A Supply Chain Planning Solution for Mid-Size Businesses

Mid-sized companies face a unique set of competing pressures: the need to keep pace with ever-changing consumer demands, build a scalable foundation for profitable growth, and deploy limited resources – both people and capital – efficiently.  While there are technology solutions that solve these challenges, most mid-size companies don’t see themselves as having the same access …

2 Simple Questions to Help Identify Supply Chain Inefficiencies

Every professional responsible for his or her company’s supply chain planning and execution probably realizes that there are a number of inefficiencies in his or her system; they just might not be able to pinpoint where the biggest and/or most urgent issues are. In order to optimize all points along a chain, you must first …

Wayne’s wORld: As Spring Floods into Summer do you have a Plan for the new Season?

Recently as I crossed over the surging muddy red water of the Red River into the great state of Texas, I wasFlooding-in-Wells-008 reminded of how quickly things in life can change. Not three months ago Texas was in a critical level of dryness and drought that had persisted for most of the past 10 years. …

Mid-Size Retailers Looking for Competitive Advantage Should Turn To Supply Chain Optimization

As a mid-size retailer, you can likely identify – to the penny – how much it costs to order, store, and deliver your products. But if you were told tomorrow that your company was planning to add a number of stores in the next 36 months would you jump right in and simply scale the way you currently do business?You’d probably immediately focus your thoughts …

We Have Our Heads in the Clouds, and That's a Good Thing!

Who is Solvoyo? Our boilerplate says that we’re an enterprise software company providing strategic, tactical, and operational planning in a single platform that gives customers the most comprehensive capability to maximize profits while minimizing costs. But that’s just what we do. When you select a software partner you’re not only buying that partner’s product; you’re engaging …

Wayne’s wORld: Math in the wORld of Customer Relationships

Howdy y’all!  It seems I’ve taken another long break from putting thoughts into words in this space. Unfortunately I don’t have a litany of events and whimsical anecdotes to account for my absence like I did last summer. This time around I have just been immersed in exciting mathematical challenges helping companies better their supply …

6 Ways To Know If You Need More Intelligent Supply Chain Software

The choice of supply chain software is an important one, primarily because of its ability to significantly improve a company’s processes, reduce waste and improve profitability. Supply chain leaders may not be fully aware of how much the right software can contribute to the vitality of a company, but he or she certainly knows that …

Ege-man the Analyst: RILA — An Unexpected Journey

As a part of the Customer Success Team at Solvoyo, I recently unexpectedly found myself in Orlando FL for the annual Retail Industry Leaders’ Association (RILA) conference. For a recently employed graduate in Turkey, it was quite a dream come true to go to the US and attend an international conference. Packed with a little bit …

Wayne’s wORld: RILA Never Fails to Deliver

The RILA team did it again! Bringing together the greatest minds and strongest leaders in a complex and diverse discipline such as Supply Chain is a grand feat indeed.  I’m most impressed with the comprehensive coverage from retailers of every variety, to transportation service providers of every variety and technology solutions providers of every variety. The …

While NRF is the Big Show, RILA Steals the Show for Supply Chain

2015 was my first adventure to the NRF big show in the Big Apple.  It was impressive to say the least.  The expo floor “booths” in many cases were more suitable as actual “brick and mortar” establishments except I don’t think masonry is an acceptable construction material. The buzz on the floor seemed to work around the …