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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

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Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. In different product categories, sales forecasts were being changed regularly and the inventory planning team had to react to these whipsaws to the factory orders. We’re seeing significant growth in our pickleball category.

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Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut

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His track record justifiably garners many followers on Twitter – 895,000 according to the account. That article stated that Target, Walmart, and others recently reported during earnings calls that they have too much inventory in certain item categories and that the cost of holding inventory is negatively impacting their profit margins.

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Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment

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First, let’s list out the categories of inventory costs. Companies can save on taxes by accounting for higher inventory costs, resulting in smaller profit margins and lower taxable income. Inventory Costs and Risks. Inventory purchasing costs and ordering costs [think economic order quantities (EOQ)] are the first that come to mind.

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Energy Transition in Supply Chain

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Energy transition can be broken down into a few categories: energy efficient warehouse design; renewable energy usage; smarter warehousing solutions; and waste reduction. Energy Transition in Warehousing Modern warehouses take design into account for sustainability.

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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

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Vishal Patel and Peter Hunt delivered their session ‘Creating Value with Strategic Sourcing’ to discuss how Procurement professionals are recognizing that the fast-paced digital landscape of today demands new approaches to category management and strategic sourcing. The answer is simple – automation.

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Editor’s Choice: A Cybersecurity Planning Framework

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The NIST framework is broken down into five categories, each of which is designed to help businesses improve their cybersecurity posture. This information is then used to develop a risk management strategy that takes into account the potential impact of different types of cybersecurity incidents. This framework is widely used by U.S.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

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This blog will review how category managers and supply planners can use cluster analysis to make smarter decisions and grow sales. Let’s look at the four most common ways cluster analysis is used for category management and supply chain planning decisions. Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail. Happy clustering! and Europe.