Capacity Exercises Inventory Manufacturing 
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 11, 2024
Manufacturers of these weight loss drugs face a multi-headed hydra of the three c’s: coverage, competition and capacity. But I’ll focus on capacity, since that is the supply chain lever. Planning together allows companies to reduce excess inventory that builds up when they plan sequentially.
Logility
MAY 31, 2023
According to the Gartner Guide to Use Cases for Network Optimization Capabilities , your company should dig deeper into four areas of your supply chain network design – distribution network optimization, omnichannel fulfillment, manufacturing capacity optimization, and global footprint strategy.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 13, 2022
As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. In the current capacity constrained environment, such technologies will become a significant competitive advantage.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 6, 2021
The demand caught off-guard those retailers and suppliers who relied on just-in-time inventory practices. Manufacturing and supply chains couldn’t ramp up fast enough. Closures and social distancing measures impacted manufacturing. More consumers purchased bigger, bulkier items – furniture, exercise equipment, etc.
Logility
MARCH 19, 2021
Drilling down, you’ll learn that demand planning, inventory, replenishment, manufacturing and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) capabilities are the building blocks of supply chain planning excellence. But these aren’t normal times, so let’s change the game, the tone, the degree of urgency.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. But optimization is much more than that!
Logility
OCTOBER 1, 2021
They may include ingredient shortages, changes in production capacity, overstocks or stockouts, and rising or declining consumer demand. Technologies that automate and accelerate this entire exercise help ensure forecasting and decision-making deliver this requirement, opening the door to a continuous cycle of integrated business planning.
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