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Retail Supply Chain — Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Retail Supply Chain — Everything You Should Know. Retail supply chains around the world are under intense pressure due to global disruptions. However, what is the retail supply chain? This article will discuss what a retail supply chain is.

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Delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The good news is that sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand, especially in the retail supply chain. Promises Ultimately, every consumer wants to know that their chosen retailer is going to meet order promises. So how can retail leaders demonstrate value across the board?

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Taming the Beast of Retail Supply-Chain Operations

Supply Chain Brain

Retail supply-chain executives are under intense pressure to support the seamless omnichannel experiences that consumers are demanding in the digital age.

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Retailers' supply chains are in better shape for the holidays

Strategic Sourceror

Gene Seroka, director of the Port of Los Angeles, noted in a November news briefing that retailers have been very bullish on demand, evidenced by the amount of container volume this past summer. In November, there were only six ships waiting. Import activity has since dissipated.

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

Let's Talk Supply Chain

RELEX helps retailers and consumer brands drive profitable growth across all sales and distribution channels, by maximizing customer satisfaction and minimizing operative costs. Its platform helps companies align and optimize demand, merchandise, supply chain, and operations planning across the end-to-end value chain.

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Bad habits in retail supply chain planning

The Network Effect

” This is especially true in the world of retail supply chain planning. There comes a time in every retailer’s life when product must flow further in advance of customer demand than desired, such as for capacity blowing seasonal peaks, planogram resets or promotional display setups. The People Speak!/Flickr.

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Alcohol and Addicts: Do retail supply chain planners need a 12 step program?

The Network Effect

Today, Retail Supply Chain Planners are alcoholics of a different ilk. It seems like since the beginning of civilization, retail supply chain planners have been focused on ordering product. Retail planners, like Bob, have become intoxicated with ordering. As it turns out, just about everything.