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Bottom Line: What is the ROI of Supply Chain Network Design Software?

AIMMS

We often get asked what kind of return on investment you should expect to see when using our network design technology. The first hurdle to overcome is to justify the time investment and the cost of the software subscription. What we tend to see is businesses reducing relative transport costs as volumes shrink.

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“True Greenfield” – Answering the Distribution Service Time Challenge 

Logility

Amazon is not the only company driven to one- and two-day delivery; all industries are headed to shorter service windows. Now, supply chain leaders are caught between a cost versus service crunch. This is where network design helps lay out a future network with all the cost and service tradeoffs. Is All Hope Lost?

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What Does it Cost to Implement a Transportation Management System? How Long Do the Projects Take?

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC has recently completed a study on the transportation management system integration market. We have previously done a study of transportation management system (TMS) market and transportation execution and visibility system markets , and interviewed TMS vendors. Network design requires a talented team.

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Consumer Goods: A Formula for Service, Speed, & Brand Success

Logility

Leveraging the inventory planning and optimization solution from Logility , this well-established brand generates trend insights and supports a formal product review process, resulting in a 44% reduction in its SKU portfolio and more meaningful value for its customers.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Why Network Optimization Is the Key to Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Resiliency It has been a few years since the onset of the pandemic exposed the tragic consequences of supply chain fragility within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.

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Customer Service: The Source of Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics of Logistics

Customer Service: The Source of Supply Chain Innovation. In December’s issue of InBound, editor Keith Biondi cited customer service as the source for supply chain innovation. Not technology. Before exploring his thesis, let’s look at technology and BPR. T he Role of Technology and Business Process Engineering.

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Driving transformation in the postal Industry: Look at both culture and technology

AIMMS

The answer lies on changing culture as much as it does on rethinking technology. Global e-commerce growth and converging technologies are pushing postal companies to diversify their revenues and increase operational efficiency quickly. Identifying these pockets and the right way of servicing them is crucial.