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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Using Analytics In the World of Gray.

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How To Use The Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) Metric

Unleashed

Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) is a key measure to help you understand how efficient your inventory management is. Here explain what DSI is, how to use it, and why it’s crucial to track this metric in your business – whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor. How do you calculate Average Inventory?

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Consumers Are in Charge of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Although retailers still talk about the digital path to purchase as an alternative to the traditional shopping journey, the lines between paths to purchase have blurred. With all generations getting more comfortable on the digital path to purchase, most retailers have adapted to this new reality and are pursuing omnichannel strategies.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.”

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

This means supply chain and logistics professionals need to distinguish between more frequently purchased products and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. In a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, only 36% of organizations reported that they had a clear overall plan for digital transformation.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

These teams are also more advanced in the use of planning and more advanced analytics concepts. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts.

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The Strategic Importance of Global Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.