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Seasonal Inventory and 7 Ways to Manage It Effectively

ToolsGroup

More than ever, seasonal inventory needs to be carefully accounted for during the demand forecasting and inventory planning process , ensuring right-sized inventory that can meet customer expectations while limiting the spend and use of working capital. Benefits of Effective Seasonal Inventory Management.

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Design, Operating and Situational Inventory Trade-Offs

ToolsGroup

Gartner analyst Paul Lord has developed a framework to better understand inventory trade-offs by categorizing those decisions according to the objectives they are meant to achieve: structural, operational and situational. Many companies struggle with decisions such as “How many days of sales or inventory turns per year should we target?

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Amazon Prime Day 2021 Consumer Survey: Four Trends From This Year’s Annual Shopping Event

BlueYonder

As many consumers return to “normal” spending habits, this year’s annual event was in many ways the retail industry’s first big test on its road to recovery. This enables higher planner productivity, better inventory management and an improved understanding of demand drivers and customer behavior.

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha With the Alps as a backdrop, LogiPharma Europe 2018 proved to be both energizing and thought provoking. Excellence in operations driven by end-to-end visibility into inventory levels will be important. Kinaxis (@Kinaxis) April 10, 2018. pic.twitter.com/BipjFVtxTC. Smart devices enable digital supply chains.

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Risk Management: Is 2018 the Year of Living Dangerously?

Enterra Insights

It has also always had issues: supply chain complexity; global competition; information collection challenges; and greater risk from global events including natural disasters, port closures and anti-global sentiment. As we step into 2018, enterprises must realize the risks associated with their IoT ecosystem.” Crime as a Service.

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Themes from the 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum

Kinaxis

I just returned from a very inspiring 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum in London. With approximately 200 professionals in attendance the event is rather exclusive, which provides plenty of one-on-one networking opportunities. by Dr. Madhav Durbha. Thick data” vs big data, the power of the supply chain profession, and cybersecurity.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. In the period of 2010-2018, within the chemical industry, margins fluctuated, largely driven by the price of crude, but inventory turns plummeted.