Walmart’s OTIF Policy Will Continually Impact Forecast and Planning Strategies
By Todd Barker | Director, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics | Walmart’s current suppliers have now officially moved over to the retailer’s updated service metric of...
View ArticleDoes Your Packaging Have the Strong Return Game it Needs?
By Nancy Matchey | Vice President, Packaging Optimization | Chainaltyics | As consumer habits continue to change and the percentage of shoppers engaging in ecommerce and omnichannel markets steadily...
View ArticlePACK Expo 2017 Did Not Disappoint – Again!
Sam Huppert | Packaging Engineer, Packaging | Chainalytics If you are looking for a way to interact with all members of the packaging industry, PACK Expo is the place to be, and having just attended in...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Establishing a Centralized Transportation Department
By Kirk Graves | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics | Don’t know where your product is? Having trouble estimating your transportation spend? Using carriers that are not authorized or...
View ArticleDesigning with Care: Four Factors of Humanitarian Relief Distribution
By Sean Delaney | Manager, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Our collective conscience in recent months has been fraught by the news of natural disasters hitting the US and our neighboring...
View ArticleCiting Ongoing Expansions and Capacity Enhancements, UPS Announces 2018 Rate...
Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | Chainalytics | As many analysts expected, UPS has raised their rates for the 2018 calendar year, with the increases taking effect, wait for it,...
View ArticleTransitioning from LTL to TL – Finding the Right Transportation Mode Mix
By Scott Gowan | Director, Transportation | Chainalytics | Having the proper transportation mode mix or approach remains an ongoing concern for most shippers. Integration of additional modes proves...
View ArticleOvercoming the Challenges of Ocean Container Transportation Operations
By John Westwood | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics | Many organizations find themselves losing budget accuracy due to increases in contracted rates and fluctuating spot rates on ocean...
View ArticleSupply Chain Design Excellence Requires Time and Coaching
| By Jonathan Whitaker | Principal, Managed Analytics Services | Chainalytics | As with any complex task, modeling excellence is developed through a combination of time and expert coaching. The first...
View ArticleJust Like Football, Successful Demand Planning Starts with Strong Fundamentals
By Brad Way | Manager, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics | “Some people try to find things in this game that don’t exist but football is only two things – blocking and tackling.” –...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Factors Needed to Ensure Improvements Are Realized in a Supply...
Louis Bourassa | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Design | Chainalytics | Those familiar with supply chain design (also called network design, network modeling and other variants) understand there is more...
View ArticleDo Your Transportation Planning Processes Need a Fresh Perspective?
By Mike Eaton | Principal, Transportation | Chainalytics | When is the last time you took a step back and evaluated your Transportation Planning process? I spent the majority of my career on the...
View ArticleFMIC Pulse – Using Machine Learning and Real-time Data to Take Your...
| By Matt Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence Consortium | Chainalytics | Those of us tasked with managing transportation budgets know firsthand that transportation freight markets...
View ArticleAre Inefficient Practices Affecting Your Supply Chain?
| By Jacqueline Quirk | Consultant, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Accelerated growth and expansion of your portfolio are often considered factors of success for your business. Yet, this...
View ArticleIs Walmart’s OTIF Mandate Good News After All?
| By Pieter Bauwens | Principal, Europe | Chainalytics | How the new policy presents an opportunity for more fact-based decisions when interacting with retailers. Walmart signaled their new...
View ArticleBlockchain & Packaging: How Can Technology Improve a Supply Chain’s Packaging...
| By Eric Carlson | Senior Packaging Consultant | Chainalytics | There has been a lot of ‘buzz’ in the media lately around “blockchain” or “blockchain technology,” and so I thought I would share my...
View ArticleHow Can Organizations Avoid the Inventory Issues Currently Plaguing Whole Foods?
| By Todd Barker | Director, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics | A recent article in Business Insider, “’Entire aisles are empty’: Whole Foods employees reveal why stores are facing...
View ArticleWhy Outsourcing Your Supply Chain Network Design Analytics May Be the Best...
| By Jonathan Whitaker | Principal, Managed Analytics Services | Chainalytics | Every supply chain organization seeks an optimally designed network to reduce cost while improving efficiency, customer...
View ArticleMan vs. Machine: Can Humans Win the Labor War Against Automation?
| By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | Chainalytics | Think Bradbury, the Terminator, and Wall-E. What do these concepts, and countless others, have in common? Automation,...
View ArticlePart Two – Give People a Reason to Make a Change
| By Patrick Boyle | Principal, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Previously in this series, I discussed the need to “Make people aware that change is coming.” Lesson one emphasized the...
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