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Dramatic swings in demand and supply due to Covid-19 kept companies guessing—yet some of them significantly reduced forecast error and safety stock using successful strategies for facing risk and disruption. Based on operational data encompassing over $200 billion in annual sales across various industries, e2open’s 2021 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study provides insight into how firms handled the pandemic in 2020. Examine the full-length report with over 40 charts that unpack supply chain performance or the condensed executive brief with key takeaways for decision makers.
Suite Profiles
Logistics Suite
Open up a world of possibilities for your transportation and logistics needs. Companies of any size can now plan, book, [...]
Global Trade Suite
Global trade can be highly profitable, but managing it is becoming increasingly complex and costly. Now you can efficiently plan, [...]
Collaborative Manufacturing Intelligent Application Suite
Speed and accuracy are the new currencies of quality. A timely, precise response to production variances can mean the difference between [...]
Business Planning Intelligent Application Suite
Confidently take the next step forward to better plan your business. Wherever you are in your supply chain journey, e2open’s [...]
Application Data Sheets
Risk and Quality Management
For manufacturers across industries, managing recalls can involve high costs or even life-threatening situations. Ensuring consistent quality and lot, [...]
E2open Global Parcel
Shippers invest extensive resources in managing the complexities of carrier compliance, including creating accurate documentation for crossing borders [...]
E2open Vehicle Routing and Scheduling
Planning the optimal delivery route based on your available resources saves on transportation costs. Responding to disruptions to [...]
E2open Restricted Party Screening Data Sheet
Companies with global operations must determine if a partner, customer or contact involved in a transaction is a restricted [...]
E2open Collaborative Channel Planning Data Sheet
Creating comprehensive activity plans is rarely a partner’s core competency. A lack of appropriate software tools to align brands [...]
E2open Sales Order Collaboration
As a brand owner conducting business-to-business selling, you routinely face complex processes involving retailers, distributors, resellers and direct sales [...]
E2open Recall Management
Defective products can result in injuries, untold financial liability and brand damage. Companies must quickly identify the affected items, [...]
e2open Retail Shelf Management
Ensuring on-shelf availability in every store is paramount for retail success. However, when launching or promoting products, it can [...]
Case Studies
Cummins Accelerates Shipment Processes, Gains Real-Time Visibility With e2open Global Parcel
A leading global diesel and natural gas-powered engine manufacturer, Cummins was bogged down with the challenges of [...]
Bausch + Lomb Increases Productivity and Improves Customer Service With e2open Global Parcel
Carrier integration for parcel shipping is a complex task requiring IT and business resources to complete. Bausch [...]
Ace Hardware Leverages e2open’s Transportation Management to Reduce Freight Spend
With a transportation spend of about $50 million in annual truckload transport costs, home improvement retailer Ace Hardware wanted to [...]
Sending Medicines and Other Supplies Worldwide, Quickly and Cost-Efficiently with e2open
For international nongovernmental organization (NGO) humedica e.V., complying with country-specific customs regulations was becoming increasingly complex and time-consuming. To continue [...]
Solution Briefs
Forced Labor, the UFLPA, and Supply Chain Traceability: Compliance at Your Fingertips
New regulations are emerging globally aimed at reducing forced labor and other human rights abuses in the supply [...]
The Power of the Network: End-to-End Alignment, Visibility and Responsiveness
Supply chain efficiency and resiliency depend on the frictionless flow of information and careful orchestration of many activities. Both of [...]
Product Classification Simplified and Automated
Inaccurately classifying products according to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System (HS) can lead to significant business challenges such as [...]
E2open Trading Partner Management
Onboarding new partners often involves a myriad of complex manual processes. Much of the communication — including critical milestones [...]
Manufacturing Quality and Traceability for Apparel and Footwear Brands
For apparel and footwear brands, product safety and quality are crucial. Their products are subject to rigid consumer safety regulations, [...]
Manufacturing Quality and Traceability for Discrete and Process Manufacturers
Improve quality control, safeguard brand equity, ensure compliance and limit liability exposure by quickly identifying the root cause of quality [...]
Due Diligence Made Easy: Salesforce Connector for Restricted Party Screening
Companies that use Salesforce as their customer relationship management (CRM) system typically store detailed customer data within it—the same records [...]
Post-Brexit Compliance Management
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union—commonly known as Brexit—on December 31, 2020, had an enormous impact on supply chains [...]
