Challenge
Increase in e-commerce volumes and shipping costs; customer demands for flexible, faster fulfillment at lower cost; and higher levels of volatility are stressing supply chains. This is further compounded by constraints due to legacy systems, inaccurate forecasting, siloed optimization, labor shortage, and port blocks leading to low fill rates. Retailers need to take a proactive, scientific approach to supply chain management; the key is to be able to preempt and respond to change in near real time.