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Retail
Four Ways to Grow Your Brand During Peak Season
Modernizing strategies, diversifying carriers and sales channels and considering customer demand will empower brands to make the most of peak season.
Manufacturing
3 Actions North American Manufacturers Should Take Now to Prepare for Proposed EU Forced Labor Ban
Retail
Why Returns Policies May Lead to the Second Wave of Holiday Shopping
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: Not About Being the Loudest in the Room, but the Most Effective
Retail
Women in Supply Chain: Be Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Retail
How Retailers Can Drive Sales into 2023
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Retail
Not-so-Happy Holidays? A Look at Retailers’ Solutions
What had been a promising economic rebound is now suffering from higher prices, sharp inflation and rising interest rates—bringing rumblings of a potential new recession. Here's what that means for retailers.
Retail
Forward Logistics in Reverse: How to Boost Performance Through Sustainability
The reverse logistics challenge was a $760 billion problem in 2021. Solutions are still highly fragmented, full of inefficiencies and a drag on the back end of the supply chain. Sustainability can be a way to turn this challenge into an opportunity.
Sourcing & Procurement
Nominations Close Dec. 30 for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2023 Pros to Know Award
Are you or someone in your organization an outstanding leader, reinventing what it means to be a supply chain professional? Get them nominated by Dec. 30.
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Retail
Four Ways to Grow Your Brand During Peak Season
Modernizing strategies, diversifying carriers and sales channels and considering customer demand will empower brands to make the most of peak season.
Manufacturing
3 Actions North American Manufacturers Should Take Now to Prepare for Proposed EU Forced Labor Ban
The countdown is on for manufacturers to start collecting data from suppliers to maintain EU market access.
Retail
Why Returns Policies May Lead to the Second Wave of Holiday Shopping
Stricter returns policies coupled with in-store returns incentives will garner significantly more revenue than no-questions-asked, mail-in returns.
Emerging Technologies
Global Trade Technology Key to Overcoming Regulatory Environment
However, companies appear to be lagging in upgrading these systems, as close to half (49%) of businesses worldwide are either behind the curve or in the early stages of adoption.
Risk/Compliance
Open Source Software Impacts Supply Chain Security
When upgrading to the latest version of a package, there’s still a 32% chance it will have known vulnerabilities.
Transportation
E-Commerce Boom Drove up Demand for Transportation, Logistics Services
Once the market recalibrates, expect technology innovation and the increased importance of supply chain in the overall customer experience to continue to sustain deal activity in this space.
Featured Videos
Retail
Women in Supply Chain: Be Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Abigail Nawrocki, network GM of specialty fulfillment for Shopify Logistics and one of the winners of this year's Women in Supply Chain award, details the importance of getting comfortable with uncomfortable situations.
Transportation
Women in Supply Chain: There’s a Place in Supply Chain for Everyone
Software & Technology
Pros to Know: If You Want to Go Far, Go With Others
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: Don’t Fear Speaking Up
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: Step Back and Understand the Big Picture
Trucking
Women in Supply Chain: Having Multiple Perspectives at the Table Generates Some Pretty Great Ideas
Supply Chain Visibility
5 Trends Affecting Supply Chains in New Year
Adaptability has been key as companies looked to their supply chain teams to overcome a steady stream of disruptive events. Looking ahead to 2023, the end is not yet in sight.
Supply Chain Visibility
80% of Supply Chain Executives Cannot Digitally Track Movement of Direct, Indirect Materials Across Their Networks
43% of executives surveyed reported a lack of visibility into inventory availability as the primary hindrance to sharing critical materials with other facilities within their network.
Sustainability
Increased ESG Investment Correlates with Higher Profits: Survey
Research found that almost all companies are interested in aligning their ESG goals with their supply chain, especially as more companies are expected to account for their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
Waste Reduction
Maximizing Efficiency Through Technology-Enabled Waste Management Programs
Without a strategic waste management plan in place, the supply chain would not be able to operate with the expansive efficiencies necessary to keep up with global demand.
Sustainability
Carbon Emissions Hot Spots Improve Sustainability Across the Supply Chain
Nearly two-thirds of upstream Scope 3 emissions in supply chains come from suppliers that companies don’t deal with directly.
