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Key Automotive Attractions and Pit Stops at Explore 2019

QAD

We have a lot in store for you and your colleagues, so please consider this roadmap of key attractions and pit stops for this year’s automotive sessions at QAD Explore 2019. The post Key Automotive Attractions and Pit Stops at Explore 2019 appeared first on QAD Blog. Key Attractions in New Orleans.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

Downsizing inventories over the past decade crippled the response.” In Table 1, I share research collected for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis on the average days of inventory by industry across the period of 2004 to 2019 by increments to match economic shifts. Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods.

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Five Inventory Optimization Secrets for Aftermarket Parts

ToolsGroup

It’s notoriously difficult to optimize inventory for aftermarket parts. Read on for our five inventory optimization secrets for aftermarket parts. Five Inventory Optimization Secrets for Aftermarket Parts. Sporadic demand and escalating SKU counts challenge distributors’ ability to economically carry the right inventory.

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How do car manufacturers deal with disruption in the automotive industry?

DynaSys

Nearly all global, regional, and local automotive supply chains in 2020 were impacted by Covid-19. Whether it was through imposed tariffs, Brexit, or electric car success, the automotive industry felt its impacts acutely. However, at the same time, Tesla sales increased 36% from 2019 whereas VW total sales saw a 16% decline.

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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

Gross Margin Return on Inventory (GMROI), a profitability metric that accounts for unsold inventory, has now dropped in all three countries as manufacturers abandon the Just In Time business model for the more costly Just In Case approach. Percentage change in stock on hand value, UK (Q3 2019 v Q3 2022). days on average.

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Exploring the Automotive Chip Shortage Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As I went from dealership to dealership researching potential vehicles that I would buy, I became aware of some very unusual circumstances, precipitated by an automotive chip shortage environment. ” At the beginning of the pandemic automotive companies also had to shut down factories, especially in the face of rapidly declining demand.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. We are raping the planet to make inventory to sell at a deep discount.