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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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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week.

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Crucial MRP Metrics Every Supply Chain Pro Should Know

SCMDOJO

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. The metrics that underpin MRP could be described as the balls in this juggling act. This article takes an in-depth look at the crucial metrics every supply chain professional needs to know.

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Wholesale Planning Simplified for Retailers

ToolsGroup

Optimize inventory productivity across all channels with JustEnough v2023.4 Smart retailers are planning their wholesale channels just as strategically as they leverage storefronts and e-commerce. We’ve also added critical new features across the platform to allow for higher inventory productivity— no matter your channel or market.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Even if much of their sought-after inventory remains stuck at sea, merchants still need to move products that are available, and this brings its own set of relentless challenges. They face higher costs.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

At the time, many business leaders did not know how to type and had no idea how to use a computer. Taxonomy of Outside-in Planning Based on the Art of the Possible To accomplish this goal, we need to discard the current crawl, walk, and run models and just jump. During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer.

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Manufacturers Seek Capacity Clarity in Order to Keep Their Promises

BlueYonder

In this regard, the sector that keeps our societies, infrastructure, businesses, and consumption ticking along is in search of capacity clarity in order to keep their promises. Are production facilities running at peak capacity? What Contributes to Capacity? Are there current gaps in the labor force?