Remove sales inventory-management-best-practices
article thumbnail

Supply Chain AI Strategy: Navigating Apparel Industry Complexities

Logility

Navigating the $5 trillion North American apparel market requires precision, especially when dealing with the intricate complexities of forecasting and inventory management. A Deloitte survey highlights the empowerment of executive leadership in managing supply chains, with 56% of leaders having a senior executive at the helm.

article thumbnail

The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Logistics Viewpoints

My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. Their consulting goes beyond supply chain management to include a broader strategic engagement that could include issues like customer intimacy, trade promotion optimization, innovation, and regulatory planning and remediation.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Inventory Strategies: Evaluating Constant Disruptions

Logility

Inventory strategies begin with an efficient network design to effectively balance your ability to accurately predict customer demand and work with suppliers to adjust orders in real time. Routine firefighting of inventory issues is a symptom of inventory strategies treated as a once-a-year exercise.

article thumbnail

Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? Global companies with stable brands struggle to drive improvement, but ironically, we speak of best practices. The reason? The larger the company, the greater the non-linearity.

article thumbnail

3 Trends Captivating Supply Chain Planning Leaders’ Attention

Logility

Yet, few have a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, as well as the reporting tools and integrated, coordinated network of partners, that’s comprehensive and responsive enough to keep up. For PPC Flexible Packing , customer collaboration is the name of the game.

article thumbnail

Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. As Burt Flickinger, Retail Expert and Managing Director at retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group shared with CNN , “For every dollar in sales, a retailer’s net profit is between a cent to five cents.

Retail 296
article thumbnail

Cascading KPIs To Drive Business Performance

Silvon Software

The practice of “cascading” KPIs is used to align strategic objectives with business unit targets and performance measurements to drive positive results. For additional KPI concepts and best practices, we welcome you to download Silvon’s Definitive Guide to KPIs.