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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, there is a great opportunity, but the question is how to jump. How to get started? Technology providers focus on serving the planner, but I find that they are blind to the larger requirements of how to serve the organization better. How do I improve the plan? in inventory value. Guess what?

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Here’s How to Measure Inventory Health

ToolsGroup

Looking for a relatively quick way to measure inventory health? “It Even though we’re talking about inventory, we first have to understand customer buying behavior—and how that then translates into inventory requirements.” This is different from problematic ABC inventory classification.

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How to forecast inventory requirements

The Smart Software

Forecasting inventory requirements is a specialized variant of forecasting that focuses on the high end of the range of possible future demand. The post How to forecast inventory requirements appeared first on Smart Software. Traditional methods often rely on bell-shaped demand curves, but this isn't always accurate.

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Beginning Inventory 101: Formula & How to Calculate

ShipBob

If you start out a quarter with more inventory than when you started the previous quarter, is it a good thing or a bad thing? Or, it’s an indication that you have more inventory than you can sell. If you start out with less inventory than the period prior, it could mean you sold a lot of your stock — congratulations!

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How to Tackle Today's Most Complex Inventory Challenges

Speaker: Andrew Kurpiel - AmerCareRoyal | Bill Benton - GAINS | Paul Benhamou - Benco Dental

By targeting inventory investments and regulating service expectations, their inventory optimization activities have improved performance. Join three supply chain experts as they share their best practices and effective strategies for facing today’s most complex inventory challenges.

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Inventory Management vs. Inventory Optimization: What’s Wrong with ABC Inventory Classification?

ToolsGroup

ABC inventory classification has been around so long that most planners just assume it’s the only way to segment your inventory. Let’s examine how inventory management has evolved into inventory optimization so that companies can minimize inventory investment while still hitting service level targets and maximing proftability.

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Excess Inventory: Causes, Consequences and How to Avoid it?

SCMDOJO

In today’s fast-paced business world, excess inventory can be a major hindrance to growth and profitability. Whether it’s unsold products taking up valuable storage space or excess & obsolete items tying up capital, having excessive inventory can lead to increased costs and decreased cash flow.

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5 Steps to 100% Inventory & Asset Accuracy: A Warehouse Manager’s Guide to RFID

The guide is “5 Steps to 100% Inventory & Asset Accuracy.” What's your inventory accuracy? Barcodes vs. RFID 5 ways to deploy RFID in your warehouse How to find the ideal RFID solution Who can help? What's inside the eBook? Case study: Military contractor saves time & money

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Learn How to Transform Procurement with Team Procure Cloud

Team Procure Cloud offers a comprehensive solution to procurement management, streamlining the entire process from purchase requests and approvals to supplier management and inventory control. One of the key features of the platform is the custom approval workflows, which are tailored to each department within an organization.

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Striking a Balance in the Supply Chain: Navigating Volatile Supply and Demand to Meet Customer Needs

Speaker: Tony Darnell, Shipping Manager at Lippert Components

To make smart allocations, they need to visualize inventory across multiple warehouses and cater to different customer needs.

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Key Questions for a Successful Distribution Network

Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix

How many distribution centers do we even need, and is that number feasible? If we're going to offer the speed of shipping and variety of inventory that today's customers have come to expect, there are a lot of different questions that need to be asked. January 30, 2019 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM GMT.

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Complimentary Gartner Report: Improve S&OP Decision Making with Scenario Planning

How to articulate scenarios for portfolio planning, network, inventory, and more. Who to involve in the process and how to monitor changing conditions for effective decision making. --> The paradigm shift happening in S&OP and pain points experienced by SCP leaders. Defining indicators to monitor changes in scenarios.

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The Keys to Business Continuity Planning

Speaker: Ron Spiteri, Director of TXM Lean Solutions

Ways to find the right balance between inventory turns and stock availability. The types of risks and how to assess them. How to develop Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery strategies. Join Ron Spiteri of TXM Lean Solutions, and learn the key steps to take control of your supply chain risks.