omnichannel model. Warehouse data collection software solutions in 2016 may need to reference information from new channels.

Inventory Management Software 52

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RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2016

Organizations can limit themselves to providing optimum service over a few select platforms, but technology and software solutions allows more companies to operate with an omnichannel model. Warehouse data collection software solutions in 2016 may need to reference information from new channels.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Thus, if you find out that an expensive transport solution (courier for example) is routinely being used to deliver a low margin product to a customer, you’ll understand that much better if the end result for you turns out to be a loss. At the minimum, you will need to create a model using a spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel.

Purchasing Skills 76

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. These include, new digital reward and market solutions capable of ensuring security and trust as well as significant infrastructural and operational cost reductions benefits. The result?

Modeling Software 56

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Alloy

JUNE 25, 2019

If a shopper chooses a different brand or not to purchase at all because a product isn’t available, it’s a lost sales opportunity. Picou said they were using “lots and lots and lots of Excel spreadsheets, moving them from terminal to terminal and desk to desk, which was not efficient or effective.”

Alloy 40

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. Is sustainability a viable growth strategy for fast-moving-consumer-goods brands?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Steve Hainey is an international speaker who has had over 20 years’ experience in global multi-site supply chain planning for Fortune 100 & 500 manufacturing companies of retail consumable goods, chemical materials, and medical device products. Due to always being up for a good challenge, let me give it a shot.

S&OP 60

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. The growth of actual online sales from online purchases between 2012 and 2017 will only grow from 7.7% You bet it can. of total retail sales.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. The company uses various digital tools throughout its supply chain in such areas as planning, purchasing analytics, smart factory and digital customer logistics. Media Type. Media Type.

Gartner 81

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 23, 2016

This enables more proactive mitigation of problems and implementation of alternative solutions , thus ensuring that produce arrives in stores with plenty of remaining shelf-life. Active monitoring solutions – which adjust temperature in the event of fluctuations. Keep Your Cool in the Fresh Supply Chain.

Waste Reduction 40

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Users of Google apps were looking for low cost and collaboration over the exhaustive features offered by Microsoft Word and Excel. They purchased the registration data for US consumers. As part of the project the new company would be developing a modern data management system based on current tools in the market.

Innovation 98

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The purchase of Market6 was an effort by 84.51° to fill this gap, and in some ways it did. Luckily, many brands have access to the inputs they need to calculate this metric, though it’s complex to orchestrate without the aid of software automation. You need additional tools to understand which half — in real time.

Procurement Analytics 52

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Lara: In my view, the wine industry is quickly coming to terms with the new realities, and they’re more willing than ever to embrace solutions to address the challenges that have been thrust upon them. A more diversified supply chain is always a good starting point. Start with the basics. That’s winemaking, too.

Supply Chain Design Software 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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