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: Not About Being the Loudest in the Room, but the Most Effective
Kathleen Smith, global services operations leader for Converge, an Arrow company, and one of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Women in Supply Chain award winners, explains why it’s not always about being the loudest voice in the room.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Container Shipping to Witness Rate War in 2023
The pre-peak season in 2022 saw record container throughput in import-heavy ports. Now that the stocks have been filled, the demand is plummeting.
Supply Chain Visibility
Having Supply Chain Resilience is More Than Insurance, it’s Competitive Advantage
Achieving long-term resiliency begins with understanding risk through an assessment of vulnerability to supply risk exposures of key purchased products and the criticality of those products to business operations.
Software & Technology
Logistics Resiliency is a Journey
Businesses should pursue logistics resiliency through three key steps.
3PL/4PL
How Shippers Can Regain Control of their Partner Relationships
In a complex and evolving marketplace, that level of certainty is the gold standard, and it is only possible when shippers, 3PLs, carriers and other partners can rally around data-driven insights.
Retail
Early Surge in Holiday Sales Equates to Spike in Returns. How an RMS Can Solve the Reverse Logistics Challenge
Through an end-to-end RMS, retail owners can establish more visibility, greater customer happiness and true brand loyalty.
Last-Mile
Delivery Linked Checkout Feature Streamlines Last-Mile Logistics
This feature helps retailers deliver orders on customer-preferred timelines while maintaining optimal capacity and service efficiencies.
ERP
ERP Solutions Provider Acquisition to Build Connected Supply Chains Across Nexer Network
Rangeline Solutions will add supply chain ERP expertise to Nexer’s global network of data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) and AI.
Retail
Not-so-Happy Holidays? A Look at Retailers’ Solutions
What had been a promising economic rebound is now suffering from higher prices, sharp inflation and rising interest rates—bringing rumblings of a potential new recession. Here's what that means for retailers.
Manufacturing
The Great Rebalancing Act: Reaping the Benefits of Regional Flexibility and Global Scale
Rebalancing the supply chain ecosystem can also provide companies with lower total costs, an improved customer experience and significant progress towards their long-term sustainability goals.
Retail
Women in Supply Chain: Be Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Abigail Nawrocki, network GM of specialty fulfillment for Shopify Logistics and one of the winners of this year's Women in Supply Chain award, details the importance of getting comfortable with uncomfortable situations.
Retail
How Retailers Can Drive Sales into 2023
Strategically managing inventory, paying special attention to delivery timing performance and utilizing reverse logistics are critical during the final weeks of holiday shopping.
Supply Chain Visibility
Open Supply Hub Enables Global Sharing of Supply Chain Data
The new platform spans a range of sectors from sporting goods to furniture, and includes consumer packaged goods, apparel and electronics.
Retail
Forward Logistics in Reverse: How to Boost Performance Through Sustainability
The reverse logistics challenge was a $760 billion problem in 2021. Solutions are still highly fragmented, full of inefficiencies and a drag on the back end of the supply chain. Sustainability can be a way to turn this challenge into an opportunity.
Warehousing
SCN Summit: Future of Supply Chains Kicks off Today
SCN Summit features industry experts and thought leaders from the supply chain space to talk future of supply chains, what’s in store for logistics companies, trends and technologies in logistics and more.
Emerging Technologies
Nurturing a Digital Ecosystem
It’s estimated that at least a dozen sectors, including B2B services, mobility, travel, hospitality, health and housing are reinventing themselves as vast ecosystems, which could add up to a $60 trillion integrated network economy by 2025.
Warehousing
Advancements in Voice Picking Maximize the Value of Wearables
Now and well into the future, warehouses need to invest in the right blend of automation to operate with fewer people.
Emerging Technologies
Benefits of Location Intelligence in Supply Chain Strategy
Location intelligence provides supply chain professionals insight into consumer movement patterns that can help better predict demand, manage inventory, identify potential bottlenecks and allocate staff.
Packaging
Protecting Against Climate Risks During Peak Season
As the weather becomes more unpredictable and disasters become more frequent as the result of climate change, such events are likely to have a greater impact on the supply chain.
