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Executive Q&A: Business Innovation May Be Silver Lining of Supply Chain Crisis

18 January 2022

They say necessity is the mother of innovation, and businesses around the world are fighting back at the ongoing supply chain crisis with planning and operational improvements. Here's a closer look at how businesses are adapting to the new reality...
2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts 7 January 2022

2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

Among the issues faced by both businesses and consumers in 2021, supply chain shortages – and the resulting challenges – held strong in the headlines throughout the year. To all of my supply chain, demand planning, and forecasting friends who...
Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Covid-19’s Ripple Effect Continues + 5 Changes Needed for 2022 20 December 2021

Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Covid-19’s Ripple Effect Continues + 5 Changes Needed for 2022

Global Trade Authority Rob Garrison, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercado Labs, shares insights from over 30 years of supply chain experience working with a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Here, he explains what caused current global supply chain disruptions, and...
What is Lean Retail (+ Why Retailers Must Embrace It) 16 December 2021

What is Lean Retail (+ Why Retailers Must Embrace It)

With the advent of globalization, the Internet, and more recently, the proliferation of mobile technology into every aspect of our lives, there has been a remarkable shift in the world of retail from a product-centric to customer-centric model. Whereas retailers...
16 December 2021

The Top 20 Discount Shopping Statistics for Retailers that Prove the Power of Promotions

The Top 20 Discount Shopping Statistics for...

We have all, at one point or another, experienced feelings of satisfaction and excitement of getting a bargain,...
16 December 2021

What is Open-to-Buy Planning + The Top Three Benefits for Retailers

What is Open-to-Buy Planning + The Top...

Embracing constant change and delivering outstanding customer experiences is critically important in the face of today’s increasingly informed...
14 December 2021

Holiday Shopping 2021: 6 Retailer Lessons from Black Friday and Cyber Monday (+ 4 Expert Insights)

Holiday Shopping 2021: 6 Retailer Lessons from...

For the largest shopping week of the year, this year’s Black Friday provides insights retailers can’t ignore. Early...
2 December 2021

Success Strategies for Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain

Success Strategies for Demand Forecasting in Supply...

There’s been a lot of change in how we view supply chain demand forecasting: we moved from a...
23 November 2021

7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2022

7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain...

With 2021's holiday shopping season behind us,  supply delays, logistics constraints, and inflation loomed over shoppers and retailers—and...
12 October 2021

Five Key Supply Chain Planning Capabilities for Fashion Products

Five Key Supply Chain Planning Capabilities for...

As supply chains continue to grapple with volatility and disruption post-pandemic, fashion brands, who faced increased risks during...
6 October 2021

Planning to Win: Optimizing Inventory to Meet Business Objectives

Planning to Win: Optimizing Inventory to Meet...

Who wouldn’t want their supply chain to be “optimized,” right? Optimization is peak efficiency, using the perfect balance...
22 September 2021

Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact in Supply Chain

Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact...

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years,...
8 September 2021

Are You Prepared For The Next Chip Shortage?

Are You Prepared For The Next Chip...

The worldwide chip shortage is bad and getting worse. Yet another aftershock of the COVID-19 pandemic, computer and...
27 August 2021

What Is Supply Chain Risk Management…and Why Can’t I Get a PS5?

What Is Supply Chain Risk Management…and Why...

Do you want to buy a Playstation 5? Get in line. Severe supplier constraints and the resulting chip...