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POOLCORP Selects ToolsGroup to Improve Supply Chain Resilience

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup’s service-driven multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) provides a single view of demand and supply to help manage uncertainty and increase product availability. . “We Recent supply disruptions have made supply chain agility even more crucial,” said David Barton, ToolsGroup’s general manager of North America.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings.

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“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste” – Key Insights from the Automotive Logistics

BlueYonder

Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient. Breaking Down Barriers Between Planning, Procurement and Logistics: The existence of isolated supply chains between procurement, planning, and logistics can lead to latency, reduced responsiveness, expedited processes, excess inventory, and substantial inefficiencies.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology. Monolithics are unshaped refractory products.

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Can We Really Collaborate?

Supply Chain Shaman

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. Current State of Perpetual Inventory. Replenishment is fueled by an effective perpetual inventory signal.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Swimsuits and dresses for weddings—you never buy just one,” says Joanie Demer, co-founder of Krazy Coupon Lady. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases.