The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

trillion distortion inventory problem. Karl is the CEO and Co-founder of Pull Logic , an AI-enabled tech company focused on reducing lost sales for retailers, brands, and manufacturers due failure points in the supply chain and selling processes. Karl Swensen and Joe Lynch discuss solving the $1.8 Summary: Solving the $1.8

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The retail industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, and as we approach 2025, several key trends are defining the future of retail. Driven by advancements in AI, shifts in consumer expectations, and an emphasis on sustainability, retailers are finding new ways to engage customers and build resilience.

Waste Reduction 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

This meant that retailers were not maximizing their profitability. Historically, an OOM has access to all the company’s inventory. The system allocated which orders would get inventory from a given location to fulfill an order. Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. That is changing.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

ToolsGroup was named the leader in the 2024 SPARK Matrix™for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment for its ability to optimize demand forecasting and deliver more strategic pre- and in-season replenishment and allocation strategies in complex retail environments.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2024

In the bustling world of retail, promotions are often the heartbeat of market strategy, vital for drawing in customers, boosting sales and elevating brand presence. Now, in this latest chapter, we turn our attention to a critical yet often overlooked aspect of retail promotions: setting, and targeting, the right goals.

Price Reduction 177

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In the fast-paced world of retail, every decision counts—especially those related to inventory management. Yet, many retailers underestimate the true cost of doing it poorly. Stockouts are one of the most direct and visible consequences of poor inventory management. The global retail industry loses an estimated $1.75

Inventory Management Software 156

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In the competitive industrial landscape, efficient spare parts inventory management is crucial to maintaining seamless operations and driving profitability. Organizations require robust inventory management systems capable of handling diverse parts throughout their lifecycle.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 30, 2024

Optimize inventory productivity across all channels with JustEnough v2023.4 Wholesale channels are no longer a backup channel for retailers. Smart retailers are planning their wholesale channels just as strategically as they leverage storefronts and e-commerce. In ToolsGroup’s latest JustEnough release, JE v2023.4,

Supply Chain Planning Software 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

FabFitFun Warehouse in Chino, CA FabFitFun is an interesting retailer with a complex supply chain. They have been successful enough with their fulfillment capabilities that they are no longer just a direct-to-consumer retailer; they are also a third-party logistics provider. Why did this subscription retailer select Körber?

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ThroughPut

JUNE 29, 2024

As a retail inventory planner, you strive to deliver precise replenishment plans—ensuring the right quantity of stock is available at the right time and place. Yet, managing inventory through multiple spreadsheets linked by complex formulas, or using disparate point solutions that don’t integrate, complicates your task.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Improving inventory position can help retailers secure consumer loyalty and capture impulse spending. consumers on their loyalty to and trust of retailers, as well as their reasons for choosing online or in-store shopping. The survey report: How Retailers Win Customer Loyalty in an Omnichannel World tracks the change in U.S.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 27, 2024

From the consumer’s standpoint, the retail sector looks a bit messy right now. McKinsey & Company analysts note, “It now sounds like a cliché, but that doesn’t make it any less true: the retail sector has experienced as much disruption in the past [few] years as it has in the previous 25. Retail therapy, we called it.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This shift has led to a growing need for agile inventory management and quick delivery systems. The Challenges of Inventory Management in the Aftermarket Managing inventory in the aftermarket is uniquely challenging.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Retail Returns Statistics Demonstrating the Path to Business Growth.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

Now consider that by not optimizing your inventory from a global vantage point you may be creating, if not outright chaos, a much less efficient network than you could have. When it comes to inventory management, each piece must operate as a part of a global integrated system to be most effective.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 26, 2024

By Chris Timmer (pictured) CEO, Linnworks The post Why an OMS is the Heart of Inventory Management in a Retail Operation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 24, 2024

This solution allows retailers to maximize the sales lift created by promotions while minimizing margin sacrificed to do so. With the PromoAI solution, retailers can instantly simulate the impact of multiple promotional strategies at once to choose the best outcome for their business priorities. Read more HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As ecommerce grew at double digit rates, while in store sales grew at less than the rate of inflation, retailers were looking for a way to turn their stores into a competitive weapon. These new order fulfillment paths allowed retailers to rapidly grow sales. First, the rules used to enable an OOM system can be staggeringly complex.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 26, 2023

It also fully integrates JustEnough with the Inventory Hub® Dynamic Data Unification Platform. These product enhancements link perpetual inventory signals to critical merchandise planning modules. These product enhancements link perpetual inventory signals to critical merchandise planning modules. Version 2023.1 Version 2023.1

