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Navigating Uncharted Waters: Out of the Fort and Into the Moat

Freightos

Listen to the full podcast interview here ) Source: Fort Of course, this stark reality was faced by many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) during the peak of the pandemic. Businesses quickly began to notice a different beast: a significant decrease in consumer demand compounded by looming inventory excesses. The key takeaway?

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Demand Forecasting 101: Everything eCommerce Businesses Need to Know

Ship Monk

For an eCommerce business owner, the answer is obvious: How the heck do I get a handle on my inventory management ?! We’re talking, of course, about demand forecasting, or the process of predicting customer demand for a product or service. How often does inventory need to be replenished? What is Demand Forecasting?

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Using Predictive Analytics For Better Supply Chain Resilience

Blue Grace Logistics

We explore how predictive analytics and big data with human sentiments can add value and amplify their supply chain strategies. 51% of the respondents in a global Reuters survey felt that the most perplexing challenge is the unpredictable nature of consumer demand. Demand forecasting is hard. Concept of Predictive Analytics.

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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part II: AI, Procurement, & the New Lean

GlobalTranz

The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. In other words, the use of AI may help to improve patient outcomes and reduce delays from misdiagnoses or laboratory testing. Of course, the human controlling capacity for actual AI is still far from realistic, but the concept of a superior AI did make strides this year.

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3 Questions from Your Future Supply Chain Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

As semesters unfolded, students saw course syllabi come to life in news headlines. Students want to know that your company understands the trends and challenges that were already reshaping supply chains and has a vision for how to address them. has proclaimed, “ the new supply chain is sexy.” Do you know where you are going?

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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

These e-commerce trends are placing increasing pressure on logistics teams to keep up with demand volatility, provide incredibly fast delivery, and reliably fulfill all their promises to customers and consumers. To compete with Amazon, most retailers and manufacturers have had to dramatically shorten their own delivery windows.

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The current trucking market experience: it is both supply and demand

CH Robinson Logistics

This effectively reduces active capacity in the network. A contributing factor is inventory build ahead of the summer food and beverage season that begins with Memorial Day. Finally, the retail industry inventory-to-sales ratio continues at very low levels. How the stimulus is an extraordinary event creating freight demand.