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Honeywell Voice Delivers 99.8% Picking Accuracy for Pet Product Manufacturer

December 6, 2019
Honeywell Voice
Coastal Pet Products Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of pet restraints and products in North America. After the company recently transitioned to e-commerce, they needed a way to ensure picking accuracy and productivity, whether shipping direct to a consumer, store or distributor. When use of traditional paper-based picking methods in their DC became increasingly unreliable, operations managers switched to Honeywell Voice to better optimize the company’s DC picking. Voice-directed workflows drastically reduced training times, enabled productivity improvements, and increased picking accuracy to 99.8% — all while giving workers the safety and performance advantages of hands-free, eyes-free workflows.
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Using Shipping Data to Meet E-Commerce Customer Demand

Using Shipping Data to Meet E-Commerce Customer Demand

December 5, 2019
Ken Wood, SCB Contributor
Two top components of customer experience are delivery and transparency, according to a recent report.
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Supporting Retail Logistics in the Cloud

Supporting Retail Logistics in the Cloud

December 2, 2019
Craig Wilensky, SCB Contributor
To compete in today’s e-commerce landscape, companies need next-gen software applications.
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The Struggles of Transportation Technology

The Struggles of Transportation Technology

November 27, 2019
Helen Atkinson, SCB Contributor

When it comes to transportation technology’s efforts to realize the promise of unmanned vehicles and alternative fuel sources, we’re in a phase comparable to early efforts to lay a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. Stuff just keeps going wrong.


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S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 25, 2019
Logility

Your business can change unexpectedly and how you respond to these changes can be the difference between success and failure. Today, you have access to more information than ever to help guide your decisions but far too often this can be overwhelming. Most are not ready to take on the increase in information in a meaningful way.

Advanced sales and operations planning (S&OP) allows you to turn information into actionable insights that fuel your digital supply chain, uncover new opportunities and mitigate risks. An S&OP process can help fuel collaboration, ensure the company operates on a single plan that supports your financial and service levels goals.

In this featured special report, we examine how S&OP can help you mitigate risks, plan for the unexpected and propel your business forward.


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In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail

In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail

November 25, 2019
Bloomberg
The cheap-chic retailer — in distress just five years ago — has morphed into a model for how to avoid the retail apocalypse.
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Multinationals Are Still Pouring Cash Into China as Trade War Rages

Multinationals Are Still Pouring Cash Into China as Trade War Rages

November 19, 2019
Bloomberg
Companies from Tesla Inc. to Walmart Inc. are expanding operations in the world’s second-biggest economy — helping offset the departure of goods manufacturers that have had to rethink supply chains after U.S. tariffs made their products more expensive.
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How Consumer-Products Companies Are Wasting Their Digital Spend

How Consumer-Products Companies Are Wasting Their Digital Spend

November 18, 2019
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Digital transformation within the supply chain is well underway. But consumer-products companies are lagging many other industries in progressing toward that goal.


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Direct Spend Management in the Intelligent Digital Supply Chain

Direct Spend Management in the Intelligent Digital Supply Chain

November 13, 2019
SAP Ariba

With greater reliance on trading partners, complex supply networks and customer demands, running an intelligent supply chain has never been more vital. Explore the value of linking direct spend sourcing with design, manufacturing and planning processes to build an intelligent digital supply chain.


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In the New World of Returns, Retailers Need to Dig into the Data

In the New World of Returns, Retailers Need to Dig into the Data

November 12, 2019
Inmar

In order to reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction, retailers need to take a more detailed look at why returns happen and what are the options for dealing with them. 


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One of the key challenges facing organizations today is the shortage of candidates for supply chain and retail planning roles. Today, the ideal employee has both tactical/operational expertise and professional competencies such as leadership and analytical skills. Current statistics show there is currently one highly qualified supply chain candidate for every six job openings. The demand for talent with these highly sought after skills is high and growing fast.

Attend this webcast and gain insight from your peers on how to attract and keep supply chain talent, including:

  • Strategies to make your company more attractive to the best talent
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  • The impact of digital transformation on supply chain career paths

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Karen Smith, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, Kontoor Brands
Sean Willems, PhD, Haslam Chair in Supply Chain Analytics, University of Tennessee
Scott W. Luton, Founder, CEO & Host of Supply Chain Now Radio

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Karin Bursa, Executive Vice President, Logility
Bob Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

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