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383: Transform Your Supply Chain and Retail Planning, with RELEX Solutions

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Today Katie Malakhov, Vice President of Professional Services, joins me to talk all about her recent women in supply chain award win; her experiences as a woman in the industry; and her career journey. 18.29] The landscape of retail supply chain, and the challenges that organizations are facing across the industry.

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Theory & Practice (Demand Planning)

The Network Effect

An idea that a hockey-loving French Canadian, an American MRP guru and a couple of process designers from a large Canadian retailer had. At the time a theory that the retail supply chain could be seamlessly connected by a single forecast only at product store level. Exactly Armstrong’s point! In practice, you can’t.

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What’s the Difference Between Fulfillment and Replenishment?

Supply Chain Game Changer

But what does that mean in terms of the Supply Chain? Aside from the demand planning, customer order management, and supplier order management activities associated with Fulfillment most people traditionally think of Fulfillment in the context of the Warehouse or Distribution Centre. Fulfillment.

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Solving the Out of Stock Problem! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

It is also crucial to invest time regularly into demand planning and sales forecasting and to put an up-to-date inventory management system in place. One method they suggest is to implement inventory controls by eliminating stock issues for the 20% of items that account for 80% of total sales.

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Summer Barbecue Threat: U.K. Meat Packers and Beer Makers Are Facing a Carbon Dioxide Shortage

Supply Chain Brain

The British Retail Consortium has written to major retailers informing them that drinks and meat supplies could be affected as at least one U.K. gas supplier has had to ration orders. The shortages come as many prepare to party while they follow England’s progress in the football World Cup in Russia.

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Digital Disruption: Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Era

The Network Effect

Supply chain planners need. The post Digital Disruption: Supply Chain Planning in the Digital Era appeared first on The Network Effect. by Gene Tyndall, Executive Vice President, Tompkins International Digital disruption is sweeping through the business landscape.

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The Thanksgiving Turkey Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As such the supply-demand planning of the Frozen Turkey Supply Chain is more concerned with the amount of supply and the volume of demand, with less consideration for meeting last minute, real time delivery needs. The fresh turkey supply chain is much more difficult to execute.