QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

As I discussed in a recent article in RFID Journal , RFID technology has changed a lot since 2005 and could be the secret to ensuring greater visibility and inventory accuracy this year. and bring inventory accuracy up to an impressive 99.9%. Inventory tracking is the most successful use case for RFID technology.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Inventory carrying cost is an essential figure to understand. Without it, you’ll struggle to accurately measure profitability or make informed decisions around inventory management and cash flow. What is inventory carrying cost? Why is inventory carrying cost important?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Manufacturing SMBs article and permission to publish here provided by Alina Akk. Inventory management is a holistic and logical methodology for handling both raw materials and finished products. Why is Inventory Management Important for Manufacturing SMBs?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Last week, I published an article on outside-in planning. The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Focus on improving operating margin, inventory turns, and revenue/employee simultaneously. in inventory value.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Manage your E-Commerce store article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. A successful new business model has come to the forefront, and it doesn’t require you to have an inventory. How You Can Manage Your E-Commerce Store With No Inventory. They can provide the inventory and product storage space.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 29, 2023

Inventory management software helps businesses keep track of stock and be more efficient in their daily operations. It automates tedious manual tasks that can be prone to human error, improving the accuracy of a company’s recorded inventory levels and reducing inventory carrying costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

This article is written by Atakan Kantar & Doğa Kurt from Solvoyo, and examines the ongoing trend CPG companies going direct-to-consumer (D2C). Quicker response times, pick efficiency as well as packaging requirements are very different from what CPG operations are accustomed to. To read the full article, click HERE.

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QAD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Transportation, scheduling and on-time delivery are important for any manufacturer and inventory manager to keep manufacturing and supply chain businesses running smoothly. What do these two stories have to do with manufacturing and inventory management ? Automating Inventory Management and Material Transfers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 4, 2023

Today’s article comes from Erin Sun at Oracle and identifies five supply chain success factors CPG companies need to know for increased profitability. Optimizing a vast and complex supply chain is a growing challenge for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) firms. To read the full article, click HERE. The reason?

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this guide to barcodes in inventory management: In order to apply barcodes to inventory management, it is important to understand the basics of the barcode system. Hence, some companies will find corded barcode scanners to be all they need, where other companies require wireless scanners to support their online inventory management.

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ShipBob

APRIL 22, 2020

When it comes to understanding how customers interact with ecommerce brands, packaging is by far one of the most ubiquitous elements. This is great for business, but with all of this spending online comes another cost: more packaging waste, and therefore a growing environmental impact. What is eco-friendly packaging?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

The joint press release points out the technology’s ability to build palletized loads of department-sorted inventory and its strategic role in supporting Walmart’s goal of modernizing its vast supply chain network and allowing the company to transform its regional distribution centers to provide faster responsiveness to store orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2021

Today’s article is from GlobalTranz and explores white glove services in transportation management. While a consumer may be pleased with seeing a package sitting on the front doorstep when returning home, it is at an added risk. The package could be stolen, or the package’s contents could perish.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. Our culture is to never fail.”.

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ShipBob

APRIL 18, 2024

In this article, we’ll uncover what the de minimis threshold means for ecommerce businesses, how to navigate it, and how ShipBob can help. Properly classifying goods and paying tariffs are essential to prevent packages getting stuck in customs and potential fines. What is the de minimis threshold value?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

Blue Yonder is a leading provider of supply chain software solutions including several solutions that will be mentioned in this article – demand management, inventory optimization, replenishment, warehouse management, warehouse control systems, yard management, and transportation management.

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QAD

APRIL 19, 2022

When we talk about predictions and strategic planning with consumer packaged goods (CPG) and food & beverage (F&B) companies, we’re met with a great deal of uncertainty given the current state of disruptions and upheaval. We wrote about it at the beginning of the year in our 2022 predictions article.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 15, 2014

