Blog Consumer Goods Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Warehousing 
QAD
MARCH 30, 2023
If you work in the automotive, aerospace and defense industries or, of course, the consumer goods industry, you’ve probably been working with RFID technology for years. I recommend taking a look at your inventory management, ERP and warehouse management system (WMS) to determine whether they can support a high degree of granularity.
RFgen
JANUARY 21, 2016
As retailers study their current warehouse operations, they have to keep one eye on innovations positioned to become industry standards. This affects warehouse management because inventory employees must prep orders pouring in from numerous sales channels. Modern consumers like eco-friendly businesses.
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RFgen
JANUARY 21, 2016
As retailers study their current warehouse operations, they have to keep one eye on innovations positioned to become industry standards. This affects warehouse management because inventory employees must prep orders pouring in from numerous sales channels. Modern consumers like eco-friendly businesses.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 26, 2015
The inherent buying patterns of consumers are also changing. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. For more on this topic, reference my prior blog posts on Learn the Language of Demand and Driving Innovation ). So why have companies not done this?
Kinaxis
MAY 18, 2016
You might think, “okay, our warehouse is good” without thinking about the end to end. Procurement might have hit their cost savings metrics, but if it meant purchasing more than needed, and that might hurt your warehouse inventories. Or do you think Supply Chain professionals should just go on being quietly excellent?
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 21, 2015
Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners. Like musical chairs, the ownership structure of the vendors is changing.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 17, 2018
Our team was recognized for our unique configure-to-order process for our microprocessors as a finalist in the Supply Chain Council’s Operational Excellence award in 2011. The team reduced finished-goods inventory by 50% and reduced the assembly and test line production variances by 50% in 9 months. My tenure at AMD was amazing.
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