ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

BOSTON — Nov 17, 2021 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by POOLCORP to support its goals of improved supply chain resilience and service to customers while increasing profitability. . About ToolsGroup.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Boston Consulting Group estimates that this year — and for the foreseeable future — a full 60% of stock will be sold via markdown. They train the consumer not to buy in-season because they can come back in three months and get a discount. Markdowns have now become a critical survival strategy for retailers. It’s a vicious cycle.”

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

They’ve inspired their teams with their persistent drive to deliver excellence and helped our customers keep service levels high despite demand and supply irregularities. ToolsGroup is how organizations improve product availability while right-sizing inventory, no matter how complex their supply chain is or how much demand changes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 27, 2017

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains. Maine Pointe calls this Total Value Optimization (TVO)™.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers. However, distribution centers may be given the conflicting task of minimizing excess inventory space and cost. Consumers will purchase more and more goods and services online. .” ” 10.

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synchrono

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Successful projects start with buy-in from the top and an eKanban initiative is no exception. reduced inventory waste and carrying costs and more) asking people to change the way they work is also real. Let your leaders know project success is accelerated through gaining universal buy-in. (If I know it sounds simple.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Multichannel selling allows customers to shop and purchase through whichever channel they prefer. Each channel offers a separate opportunity to interact with the brand and make purchases. When businesses are looking to buy from other businesses, the B2B model comes into play. What is multichannel selling? What is B2B eCommerce?

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With eKanban implementations, this can be any number of problems including excess materials on hand, slow inventory turns, too much scrap and more. If you’re not using a manual Kanban system, map the current inventory replenishment process.) For example, they were literally logging 7 miles a year to track down inventory!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Popular Beliefs on Supply Chain Excellence Do Not Align With Results. . The reason?

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Vinculum

MARCH 9, 2022

With the oil and mining industry slowing down, this opportunity is excellent for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is expected to see almost double 2020’s2020’s revenue by 2025, predict Boston Consulting Group and Meta Platforms. Delivers excellent customer service. 1 Delivers Quality Customer Support & Retention.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Worse, because these suppliers were known to be late, purchasers (with the best intentions) would trick the system and override the Kanban quantity. Of course, they ended up with too much on hand inventory. Through access to the eKanban system data, we were able to get to the root cause of the problem and take corrective action.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. ’ Examples of such bad behavior include sales representatives inflating their forecasts to ensure adequate supply, or operations maintaining extra inventory to account for low forecast accuracy.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

Blockchain shows potential for increasing the speed, scale, and visibility of supply chains, eliminating counterfeit-goods transactions while also improving batching, routing and inventory control. Improving track-and-trace reduces the need for buffer stock by providing real-time visibility of inventory levels and shipments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Short cycles require buffer inventories and short lead times.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Among those predicting technology will make humans redundant are supply chain and retail expert Allan Lyall and his Boston Consulting Group colleagues Pierre Mercier and Stefan Gstettner. Invariably, automated processes will result cost savings, fewer errors, and an excellent return on investment. Supply chain technologies. ”[4].

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 6, 2021

BOSTON, April 6, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software , is proud to support global humanitarian and environmental organizations including Unicef, the Ocean Cleanup, World Wildlife Fund, and Banco Farmaceutico Foundation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

At the end of the day, customers buy based on value not on the cool factor of the technology. Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, Cap Gemini, Deloitte, E&Y, IBM, and McKinsey, they get more of the same. Second Step: Understand the Role of Inventory. Companies are unsure if inventory is a bad or a good thing. What to Do?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Two MIT professors, Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah, founded Celect in 2013 based on research they had done around how to model the purchasing choices consumers make. Still managing your supply chain with Excel macros?

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