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Customers and Analysts Recognize ToolsGroup as a Supply Chain and Retail Planning Leader

14 November 2023

Check out some of our most recent accolades and discover why so many companies turn to ToolsGroup for better, faster supply chain decision making. ToolsGroup Named the Technology Leader in SPARK Matrix for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment NOVEMBER 2023 –...

Heura Tackles Change Management: A Start-Up’s 6 Tips for Successful Technology Implementation and Adoption

7 November 2023

Heura Tackles Change Management: A Start-Up’s 6 Tips for Successful Technology Implementation and Adoption

Heura® Foods was created in 2017 as a social mission-turned-business, focused on changing the current food system to one that fosters better health, nutrition, and sustainability. The company began experiencing impressive market growth and quickly recognized the need for a...

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: Achieving Multiple Objectives for Better Margins

17 October 2023

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: Achieving Multiple Objectives for Better Margins

This is part three of our blog series, “Dynamic Fulfillment 101.” Missed the first two posts? Click here for part one and here for part two. Last week, we talked about the three components of cost-based fulfillment optimization –...

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Shares the Top Three Keys to Successful Change Management

12 October 2023

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Shares the Top Three Keys to Successful Change Management

Monica Tatham is the Senior Director of Enterprise Business Solutions at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. She has been with the retailer for the past 16 years, leading and supporting software implementation developments for the company. Adding anything to your...

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and The Three Keys to Optimizing Your Total Cost-to-Serve-image

10 October 2023

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and The Three Keys to Optimizing Your Total Cost-to-Serve

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: The Cost-Based Approach and...

This is part two of our blog series, “Dynamic Fulfillment 101.” Haven’t read part one? Click here! ...

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: Why and How to Optimize Your Retail Fulfillment Process-image

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: Why and How to Optimize Your Retail Fulfillment Process

Dynamic Fulfillment 101: Why and How to...

Retailers have a lot to juggle, looking to combine cost-efficiency with elevated consumer satisfaction so they can remain...

ToolsGroup and Evo: Bringing Prescriptive Analytics and Quantum Learning to Industry-Leading Retail Planning-image

27 September 2023

ToolsGroup and Evo: Bringing Prescriptive Analytics and Quantum Learning to Industry-Leading Retail Planning

ToolsGroup and Evo: Bringing Prescriptive Analytics and...

Now that Evo is a ToolsGroup company, the big question is: “What innovation will Evo bring to the...

Q&A with Three-Time Women in Supply Chain Award Winner, Inna Kuznetsova-image

18 September 2023

Q&A with Three-Time Women in Supply Chain Award Winner, Inna Kuznetsova

Q&A with Three-Time Women in Supply Chain...

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Inna Kuznetsova, three-time winner of the Food Logistics and...

High Performance Inventory: The Supply Chain Differentiator-image

13 September 2023

High Performance Inventory: The Supply Chain Differentiator

High Performance Inventory: The Supply Chain Differentiator

Tired of the phrase “new normal” yet? Disruption lingers, consumer trends change, lead times stretch. It’s the typical...

6 Critical Trends in Distribution and How to Optimize Your Network’s Response in 2024-image

6 Critical Trends in Distribution and How to Optimize Your Network’s Response in 2024

6 Critical Trends in Distribution and How...

From digitalization and changing workforces to trend reversals and inventory imbalances, distributors have their hands full when it...

ToolsGroup and River Logic Join Forces, Leveraging Digital Twins for Powerful, End-to-End Supply Chain Benefits-image

ToolsGroup and River Logic Join Forces, Leveraging Digital Twins for Powerful, End-to-End Supply Chain Benefits

ToolsGroup and River Logic Join Forces, Leveraging...

At ToolsGroup, we’re thrilled to bring value to customers around the world in collaboration with our extensive partner...

Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification-image

Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

Only as Good as Your Data: Why...

The term “digital twin” is a little mysterious. And the application of one even moreso. A digital twin...

ToolsGroup Announces Launch of Dynamic Fulfillment for Real-Time Order Fulfillment Optimization in Retail-image

ToolsGroup Announces Launch of Dynamic Fulfillment for Real-Time Order Fulfillment Optimization in Retail

ToolsGroup Announces Launch of Dynamic Fulfillment for...

Looking for a deeper discussion on Dynamic Fulfillment? Register for our upcoming webinar here and get an in-depth...

ToolsGroup Announces Significant Enhancements To SO99+ in 2023-image

ToolsGroup Announces Significant Enhancements To SO99+ in 2023

ToolsGroup Announces Significant Enhancements To SO99+ in...

When ToolsGroup’s product team sat down to determine the roadmap for Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) going into 2023,...