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Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact in Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

Over time, I’ve been fortunate to work in groups where both men and women were well represented, and I’ve had excellent leaders who championed my career by giving me the freedom to chart my own path. The good news is we’re catching up, making substantial contributions in the overall supply chain workforce.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. This blog post started a series of telephone calls. Models Matter. Let me explain.

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What Retailers Need to Know About Inventory Management for 2016

RFgen

Here are a few inventory management practices that could make or break a company in 2016: Omnichannel Branches Out. The Inventory and Supply Chain Optimization blog suggested channels that directly affect warehouse management strategies have recently expanded to include social media.

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What Retailers Need to Know About Inventory Management for 2016

RFgen

Here are a few inventory management practices that could make or break a company in 2016: Omnichannel Branches Out. The Inventory and Supply Chain Optimization blog suggested channels that directly affect warehouse management strategies have recently expanded to include social media.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

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. That said, Walmart didn’t become one of the largest retailers in the world by accident and it’s clear the company knows a thing or two about inventory management.

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How Food Manufacturing Software Drives Profit [w Case Studies]

Unleashed

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand. Working with fresh food.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.”