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Are Micro Fulfillment Centers the Next Frontier in Retail Logistics?

The Network Effect

July 24, 2025 Hariprasad Balasubramanium Distribution , Logistics , Warehousing This post has already been read 259 times! With customer demand for faster delivery rising and supply chains under pressure, retailers are exploring Micro Fulfillment Centers (MFCs) as a potential solution. Why Are Retailers Exploring MFCs?

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Clorox to replace 25-year-old tech with new ERP

Supply Chain Dive

The cleaning products company expects the new system to provide real-time data visibility, better demand planning and "fundamentally modernize the backbone of our operations," EVP and CFO Luc Bellet said. The whole ERP project is a five-year, $500 million digitization effort that started in 2021.

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Streamlining Success: Unveiling the Power of Order Management Software in Supply Chain Optimization

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In any business, order management is highly significant. It involves a number of activities, from order taking up to its fulfillment. Manually handling all this is expensive and more time-consuming. In simple words, order management involves a series of tasks from placement of an order to completion of an order.

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How to Invest to Make Your Supply Chain More Efficient!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! That way, they can dwarf shipping times and delivery costs to meet customers’ expectations. But the resulting time and cost savings are so huge that the loan pays for itself in a few years. Invest in supply chain visibility. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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3 Common Distribution Challenges and Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

These systems may include application programming interface platforms — so that customers have an easier time connecting with sales reps to place orders — and communication software for better employee interactions when sharing customer information. Inventory Tracking. A shipment arrives at the warehouse.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

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Remember those times when we used to stroll down the block and find local stores such as the mom-and-pop diners and get the chance to relish the coziness and sense of family environment there. Planners spend their precious time collecting and synthesizing the data to drive insights. . Having up-to-date supplier lead times.

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The Intelligent IBP Manifesto – key principles for a new planning paradigm

Supply Chain Trend

Intelligent IBP effectively combines human and machine strengths with good decision practices to consistently make timely, high-quality, horizon agnostic business decisions. I think it is time to update the IBP belief sytem to be more reflective of current times, technology & ways of working, and create a modern IBP vision.