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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

The Manufacturers Health Check report shows SMEs in the UK, New Zealand and Australia were forced to hold record levels of stock in Q3 2022 – a response to billowing international lead times. However GMROI fell from 1.5 Fulfilment times dropped too by just under a day and a half, from 12.1 days on average.

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Amazon CEO’s Latest Letter to Shareholders Outlines Unfolding Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

fulfillment network, including organization and inventory management strategy. Last year, we started rearchitecting our inventory placement strategy and leveraging our larger fulfillment center footprint to move from a national fulfillment network to a regionalized network model.

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The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

Get tactical with your sales strategy. Inventory and marketing costs can be insidious parasites, gnawing at your margins. If dead stock is consuming vital inventory space in your warehouse try bundling your slowest-moving items with best-sellers. Optimise your customer retention strategy. Watch the cash flow.”

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Product strategies. Operational strategies. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow.

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From Globalization to Glocalization

Enterra Insights

”[5] Glocalization versus Homeland Economics An article out of Australia notes, “Expanding a business internationally is a promising endeavor, but it comes with its fair share of hurdles.”[6] Developing robust risk management strategies is essential to mitigate these potential threats.”

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

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Is the Just-In-Time Supply Chain’s Time Over?

Enterra Insights

Sheffi observes, “One argument is that the just-in-time discipline enables companies to cut inventory carrying costs even if that comes at the expense of the integrity of their supply chains. He explains, “[The aim of JIT] isn’t simply to minimize inventory costs but to improve product quality.