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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. Walmart Has Embraced RFID Technology – Should You?

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From AOL To Online Freight Rates – Blog

Freightos

Same goes for books, groceries, taxis, banking, canoe and even B2B purchases. These 200+ contracts will be in different formats, ranging from PDFs and Excels to simple emails. Early online selling started with smaller consumer goods. But today, you can buy a boat online. You can buy house-sized power generators.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

Cycle stock is the management of stock required to cycle through production runs and procurement buys effectively. There are two buffers in the supply chain: inventory and manufacturing capacity. As assets become more and more utilized manufacturing loses the ability to buffer volatility through manufacturing capacity optimization.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. Both improvement and performance define supply chain excellence.

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How AI and Logistics Tech Can Boost Van, Truck & DSD Sales in the Middle East

Locus

Timely deliveries provide an excellent customer experience and differentiate a business from its competition. You have strong ties between the manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or CPG , and the medium and large-sized retail outlets that sell them. How does one bring about this consistency?

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How Supply Chain Can Make or Break a High Growth Company!

Supply Chain Game Changer

A while ago, we blogged about how more Startups are looking to Supply Chain Management to boost their productivity as they scale. Supply Chain Management is an important factor for fast-growing hardware manufacturing companies, whether they’re producing goods overseas or at home. The best in the business can get you all three.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

While traditional forecasting approaches use statistics to model history assuming that historic shipments and order patterns represent future market patterns, in the times of market volatility, especially for manufacturers two-five levels back in the supply chain, traditionally forecasting is not adequate.