White Papers
Five Parcel Shipping Trends That Are Radically Changing the Shipping Landscape in 2022 and Tips to Help You Adapt
The focus is shifting from predictability and efficiency to flexibility and sustainability. Gain a clear understanding of how the [...]
Leveraging Trade Agreements to Reduce Global Sourcing Costs
Reap the benefits of efficiently capitalizing on trade programs. By removing the hassle, confusion and unnecessary manual effort involved [...]
Optimizing Omnichannel Performance in Supply Chain
Orchestrating all partner ecosystems empowers companies to make cross-functional, data-anchored decisions that optimize customer and partner experience through every [...]
Holistic Channel Technology Guide
Instead of just managing distributors and resellers, progressive companies orchestrate the entire partner ecosystem, whether their partners sell goods [...]
Analyst Reports and Indices
eBooks
Taking the Mess Out of TMS
Even in the best times, moving goods internationally can bring obstacles, complexities and headaches for every party involved. Fortunately, [...]
Making the Business Case for Channel Incentives Technology
Learn about the benefits of channel incentives technology and how it can make your investments work harder to [...]
Launch Communication Plan: A Guide and Template for a Successful Channel Marketing Launch
You’re launching a new program or platform to increase partner engagement. You can’t wait to get your partners [...]
Transform Global E-Commerce and Maximize the Customer Experience
Check out this ebook to learn how global e-commerce providers can combat the obstacles of cross-border trade [...]
Videos
Discover the Connected Supply Chain
A disconnected supply chain and the resulting inefficiencies primarily occur due to divisions across enterprise boundaries and partners as well as [...]
Check Greenhouse Gas Emissions before Booking Freight
Transportation touches every stage of production, distribution, and returns, accounting for a surprisingly large portion of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. [...]
The Power of the Network for Holistic Planning
Supply chain planning that is siloed from other internal functions, sales channels, trading partners and outsourcing won’t effectively solve the problems [...]
The Power of the Network for Indirect Channels
Traditional indirect sales channels are rapidly evolving into ecosystems of interdependent partners that work together to fully meet customer needs instead [...]
Reducing Costs, Emissions and Empty Miles with e2open Equipment Management
Shipping containers are a substantial investment, but managing them isn’t complicated or costly when using the right container management solution. In this [...]
The Power of the Network for Transportation and Logistics
Reliable transportation planning and execution involves forecasting your capacity needs, securing the best rates, viewing detailed shipment milestones and making all [...]
The Power of the Network for Direct Procurement
Traditionally, direct procurement teams had one goal: acquire materials to manufacture finished goods at the optimal cost. However, manufacturing has grown [...]
The Power of the Network for Global Trade Compliance
Trade compliance has always been complex. Interpreting laws to determine admissibility, identifying potential cost savings and ensuring adherence to regulations requires [...]
Webinars and Podcasts
Talking Logistics: Max Out Your Peak Season Parcel Performance
Ken Fleming, e2open, speaks with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about how companies can develop strategies to address the challenges of last mile distribution [...]
Top 8 Takeaways from the BIS and CBP Conferences
Join the Global Trade Academy as we highlight the top takeaways from these two conferences. We’ll focus on the underlying message of import-export enforcement and due diligence through international partner compliance recommendations [...]
Faster, Cheaper or Greener? How do you optimize transportation?
Join e2open’s logistics experts as they discuss the use of technology and advanced data analysis to optimize road and ocean shipments for the “best all-around” outcome. [...]
7 Ways the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Could Affect Your Company
Join Suzanne Richer for an in-depth review of the Custom and Border Protection’s (CBP) recommendations to ensure your company stays compliant with the UFLPA legislation. [...]
Infographics
International Supply Chain Professionals Day
On June 7th, e2open celebrated International Supply Chain Professionals Day to recognize the hard work these individuals put in each day to keep our supply chains running amidst global challenges. [...]
The Challenges of Direct Procurement
Direct procurement departments are being tasked with more responsibilities than ever as they assess suppliers and strive to acquire [...]
AI’s Role in Solving Business Complexities
Vendors tend to talk about artificial intelligence (AI) as if the technology is monolithic. In reality, there are three distinct approaches [...]
Ship Confidently with INTTRA
INTTRA by e2open’s free ocean trade platform moves over 41 million shipments across the world’s borders each year [...]