Rapidly Improve Fulfillment Operations to Conquer E-commerce Demand Spikes
For many retailers and manufacturers, the accelerating shift to e-commerce is most obvious in their fulfillment and delivery operations. Companies have been operating at peak season levels for the...
View Article“Best” E-commerce Distribution Network for 2025 [Infographic]
Are you looking to (re)design your APAC supply chain to keep up with growing e-commerce demand? The “best” distribution network depends on your business strategy. Using the 2025 estimated population...
View ArticleTroubling Trends in Supply Chain Design: An Uptick in Bad Models and...
Congratulations, you’ve bought the software. Now what? Do you pick your best data analyst to go and build a model? Or do you focus on building an in-house center of excellence? Both of these options...
View ArticleFreight Procurement in a Pandemic: Preparing for the Bid
If your company has decided to tender its freight to secure new contract rates for 2021, you’ve got your work cut out for you. This is especially true when it comes to figuring out the lanes and...
View ArticleTransportation Portfolio Diversity is the Antidote to Volatility
Freight transportation is constantly defined by the ups and downs of the market. The pandemic has underscored this reality, and many are wondering if it is time to exit the rollercoaster ride and find...
View ArticleConfiguring Your Demand Planning Software for Maximum Value
A demand planning application should generate value that goes beyond statistical forecasts. Sometimes this is easier said than done since it requires thoughtful system configuration and shared data...
View ArticleNavigating Transpacific Carrier Pricing Power in 2021
In a recent webinar with my colleague Philip Damas, Director and Head of Supply Chain Advisors at Drewry, we examined the challenges facing BCOs as they prepare to conduct ocean freight bids in 2021....
View ArticleThe One Must-Have Metric for Warehouse Operations
It’s pretty simple: If you want to improve your warehouse operations and increase efficiency, you need to know where you’re starting from. Fortunately, there is one metric that we’ve found is the...
View ArticleMaximize Your Specification Management Investment With Chainalytics and...
Recent trends like the rise of e-commerce demand and the shift in sources of supply can leave your supply chain vulnerable if left unchecked. New and existing channels, suppliers, and customers need to...
View ArticleBuilding Resilience with a Pan-European Supply Chain Network
For supply chain leaders, disruptions come with the territory. But now, the effects of COVID-19 have taken supply chain complexity to another level. Our recent webinar discussed how supply chain...
View ArticleImproving Plant Operations With Simulation: Finding More Factory Inside Your...
E-commerce bringing in more business is a good thing—until it isn’t. To prevent your production lines from going down from too little maintenance or your employees burning out from too much overtime,...
View ArticleOutsource or Keep In-House: How to Make Your Next Package Engineering Project...
If the time has come for a revamp of your packaging systems, you may be weighing the pros and cons of outsourcing. Bringing in consultants, especially for the first time, has its own set of...
View ArticleDeliver Consistent D2C E-Commerce Service Levels With Optimized Safety Stock
During the pandemic, e-commerce has emerged as the critical go-to-market channel. Many businesses have opened additional distribution centers and contracted 3PL services to adapt. In addition to these...
View ArticleForecasting E-Commerce Demand: Mastering Variability in Your Supply Chain...
The rise of e-commerce changes everything. But the tools and processes needed to forecast e-commerce demand reliably can increase your accuracy no matter how you do business. See how you can improve...
View ArticleWhat Will Transportation Procurement Look Like in a Post-Pandemic World?
Kevin Zweier, our Vice President, Transportation, joined DAT Freight & Analytics’ Dr. Chris Caplice for a recent episode of the Freightvine. They discussed key procurement strategies shippers are...
View ArticleCoping With Supply Chain Disruptions in the “New Normal”
For all the effort it has taken to navigate your supply chain through the turbulent seas of the pandemic, daunting new challenges are on the way. The road to a post-coronavirus world will make new...
View ArticleData-Driven Packaging Solutions: Prepare for Success with the Right Directions
Taking your packaging system to the next level? You’ll only get there efficiently if you know the facts. Sure, you can rely on hard data – the numbers don’t lie, right? Well, not exactly. The often...
View ArticleThe Many Flavors of Transportation Management Systems
With the many current challenges facing transportation – driver shortages, higher customer expectations, and the demands of e-commerce – the need for mastering the vast quantities of related data has...
View ArticleTransport Lessons of COVID-19: Preparing for Future Disruptions
Transport keeps supply chains moving. Yet, all too often, networks are administered with spreadsheets, imprecise data sources, and unaligned carrier portfolio strategies. Surprisingly, much of it...
View ArticleA Data Journey: Making Improvements in Transportation Management
Leveraging the power of data is critical to enabling more effective management of any workflow. While this is true across an entire organization, substantive improvements in transportation management...
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