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Solutions to the Supply Chain Bullwhip Effect

One of the curses of the Great Supply Chain Disruption of 2020 was the phenomenon known as “the bullwhip effect.”

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Watch: A New Era of Supply Chain Planning: Are We Ready?

Mergers and acquisitions and a digital-savvy younger generation are changing the landscape in supply chain planning, says Alex Pradhan, product strategy leader at John Galt Solutions.

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Watch: Berry Global and Logility: A Case Study

Logility's demand-planning tool has immeasurably improved the customer experience at Berry Global, says David Walsh, vice president of supply chain and customer experience at Berry Global.

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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: Dealing With Supply Chain Uncertainty

Supply chains are in flux, and planners will need to deal with continuing challenges in the near future, says David Food, head of supply chain marketing at Board International.

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Four Pain Points — and Remedies — for Supply Chains Right Now

The adoption of tactical “firefighting” rather than a strategic approach should sound alarm bells, not least because of the missed opportunity to revolutionize supply chain planning.

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Six Game-Changing Uses for AI in Supply Chains

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are game-changing technologies for many industries — especially supply chain and logistics.

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Innovators Continue to Shape the Last Mile. What’s Next?

A look at the technologies that logistics startups have developed to transform the last mile, as well as a peek into the future of the sector.

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Seven Tried-and-True Ways to Improve Your Supply Chain

Here are some steps organizations can take to prevent or overcome unexpected supply chain shocks.

Walmart, Gap and Others Amass $45 Billion in Extra Stuff to Sell

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

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Four Ways to Better Inventory Planning That Go Beyond Tech

Consumer goods companies can’t seem to catch a break.

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Three Procurement Pro-Tips to Optimize Inventory, Cash Flow

Soaring customer demand has created unique challenges for procurement managers. By developing effective inventory management techniques, procurement professionals can tackle the issues from several unique angles.

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