What if Your ERP Never Gets Out of the ER?
How to transform your supply chain (without waiting for your ERP to recover) Wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) has entered a new era where agility, speed and accuracy are no longer nice-to-haves, but rather uncompromising must-haves for meeting the new omni-channel B2B customer expectation. Once…
Revolutionize Your Supply Chain With Cognitive Demand Planning: Insights From 2023 Survey
In the rapidly evolving landscape of supply chain management, precision, agility, and resilience are the keys to success. A recent survey of demand planners’ concerns and day-to-day experiences sheds light on the challenges faced by planning teams today and highlights the pressing need for innovative…
Why Wholesale Distribution Should Be Driving Interoperability Across the Supply Chain
Agility, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency: these are the goals of the modern supply chain. But ever-increasing levels of complexity and ongoing supply chain instability make actualizing these ideals a significant challenge. Now more than ever, supply chain stakeholders need to work closely together to maximize…
AI in Demand Planning — Are You Utilizing Your Full Potential?
In today’s fast-paced world of modern business, supply chains are the backbone of seamless operations. The ability to efficiently manage the flow of goods and services from manufacturing to the end consumer is paramount. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative…
Why Christmas Could Come Early in 2023 for Retailers With a Flexible Workforce Gameplan
Shifting and varied consumer preferences, collapsing brand loyalty, even freak weather: as shoppers limber up for the 2023 holiday season, retailers should expect the unexpected. With “unpredictability” now almost the only reliable constant, flexing the workforce in time to the changing holiday season music has…
The Next Evolution of Technology Innovations Transforming Supply Chain Planning
This blog was co-written by Matt Getman, Senior Product Director, and Angela Troccoli, Senior Product Marketing Director. Supply chain planning has undergone significant evolution in recent years, largely due to advancement in technology, access to vast amounts of data and changing consumer behavior. With the…
Putting the “AI” in Availability: 5 Ways To Bridge the Supply-Demand Gap in Wholesale Distribution and Manufacturing
The wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) landscape is entering a new era. B2B customers increasingly expect a commerce-like experience. Self-service and flexible, omni-channel fulfillment are the new gold standards. Erosion of regional restrictions means whoever has the product on hand gets the deal, and e-commerce…
Top Three Takeaways From the Snowflake Data Cloud World Tour
Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Snowflake Data Cloud World Tour in sunny Santa Clara, California, which left me feeling inspired and invigorated. The Snowflake Data Cloud World Tour serves as a platform for discovering how to use and collaborate with data in…
AI Blind Spots? Here’s What Retailers May Miss About Artificial Intelligence
When does confidence become overconfidence? That’s a question retailers should consider when they think about artificial intelligence (AI). A new survey by Blue Yonder found that almost all retail executives feel confident in their command of AI. Executives overwhelmingly say they know a lot about…
Just How Resilient Is Your Supply Chain?
It’s time we face it: As supply chain professionals, we’re working in an environment of perpetual chaos. Inflation continues unabated. Labor shortages are only getting worse. Both consumer confidence and business confidence graphs look like rollercoasters. After 20 months, the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows no signs…