Supply Chain Planning Software 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This article is from Zheyuan Du at Kinaxis and discusses unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. As a result, inventory managers have to explore new ways to cope with full warehouses. Unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. The answer goes beyond standard inventory management.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It can ingest massive amounts of internal and external data and process it within the unique algorithmic engine to deliver easy-to-apply recommendations on how to optimize inventory levels, streamline supply chains, and maximize revenues. Retailers have long used business analytics to inform decision-making. How Does EvoAI work?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

A significant addition to our Inventory Hub® product, Dynamic Fulfillment leverages advanced optimization logic to determine what to ship, from where, in real-time, to reduce shipping costs, improve margins, and satisfy empowered customers. As an example, let’s say you’re trying to fulfill a pallet order of heavy items in Boston, MA.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

That’s why Evo CEO Fabrizio Fantini jumped at the chance to work with Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta to participate in a case on Miroglio’s huge success increasing profits through in-season inventory optimization. But fashion is inherently hard to predict. Read the case on Harvard Business School website Read here →

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For retailers trying to align inventory with demand this 2023 holiday season, it’ll be like catching falling apples from an uprooted tree in full flight. Despite all the complexity in predicting the season, there are clear clues for how to tactically leverage inventory placement. It needn’t be too much of a juggling act.

Retail 89

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

The gig economy and its on-demand armies of drivers have moved people and food for years, but many retailers still hesitate to tap into Uber, Postmates and other companies to quickly move orders from stores to local customers’ doorsteps. Gig economy fulfillment setting retailers apart. Business intelligence lights the path for others.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 1, 2018

Many retailers consider competing against Amazon their biggest challenge. While the impact of Amazon is real, it is only a thread in the larger retail competition tapestry. Amazon offers breadth, but brick and mortars offers “now”, and a tactile consumer shopping experience is still a retailer’s greatest asset.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s no simple task providing customers access to the full range of capsules and coffee machines on all sales channels, across more than 70 boutiques in Italy, while optimizing inventory levels. ToolsGroup has allowed us to significantly increase end-to-end control of the replenishment process of our retail network.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 30, 2024

Promotions are, without a doubt, a vital tool in the retail arsenal. Over the last few weeks, we’ve explored the problems retailers face with promotions, examining diminishing returns in a promo-saturated market , misaligned pricing and discounting strategies and confusing markdown problems and promo problems.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 23, 2024

As a customer, you might score some great deals, but as a retailer, this signals a missed opportunity and a hit to the bottom line. This is the tale of many retailers who confuse a promo problem with a markdown problem, and it’s costing them more than just profits. Retail promotions, on the other hand, are used in-season.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2022

The irony of excess inventory. ”[2] It’s ironic, therefore, in this inflationary period, that many retailers are experiencing the exact opposite problem — too few consumers seeking items they already have on hand. Now, some retailers are struggling with the opposite problem: a deluge of stuff nobody wants to buy.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2024

During summer days, I didn’t mind doing inventory checks in the fridge and freezer because it meant I got to cool down. Another example of data normalization is accounting for lost sales due to stockouts or waste of perishable products due to overstocking of inventory.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 16, 2024

Retailers often need help with inefficiencies, stockouts, and overstocking due to a lack of real-time data and insights into their inventory processes. Many retailers need to know how to leverage AI to address these challenges. What are the Challenges of Inventory Delivery Management in Retail?

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Summary of the Impact A popular European coffee retail chain used ThroughPut AI’s product mix optimization capabilities to achieve: 15% inventory reduction 5% labor productivity gain Read the entire case study here. They want fresh, innovative, artful food and an unparalleled experience, and they want it all now.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Inventory control represents a huge challenge for any retailer. In fact, inaccurate inventory is the single biggest cause of poor customer experience, according to a new survey by Blue Yonder. Canada’s largest tech retailer got ahead of these problems. How did the company overcome its inventory issues? The payoff?

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IT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Director, Retail Strategy at CI&T. The post Retailers can’t afford another year of extreme excess inventory appeared first on IT Supply Chain. By Melissa Minkow (pictured).

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 19, 2024

The curtains have closed on the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2024 Retail’s Big Show, and this year’s event has been extraordinary, with a record-breaking attendance of nearly 40,000 participants from around the globe. Inflation, another hurdle on the retail landscape, prompted a shift in focus towards long-term business growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Some of the world’s biggest retailers and their partners are once again feeling the sting of “ the bullwhip effect ” – a term of art amongst supply chain professionals that describes how changes in demand at the retail level can reverberate and amplify issues throughout the supply chain. Complete visibility into inventory.

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