Supply Chain

As we conclude the back-to-school shopping season and prepare for the upcoming holiday shopping season, e-commerce sales continue to show tremendous secular growth. The search for online solutions has only intensified with the closing of brick-and-mortar locations across the globe. This flurry of unprecedented shifts carries both risks and opportunities for retailers as they grapple…

Retail sales increased during August as consumer demand outweighed the pandemic, supply chain disruptions and other factors affecting spending, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said Thursday. The U.S. Census Bureau reported overall retail sales in August were up 0.7 percent seasonally adjusted from July and up 15.1 percent year-over-year. Despite occasional month-over-month declines, sales have grown…

Modern platforms, such as the cloud--as well as modern tools, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT)--empower supply chain organizations to evaluate and implement decisions that drive the best possible outcomes.

Infor Nexus Control Center provides various planning and execution capabilities to prevent disruptions and orchestrate supply chain activities.

Three key supply chain essentials and three scenarios for delivering value beyond your four walls.

Supply chain execution has grown increasingly more challenging as companies have expanded their supplier and customer bases internationally. The true extent of globalization, along with the fragility of logistics networks and capacity flows, have been thrown into stark relief by the effects of COVID-19.

Control Center filters out the supply chain noise and focuses on the meaningful signals to enable proactive orchestration of complex supply chains for better agility and resiliency.

On the heels of COVID-19, we sit in the most complex environment for parcel rates and service that we’ve seen in our lifetime. A confluence of factors have come together to bring sometimes fast-moving volatility to the market, which make parcel planning for large retailers incredibly challenging — both for peak and nonpeak.

Organizations that are actively engaged in supply chain digitization are typically the first to sense activities that impact their supply chains -- and thus are often the first to respond and manage those events, the right way.

Companies must embrace the digital capabilities needed to streamline their supply chains. This includes adopting a supply chain control tower, which helps supply chain professionals overcome visibility challenges, increase efficiency, and improve responsiveness.