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Sweetwater Responds to the ‘New Face of Agility’ in Supply Chain and Merchandising

Supply Chain Brain

By the end of May, the nation’s largest online seller of musical instruments and professional audio gear was already finalizing orders and distribution plans for the coming peak sales season. Sweetwater Sound, Inc. didn’t waste any time preparing for this year’s fourth quarter.

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The History of Supply Chain Management! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.

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Forecasting in a Shelf-Connected Supply Network

The Network Effect

Note: This is the next installment in an ongoing series that explores shelf-connected supply networks. DDVN’s seek to align and synchronize demand, supply, and product cycles, as well as enable the ability to sense and shape demand to generate a profitable demand response. Christian Schnettelker/Flickr. The Network Effect'

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The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) The Digital Supply Chain , or Supply Chain 4.0, It is an extremely exciting time to be in Supply Chain. New Supply Chain systems can cost a lot to implement. We call this Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS). Subscribe Here!

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10 Best Inventory Book for All Experience Levels

Supply Chain Opz

Palmatier (Demand Management) 10) Distribution Planning and Control: Managing in the Era of Supply Chain Management by David Frederick Ross (Distribution Management) What are some of your favorite inventory book? Do you have other titles you would like to share?

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Supply Chain Alone Can’t Solve Sustainability But it Has a Part to Play!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy. We’re a recruitment company deeply specialized in the world of Supply Chain Management – which includes Procurement, Logistics, Distribution, Planning and other functions that involve bringing products from raw materials to market.

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3 Steps for Making Digital Transformation Happen in Supply Chain Planning

Solvoyo

In the Supply Chain Planning context, these include decisions about which products to keep in stock, where to keep them, when to replenish them, how to improve service levels for customers, how to liquidate excess stock in the most profitable way, how to respond to changes in customer demand in the most agile way, and etc. So why wait?