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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

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For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. From an inventory perspective then, service means maintaining an appropriate level of stock to meet your promises to your customers. Hence it’s critical to balance inventory levels and deployment strategy to meet availability and cost requirements.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

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A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. For example, for a yogurt company, decision of where to ship a short lifecycle product coming out of a factory is done daily because “demand can shift in very short time frames.” Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

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As an example, a major retailer whose market presence is in the Americas realized that several of their shipments that originate in China pass through Russia to make their way to the west and are now subject to shipment backlogs. Some may have believed themselves to be immune at one point, but now their perspective is shifting.

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How to Mitigate Risk in Demand Driven Supply Chains

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This means for example, that marketing-campaign planning involves manufacturing and procurement functions, to ensure preparedness for an uptick in product demand. The desire to avoid data falling into the wrong hands is, of course, understandable, but digital security measures are improving all the time. The Risk of Being Too Lean.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

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With all that in mind, I thought I’d share some examples of the highs and lows of online and in-store retail that enterprises have endured between late 2019 and early 2021, and highlight some of the most notable changes in the retail supply chain arena during that period. The Dark Store Trend. Just-in-Time Just Doesn’t Work.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

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Of course, it can add up to a vast pool of data, so realistically, access to advanced modelling and analytics tools will be essential to get the most value from it. To do so is a mistake because a successful and future-proof distribution network design will typically need to meet several objectives.

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Building the Future of Logistics, Going Past the Hype

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I agree with Gartner’s assessment as stated in the report, that “Users that have high levels of change over the course of a delivery horizon or have a large focus on last-mile delivery to the consumer, are the best candidates for last-mile delivery solutions.” The next big question is, what is the right last mile solution for each business?