RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

In this guide we walk through the essential steps to design a layout, implement labeling and slotting strategies, manage inventory with lean principles, and adopt technology solutions that keep operations agile. Following these practices will improve throughput, reduce labor costs, and boost employee satisfaction by removing frustration.

Inventory Reduction

RFgen

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Managing inventory effectively is a constant challenge for businesses. Misunderstandings about the dynamics of inventory fluctuations, like the bullwhip effect, can exacerbate these challenges. Misunderstandings about the dynamics of inventory fluctuations, like the bullwhip effect, can exacerbate these challenges.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 18, 2025

For factories that must adhere to production timelines, inventory requirements, and safety regulations, maintaining an efficient working environment is essential to staying competitive. Practice Lean Inventory Management After the space, tools, and workforce have been optimized, attention can be turned towards materials and storage.

Waste Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2025

Cost Control: Optimized inventory management reduces carrying costs, minimizes stockouts, and eliminates excess inventory, leading to better cost management and resource allocation. These technologies reduce manual labor, enhance accuracy, and improve overall efficiency.

Inventory Reduction

Locus Robotics

JULY 28, 2025

Home July 28, 2025 Must-Have WMS Features for Today’s Automated Warehouse Amit Levy , EVP of Sales and Strategy, Made4net Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) are no longer just about managing inventory and printing pick tickets. The days of buying WMS solutions solely for barcoding and basic inventory tracking are behind us.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 13, 2025

Maintaining an agile and transparent flow of information allows all parties to be aware of inventory needs and helps prevent overstocking or understocking of products, even amid fluctuating periods of consumer demand. In short, the best advice you can follow is always to have a plan B to face any emergency.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Turvo

MARCH 6, 2025

Logistics optimization software helps businesses mitigate these challenges by using AI-powered analytics to determine the most efficient shipping routes. