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The Last 1000' Challenge
Remember the old days, when the 'last mile' was a huge challenge for customer fulfillment? Now it's the 'last 1000 feet'.
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What's Affecting Our Sleep
Recent research of supply chain organizations by APICS provides some solid data on several themes we're following. If you're a manager and are sleeping soundly despite their findings, you must be doing a lot of things right!
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Supply Chain Star Wars
We just can't pass up a good Star Wars analogy. Will The Force be with you as you strive to become a demand-driven supply chain?
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Procurement Systems as Commodities
One overlooked benefit of utilizing cloud-based procurement systems is the flexibility they provide to make a quick change to a better provider. Improved functionality and lower costs can result.
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Omnichannel Drives Fulfillment Costs
As retailers struggle to meet the challenges of the omnichannel consumer that wants everything now, reality is setting in: this stuff is expensive to execute.
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Using the Principle of Aesthetics in Supply Chains
In the 4th article in his series on supply chain design, Jonathan Lofton reviews the principle of aesthetics relative to the design process. In short, he feels this aesthetics='not cutting corners'.
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Unleashing Digital Supply Chains
Digital supply chain technologies have been with us for awhile, but they've generally been used as point solutions.
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Using TCO to Evaluate Cloud Options
Cloud technology can probably be considered mainstream at this point, but we need to remind ourselves of how it compares to other alternatives. A good way to do that is with a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) evaluation.
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Lessons From Finish Line
We tend to love case studies, and Supply Chain News gives us a doozy about Finish Line's recent technology disaster. When both the CEO and Chief Supply Chain Office get launched, you know it didn't go well.
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Target Hires Amazon Vet for Supply Chain
When a mega-retailer's supply chain hits a bump in the road, literally millions of customers notice very quickly. Target is a great example, as their supply chain issues have been well documented.
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