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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? But consider, too, how you can turn those needs to your advantage in inventory management.

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What is Inventory Replenishment & Why Does it Matter?

Unleashed

Inventory replenishment is reordering stock in the right quantities, at the right time. Too much inventory can increase costs, limit cash flow, and leave you with expired stock. In this inventory replenishment guide: What is inventory replenishment? Preventing stock expiry. Reducing overall freight costs.

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Use Forward Buying to Gain Profit During Inflation

Herlitz Inventory Management

Two HIMPACT customers have already rented extra warehouse space just to store forward bought inventory. If ever there was a time to take advantage of forward buying, this is it! Knowing that forward buying is important is only step one. To do so effectively, you need to first understand how much extra to buy. and 65.4%.

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5 Reasons Why You Need Procurement Planning Software

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. No Purchase Orders were used.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In this instalment of the series of articles written by the LSCMS Shippers Council, we strive to answer this and delve into the critical aspects of ocean transit time reliability and visibility within the supply chain. but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. The challenges to achieving visibility?

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Ramping-Up Inventory for a New Distribution Center

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

At the request of some customers, I wanted to share best practices for ramping-up inventory for a new distribution center (DC) and transitioning distribution lanes from the old DC(s) to a new one. This must be done right to maintain service levels while avoiding excess inventory costs. Ramp-Up Purchasing Plans for the New DC.