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Inventory and Inflation

Enterra Insights

The irony of excess inventory. Reporters from Bloomberg explain, “A nationwide inventory glut has led to unexpected bargains for U.S. ”[6] According Stokel-Walker, Bloomberg reports, “The biggest retailers in the United States have nearly $45 billion in excess stock.” ” Optimizing inventory.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. My Insights.

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Baby Formula Deficit: Unfortunate Lessons in Demand Forecasting

Logility

When the United States had a massive infant formula shortage, families were under duress, especially those with babies under one. About half the baby formula consumption in the United States is by low-income families. Find out in this blog from one of our experts Learn more

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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

ivalua

In a blog at the very start of the COVID-19 outbreak when confirmed cases had just exceeded 40,000, we discussed the considerations for organizations facing the outbreak. Closing this gap may not even be feasible, nor would the environmental impact be something the United States would want to undertake. .

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Blog: SAP NS2 and Bristlecone Come Together for Integrated Business Planning, a Cloud-Based ITAR-Compliant Supply Chain Solution

Bristlecone

Complete end-to-end visibility of the internal and external supply chain, including inventories, production, transportation and risk elements. With this solution, companies can be confident that their data remains in the United States and is supported by U.S. Interested in evaluating this solution for your business?

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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

If you do the math there, you have to make 748,000 inventory decisions per month. So our main task now is to consolidate all the purchase and inventory decisions in one team. We had to transfer and move inventories from one place to another, trying to save them as much as possible. Decisions were made within 24 hours.

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Inventory Optimization 101 – Smart & Effective Inventory Management

ThroughPut

What is Inventory Optimization? Inventory Optimization is defined as a method of balancing the manufacturers’ capital investment constraints and goals along with the defined service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while considering all demand and supply volatility situations. Demand forecasting.