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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. As a result, companies hired more planners, creating a rise in planning salaries and a shortage in the market. Yes, there is a great opportunity, but the question is how to jump. Guess what?

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How Perpetual Inventory Systems are Transforming Business Operations

RFgen

The answer lies in modern inventory management best practices. Specifically, the use of perpetual inventory systems. What is a perpetual inventory system? Perpetual inventory management relies on technology to track inventory with timely data and a high degree of accuracy. Wonder no more.

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High Performance Inventory: The Supply Chain Differentiator

ToolsGroup

So how can organizations face this new market landscape with confidence and a solid planning process? The key lies in high performance inventory. A successful planning process leverages inventory itself as a tool, increasing the payoff of available stock by balancing it with business goals and service targets.

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Inventory Carrying Cost: Formula, Definition & How to Calculate

Unleashed

Inventory carrying cost is an essential figure to understand. Without it, you’ll struggle to accurately measure profitability or make informed decisions around inventory management and cash flow. What is inventory carrying cost? Why is inventory carrying cost important?

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Learn How to Transform Procurement with Team Procure Cloud

Learn how Team Procure is helping companies streamline their procurement by implementing a cloud-based procurement platform across their organization. One of the key features of the platform is the custom approval workflows, which are tailored to each department within an organization.

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How to Measure Inventory Health

ToolsGroup

Financial executives measure inventory health with metrics like inventory turns because they view the firm from a financial viewpoint - such as how much working capital is being tied up. Gartner delved into this issue in a recent report, Build the Capability for Inventory Health Assessment.

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Opening Inventory: Formula & How to Calculate

Unleashed

Accurate inventory accounting requires accurate data. Opening inventory, correctly calculated, is an essential figure for determining the costs and profitability of your business. It can be used to calculate the cost of goods sold and other useful inventory reports. What is opening inventory?

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Striking a Balance in the Supply Chain: Navigating Volatile Supply and Demand to Meet Customer Needs

Speaker: Tony Darnell, Shipping Manager at Lippert Components

To make smart allocations, they need to visualize inventory across multiple warehouses and cater to different customer needs.