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How Macy’s Has Avoided — So Far — the Inventory Pileup Plaguing Other Apparel Chains

The department store chain has so far avoided the worst of an inventory pileup because it acted early and aggressively on data signaling worrisome sales trends.

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Stop Relying on Excess Inventory as an Insurance Policy

For some supply chain managers, the upheavals of recent years have justified their entrenched approach of relying on excess inventory as an insurance policy. They’ve learned the hard way that old methods don’t cut it anymore.

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Five Key Challenges to Aligning Capacity and Demand

Aligning capacity with demand isn’t just central to competitive advantage going forward, but in many cases to survival in an emerging post-COVID environment.

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Repairing Customer Relations After the Supply Chain Crisis

For global supply chains, it’s time to refocus from a survival strategy to one of sustainability and growth.

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Report: U.S. Consumers Are Reluctant to Order Mission-Critical Items for Delivery

A report on current consumer perception and trust for high importance or time critical deliveries, such as medical devices and travel documents indicates there many opportunities to improve.

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Korean Air Weathered Pandemic Turbulence With Style

Cargo has turned out to be the difference maker for airlines navigating the pandemic. Just look at Korean Air, which has prospered largely because it expanded its substantial cargo business.

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The Future of Supply Chains: 2023 Trends to Know

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Organizations are recalibrating to address supply chain pressures and disruptions amidst the changing world order. To build resilience, incorporating strategic technologies that solve their unique needs is critical.

What If You Treated Your Data Supply Chain Like the Physical Supply Chain?

While the task and responsibility for managing the data supply chain is primarily the responsibility of information technology professionals, the concepts and tools we use every day directly apply to the data supply chain as well as the physical supply chain.

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Watch: Supply Chain Digital Transformation: Where to Begin?

Recognizing the challenges supply chains have faced in recent years, Sumit Dutta, leader for the Americas Supply Chain Consulting Group of EY, outlines priorities for the next five years for supply chain leaders.

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Jeep’s China Failure Sends Foreboding Signal to Global Carmakers

It was one of the very first international auto brands to enter China, widely recognized by consumers and understood by its owners to have huge potential. And yet, Jeep is shutting down its only plant in the world’s largest market.

A Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xE electric vehicle is unveiled by Stellantis NV during the 2022 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). Photo: Bloomberg.

Three Ways CEOs Should Prepare for Supply Chain Threats

The right tools and processes will mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions — and even offer strategic competitive advantage.

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Think Like a Boss: CPOs Need to Step Up, Broaden Approach, Gartner Says

Chief procurement officers (CPOs) must collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside their organization — and begin thinking and acting like CEOs, say the authors of a new report from Gartner Inc.

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