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How Digital Twins Help Supply Chains Weather Any Storm
A digital twin of the supply chain can build resilience and optimize performance when extreme weather events occur.
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Five Supply Chain Trends to Expect in 2022
Companies are focusing on surviving the pandemic and its effects before looking into cutting-edge technology.
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Establishing an Ethical Supply Chain Is a Business Imperative
More than 80% of Americans feel strongly about shopping for products that are ethically and sustainably sourced, research shows.
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How Liteboxer Kept Moving Product With a Knocked-Out Supply Chain
What better way to work off the anxieties of the pandemic than an at-home boxing workout? Yet the company that’s capitalizing on that urge has had to deal with its own set of frustrations in getting product to market.
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Supply Chain Risk Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
As the holidays approached and supply chains remain strained, businesses and consumers were eager for a return to normalcy in time for end-of-year surges. But with shipping containers stalled at ports and labor shortages reducing available workers, supply chain managers are seeing little improvement as 2021 comes to a close.
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AI Could Solve the Footwear Industry's Soaring Return Rate
Retailers need to implement proactive strategies that maximize inventory, or else face margin-crushing supply challenges. Artificial intelligence may offer a solution.
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How to Streamline the Procurement Process, From Finding Vendors to Paying Them
The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time, and missed opportunities.
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‘Tis the Season for Real-Time Commerce
As supply chains have snarled, strategy and tactics are merging for brands and retailers.
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Supplier Management and Digital Transformation Go Hand in Hand
To successfully digitize the supply chain, businesses must bring their suppliers along.
Three Ways E-Tailers Can Cut Shipping Costs for Shoppers
The pandemic’s impact on the global supply chain means holiday shoppers are getting higher than average “out-of-stock” notifications for items they want to purchase, while also experiencing price hikes and shipping delays. What to do?
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Four Steps to Building Better Supplier Relationships
It’s clear that we need a root-and-branch reimagining of supply chain models, to ensure that global trade can survive future crises like the one we’re enduring today.
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Localizing Your Supply Chain? Consider These Four Tips
Many organizations are shifting to localized sourcing, to overcome the delays and barriers that have emerged during the pandemic.

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