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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Nespresso Optimizes Orders and Inventory with End-to-End Digital Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

It’s no simple task providing customers access to the full range of capsules and coffee machines on all sales channels, across more than 70 boutiques in Italy, while optimizing inventory levels. By using daily forecasts and replenishment constraints such as storage capacity, safety stock, stock, lead time, etc., Optimized transport.

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Four Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Inventory Planning and Sustainability

ToolsGroup

You can’t scan the headlines without coming across an article or advertisement about sustainability, but there is precious little information about how supply chain planning software supports green initiatives. Having the right inventory in the right location brings a variety of waste-reduction benefits.

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Introducing ThroughPut Capacity Planning Module: Optimize Your Capacity Plans With The Power Of AI

ThroughPut

Moreover, it has resurfaced the importance of capacity planning and utilization based on the ever-changing demand-supply dynamics. Supply chain planners are therefore now setting a razor-sharp focus on: Optimizing production and distribution capacity across supply chain funnels. ” Ali Raza, Founder & CEO, ThroughPut Inc.

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The role of a Bill of Materials in optimizing your inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For example, in a bakery business, using the right tool with the BOM, the overall capacity of the oven and fridges could be monitored, and improvements as to how best to use ability could be suggested to reduce electricity costs, capacity constraints and workforce. Here’s how BOM can help you manage your inventory.

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Options for inventory planning and forecasting

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In an increasingly unpredictable world environment, practices for planning and forecasting inventory levels that worked in the past need to be reviewed. In the 1990s, APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) arose as a solution for making better decisions about inventory. Inventory optimization.

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Four ways Inventory Optimization can address tighter supply constraints

ToolsGroup

When supplies get tight, inventory optimization can help focus production around the most critical products while reducing requirements for other items. Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) looks at the end-to-end supply chain to enable users to make more informed decisions about the location, amount and type of inventory.