Warehousing Made Easy: How to Meet Ever-Changing Customer Demands
Today’s distribution environment is more complex than ever. Warehouse managers are under a lot of pressure to maximize throughput, minimize cost, optimize labor productivity and meet shipping deadlines, and do so in a way that keeps each and every customer happy, which is a tough…
Who Will Win the Self Driving Car Fight between Google and Uber?
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The fight is on between Google and Uber, China’s biggest retailer is developing a drone aircraft capable of carrying…
Dennis Vandel of Foot Locker Named a Retail Innovator Award Winner by Retail TouchPoints
Retail TouchPoints, an online publishing network for retail executives with content focused on optimizing the customer experience across all channels, is a content-rich web site featuring daily news updates and multi-media interviews. Each year, Retail TouchPoints hosts the Retail Innovation Conference. In addition to featuring…
Top 4 Takeaways from the 2017 CMA Conference
As always, the Category Management Association (CMA) delivered a great and informative experience at its annual conference last week. This year’s conference focused on the importance of consumer data and insight, and how companies can bridge the traditional with digital to create new paths to…
The Gig Economy: Ditching ‘9-to-5’ for “whenever I want”
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: A writer gets up close and personal with a gig worker; some stores are growing, some aren’t; and the…
JDA Invests in Montreal’s Academic Ecosystem to Help Further Operation Research and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Here at JDA, we know innovation is critical to profitable growth and efficiency, which is why we invest in it to help organizations leap ahead of their competitors. We also know how important research around it, which is why we’re investing in Montreal’s academic ecosystem…
The Innovative Solution Strategy to a True Real-Time, Predictive Digital Supply Chain
In parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, you learned about the role collaborative partnerships play in supply chain planning and execution with real-time visibility and predictive analytics and the benefits of the JDA and TransVoyant partnership. The last part of this blog series…
Leveraging Weather Intelligence to Gain a Competitive Edge in Demand Planning
Social, news, weather and events, also referred to as ‘SNEW,’ ‘big data’, ‘digitization,’ whatever you want to call it, it’s here and not going anywhere anytime soon. For decades, we’ve relied primarily upon a single time-series – historical sales – to predict future sales. More…
Examining the Skills Gap in Manufacturing
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at the skills gap in manufacturing, how small businesses are benefiting from…
JDA Customer PVH Named a Top Innovator by Apparel Magazine
Each year, Apparel Magazine acknowledges apparel retailers, brands, and manufacturers that demonstrate innovation in the apparel supply chain. Nominations include revolutionary new products and designs, new strategies for marketing via social media, and new uses for RFID, PLM and sustainability. JDA is proud to recognize that…