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Beyond Cost Optimization: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Unstable Trade Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

Leading organizations are building supply chains that are less exposed to single points of failure, more informed by real-time data, and more able to adjust sourcing, inventory, and routing based on current conditions. These tools dont need to cover the entire network to be useful. Metrics must reflect the new priorities.

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Microsoft Is Using The Coupa Supply Chain Design Tool to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Logistics Viewpoints

They achieved significant carbon reductions in their cloud supply chain by creating a model that looked at the forward positioning of inventory, freight consolidation opportunities, and where to build the distribution centers. A clear goal needs to be combined with good data and metrics. Access to the data needed to be democratized. “We

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Mastering Disruption: A Smarter, More Connected Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1

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Why Is Promotion Planning Important In Inventory Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

Promotion Management is defined as optimizing the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product that will generate additional demand. Why should we consider Promotion Planning in Inventory Management? Whether it be e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, or both, retail companies care about the inventory they keep.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Mobile Inventory Management: Boost Efficiency with Real-Time Tracking

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Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. That’s not science fiction—it’s the power of mobile inventory management. Ready to turn your inventory from a headache into a strategic asset?

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Please Don’t AI Stupid

Supply Chain Shaman

The issue is that when companies optimize functional metrics, they throw the supply chain out of balance and sub-optimize value. All our great tools in our toolbox to improve supply chain planning, but my observation is that we are trying to AI stupid. The third step is to do a data inventory. Let me explain. Fundamental Shifts.