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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: Retailers need additional tools to fully integrate these stores’ back-of-house (BOH) operations into the rest of their supply chain.

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Every Retail Worker is Now a Supply Chain Worker

Retail TouchPoints

Retail workers traditionally occupied point-of-sale positions or customer services positions, but now they are central to the success of complex and sophisticated supply chain operations. . This flexible outreach can also help identify candidates who know they will have hybrid responsibilities, including supply chain work.

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Walmart Canada Will Invest $3.5 Billion To Modernize Stores, DCs And Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart Canada will augment and modernize its supply chain with the construction of two new distribution centers equipped with next-generation automation, and the implementation of new warehouse management systems at DCs to help meet the needs of omnichannel consumers.

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Supply Chain Management: How to Deal with the Supply Chain Crisis

Korona

Since the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across nearly all industries have dealt with supply chain issues. In reality, the supply chain is not just about dealing with the problems we have right now but also what will be in the future. Simplify Your Supply Chain By Working Local Producers.

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Unlocking Retail Success: How BI Solutions Streamline the Supply Chain for Optimal Efficiency

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

The key to achieving these goals lies in streamlining the supply chain for optimum efficiency. These powerful tools offer actionable insights, data-driven decision-making, and improved supply chain visibility, leading to improved performance and increased profitability. These solutions include 1.

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Hugo Boss to Roll Out RFID Solution Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

Seeking to improve merchandise availability and supply chain visibility, Hugo Boss will deploy the Nedap iD Cloud platform chainwide. The premium apparel retailer operates in 128 countries at approximately 6,800 points of sale as well as online in 59 countries.

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1/3 Of US Retailers Are 8 weeks Away From Going Bust Due To Supply Chain Issues

RetailMinded

Supply chain issues have hit 80% of US merchants in the last year, according to a new Brightpearl survey. Almost half of shops and ecommerce brands (52%) have experienced stockouts, resulting in a loss of sales. The survey found that shortage of goods was the biggest supply problem – experienced by 67% of respondents.

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