Automotive Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Inventory Retail 
BlueYonder
MARCH 16, 2023
The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for. We mentioned disruptions and the added complexities.
QAD
MARCH 30, 2023
Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. and bring inventory accuracy up to an impressive 99.9%. What is RFID Technology?
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?
Enterra Insights
JUNE 24, 2022
Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them. Whether in a retail store or a warehouse, associates simply swipe the barcode across the scanner. ” How Barcodes Work. Errors in barcodes themselves are extremely rare.”
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2018
Bonuses and incentives align with functions and are often counter productive to driving supply chain excellence. Today, over 90% of companies have deployed ERP and APS, but as shown in Table 1, inventory levels have grown not decreased in over 80% of industries studied. Days of Inventory by Industry Across Years.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2014
As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. The turns are the lowest of any industry, and despite investments in technologies and processes, inventory turns have only improved 3%, and Cash-T0-Cash (C2C) cycles have declined 4%. This precipitous drop in margin hurts. Companies are feeling pain.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
As I have traveled this week, first to Retail Connections to talk to retail, then to GHX to discuss Healthcare and Implantable Devices, and now to the WIPRO analyst event, many things are rolling around in my head. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. This is the focus of this blog post.
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