Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 15, 2022
Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad inventory.” The impact of the undisciplined demand shaping activity is seen in the shifts in the margin.).
Infosys Supply Chain Management
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Because of the reality of a rather challenging year of supply chain disruptions in 2011, we warned on the possibility of retailers not having the most popular and desired products the consumer wanted because suppliers would fall short of meeting holiday demand spikes. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 15, 2022
Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” In Figure A, I share the orbit charts at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for two periods.
Infosys Supply Chain Management
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
The state of product demand planning and inventory management among retailers becoming more advanced. Overall,retailers performed a decent job in forecasting holiday demand,managing promotions and overall inventory in the 2010 season. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009.
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