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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. So, I asked the questions, “Is your data forecastable?

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. Demand forecasting.

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. Demand forecasting.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Forecasting beauty products, which are susceptible to a broader sense of what is in or out of fashion, is difficult. But forecasting new product demand is even more difficult. Additionally, traditionally beauty consultants sold products and the company shipped products to the consultants. Logistics can be a challenge.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 3-7, 2015)

Talking Logistics

New Capabilities in JDA Flowcasting Attack the Toughest Retail Forecasting Challenges. XPO Logistics Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results. Our ability to expand same-day delivery is rooted in local merchandise inventories at Macy’s stores, as well as a newly expanded delivery footprint of our partners at Deliv [emphasis mine].”.

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New Year’s Resolution #1 for Supply Chain Planners: Improve Performance Measurement

Demand Solutions

Over my next few articles, I’ll share some tips on the kinds of resolutions you can put in place to get your supply chain performance back on track in 2015. I’m not sure I’ve ever talked to a Demand Solutions customer who wasn’t at least tracking their inventory levels, overstocks, stockouts, and so forth. This isn’t good enough.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. In fact, the teams ignore the forecast. Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. I had the opportunity to visit with the SanDisk team in July 2015.