SimFlex

September 16, 2010

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End-to-End Value Chain planning tool providing solutions in network design, inventory optimization and sales & operations planning

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The Current State of Logistics

In two years, the logistics industry has transformed. Find out where the industry is at today and what shippers are doing to combat the constant disruption.

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Welcome to Our June Issue!

In this issue, we celebrate the top projects in the supply chain and revisit an article topic that has dramatically changed within the past two years.

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Adopt Planning Capabilities That Enable Scenario Modeling and Analysis

Whether supply chain leaders are trying to figure out the optimal supplier network, where to locate inventory, or how customer demand patterns will be affected by a new product launch, they need more than a simple review of historical data.

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Significant Due Diligence Needed To Rebut Forced Labor Presumption in New Prevention Act

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) takes effect on June 21 and seeks to ensure that goods produced using forced labor do not enter the United States.

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Reshoring: Myth or Reality? Here’s What You Need To Know

Without a doubt, today’s supply chains are more globalized than ever before.

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Finding the Low-Hanging Fruit in Automation

We've all heard the term "low-hanging fruit," and it's a very appropriate one in business. What can get you the biggest impact for the least (relatively speaking) effort and investment.

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Top Supply Chain Projects: How Project Management Keeps Supply Chains Afloat Despite Disruptions

Let's meet the winners of this year's Top Supply Chain Projects award.

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Survey Reveals ERP Woes for SME Merchants

Small U.S. merchants say major ERP projects take six months longer than they were told (an average 195-day delay), and that ERP implementation fees cost merchants one-third (34%) more than predicted on average.

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Business Leaders Pivot as Inflation, Workforce Transformation Test Resiliency

Nearly 46% of small businesses believe the economy will decline further, an almost 20-percentage-point increase over 2020 and 2021.

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How Can Businesses and 3pls Keep Up With Demand When Their Product Goes Viral?

You don’t even need to have downloaded TikTok onto your phone to become part of the zeitgeist. The ease of which social content can be shared has fueled the proliferation of trends and crazes that often transcend digital boundaries.

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Global Events Exacerbate Congestion on The Coasts

Managing the complex orchestration of the supply chain is going to be a continuing issue through the remainder of this year.

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Preparing a Plan B: The Importance of Contingency Plans in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Distribution

Find out about the current pitfalls in pharmaceutical supply chain management and ways distributors can subvert potential disruptions.

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Sound Inventory Planning Helps Waylay Pesky Supply Chain Interruptions

Today, integrating inventory planning with financial planning is more critical than ever given the ability accounting has to properly steer planning, ordering, and ultimately profitability.

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Inflation Is Here To Stay…What Now?

Supply chain professionals are preparing for for the emerging possibility that inflation is here to stay.

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How A Digitally Connected Supply Chain Drives Accuracy

While it may seem intuitive to connect each link, the unfortunate truth is that the supply chain has been built silo by silo over time.

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Build Approvable Business Case for Procurement, Source to Pay Processes Automation

By following the right steps procurement teams can help their organization can go from $0 to at least $250K a year in savings.

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China Shutdowns Assessment

Here's an update on the shutdowns in China and how to respond to supply chain disruptions and streamline preparedness strategies.

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Pros to Know: To Be Successful, You Must Adapt

Lisa Wittmer, VP, sales for OMNIA Partners, details why nothing you ever learn or experience is going to prepare you for something like a global pandemic.

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5 Tips for Keeping Inventory Moving with Crowdsourced Delivery

To make the most of crowdsourcing, warehouse operators need to think about both inventory and the customer experience. Adopting best practices that other companies have discovered while bringing crowdsourced delivery into their businesses can help.

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2022 Sees First Price Jump in Containers

After significant lows in prices for containers, research shows the global average of monthly container prices increase for the first time this year.

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Beyond Visibility: The Benefits of Digital Twins for Supply Chain Resilience and Agility

In what might be called the “Great Supply Chain Disruption,” global supply chain shocks are occurring more frequently and have a bigger impact on organizations than ever.

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Supply Chain Headaches? Nearshoring and AI Can Help

Each day we search for technology solutions to provide answers to two critical supply chain issues: workforce changes due to society’s adapting to the pandemic, and many years of offshoring (even before 2020). Let’s have a deeper look at these two areas.

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Pros to Know: This is Supply Chain's Time to Shine

Robert Mietus, Managing Director, Central, OMNIA Partners, details why turning challenges into opportunities provides that competitive advantage.

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Resilient Supply Chains Begin with the Cloud

The first step in achieving resiliency is investing in cloud computing.