Packaging shields products from damage and theft, differentiates the brand, and is a source of information for consumers. It also adds cost to the value chain, particularly in fragmented markets where buyers have diverse packaging needs. A lot of research has been devoted to packaging optimization problems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Today’s article is from Omer Ucar at Solvoyo. I no longer go to crowded malls to get new clothes nor wait in queues to get packaged goods and even fresh fruits. Click HERE to read the full article. It was mid-March when my flatmate and I burst into a panic as the first cases of COVID-19 were officially announced.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It was being used at the time for everything from bridge painting to package sorting. After reading a recent article in SCM World by Kevin O’Marah, I learned that CPG companies have felt extreme upstream pressure, as he puts it. I saw in O’Marah’s article that major retailer Walmart has teamed with Google to be part of Google Express.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The scenario of a rail strike sheds light on the unsteadiness that has come to define today’s global supply chain, as QAD’s Stephen Dombroski wrote recently in an article in Food Logistics. According to a recent Bloomberg article , trains move about 28% of total U.S. Inventory management. Temporary process changes.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In a recent article Chris Casey of Supply Chain Dive covered the developments at Coca-Cola We will shortly see the change from colored plastic bottles to clear plastic bottles. Today’s innovators are making some amazing inroads for this. Some are incremental and some are revolutionary. This is the realm of the logistics professional.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 13, 2022

To plan for Q4 inventory, you had to have your orders in place several months ago and now, it’s too late. Since a 3PL fulfillment agent manages your entire supply chain, from production to delivery, you don’t have to worry about sourcing your products, storing them, packaging them, and finding the best way to deliver them. Conclusion.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2023

As I wrote in a previous article, “Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them.”[1] The new ‘2D’ barcodes will unlock reams of online extras (for consumers) and revolutionize inventory management (for retailers).

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2016

Many articles on the topic of supply chain cost reduction have been written, most of which are understandably focused on issues such as inventory levels, network design, process efficiencies and supplier management/relationships. Make no mistake; any initiative to save money on packaging is likely to require some investment up front.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Whether you’re a business owner, manager, or simply curious about the inner workings of the global economy, this article will provide you with a solid foundation. Warehousing: Warehousing involves the storage and management of inventory. It also involves inventory management, order fulfillment, and monitoring stock levels.

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. If packaging or other minor issues prevent consumer interest, it doesn’t mean the company should destroy items that could feed hungry families. Donating food inventory is noble, but not always easy.

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. If packaging or other minor issues prevent consumer interest, it doesn’t mean the company should destroy items that could feed hungry families. Donating food inventory is noble, but not always easy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Order fulfillment challenges article and permission to publish here provided by Catherine Park. Note that these figures don’t include restocking expenses and losses on inventory. Explain to them the cause of delays and when they should expect the new inventory.

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Arkieva

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Most software packages show current views of current forecasts, sales, production, and inventory. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. But what if you wanted visibility of the underlying trends, changes, patterns in all systems.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. Quickly Get to the Root Cause of Quality Issues.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 17, 2023

In this article, we’ll examine JIT in detail, explain how a 3PL can help you take advantage of it, and discuss how JIT is still relevant post-pandemic. With this model, every item that the manufacturing operation could require – from nuts and bolts to packaging materials – was kept on-hand by the manufacturer “just in case” it was needed.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

In this article, we will explore six of such supply chain tools that will revolutionize your workflow, ultimately saving you up to 30 hours of valuable time! Efficiently managing inventory is crucial for maintaining optimal cash flow and meeting customer service expectations.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 11, 2020

What is inventory carrying cost? Inventory carrying cost, or more simply referred to as “carrying cost,” is the sum of all the costs associated with holding inventory or stock in storage or warehouse. Inventory carrying costs are something that anyone who sells a physical product has to deal with. Inventory Service Cost.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

Regardless of the location in which you are reading this article, you’re probably surrounded by items that originated from outside your local area. That includes packaging, warehousing, shipping, and more. Take a look around. ”[4] In the press release announcing the 2019 event, Scott G. Logistics helps to create value.

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Unleashed

JULY 12, 2019

The difficulties of inventory management can be minimised simply by utilising purpose-built software, tried and true methods and adjusting one’s approach to it. In this article, we consider the difficulties of inventory management with particular attention to the reactive and proactive approaches to stock control.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Storing inventory is a necessary part of running any business that sells physical goods. As an ecommerce business, it can be tough to know which inventory storage system is the best for your business. What are inventory storage solutions? 3 types of inventory storage solutions. 3 types of inventory storage solutions.

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