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Prove Your Extended Supply Chain Sustainability

Forrester eCommerce

Supply chain sustainability is a top priority. But Forrester clients often ask which of the competing supply chain certifications is best for them, because there are so […]

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Make COVID-19 The Supply Chain’s Final Cautionary Tale

Forrester eCommerce

Where does supply chain risk rank in the hierarchy of priorities in the grand scheme of a firm’s business strategy? If 2020 taught us anything, it was that we underestimate the pivotal role of supply chain. It also taught us that supply chain risk IS business risk.

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Supply Chains Evolve To Become Collaborative Supply Networks

Forrester eCommerce

Align Finance, Sales And Marketing For Supply Chain Success Thanks to all of you who helped with our Supply Chain Tech Tide research about the maturity and business value of supply chain applications.

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Use Sustainability Mandates And Investments To Drive Supply Chain Innovation

Forrester eCommerce

The obligation to comply with supply chain regulations from the EU Supply Chain Act to a draft of US supply chain due diligence laws is spurring firms to rethink sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing policies, and supporting applications. In addition, the US and the EU alone are currently spending $1.4

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Omnichannel CX: The Critical Role of Real-time Inventory

Modern retail supply chains are already being pushed to their limits, and as more and more brands adopt a truly omnichannel approach, they’ll continue to operate at max capacity.

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When Systemic Risks Collide: Why Supply Chain Issues Are The New Normal

Forrester eCommerce

Before March of 2020, “supply chain issues” was a term we’d hear after a natural disaster or labor strike – that all ended the moment we ran out of toilet paper. Unquestionably, the supply chain crisis has been a secondary theme of the pandemic, one that continues to escalate. For the 15 months since the […].

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

Just as you don’t start worrying about your hot water heater’s performance until you get shocked by an icy-cold shower, most of us — even inside the retail industry — don’t think about supply chains until they stop working. This is excepting, of course, the professionals tasked with maintaining and operating those supply chains.)

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Embrace Business Complexity With Real-Time Inventory Data

Topics include: How accurate inventory visibility can help overcome the inherent complexities of a multi-variable product set, particularly for the in-store shopper How routing logic and network-driven fulfillment can optimize your supply chain for efficiency How a real-time view of inventory empowers both associates and customers

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Composable Commerce Is Playing a Key Role in SiteOne’s Digital Transformation

Discover the benefits of composable commerce for the complex realities of modern retail in this webinar that looks at a case study of SiteOne, a landscape supply retailer undergoing a major digital transformation. This recording is provided by Connected Consumer Series.

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Emerging Trends That Will Move Commerce in 2022

To help you navigate the next 12 months, Pivotree has brought together several experts to share their predictions for 2022 across three critical areas of commerce: Supply Chain, eCommerce, and Customer Experience. In this guide, you’ll get insights into: When and how supply chain woes could ease up.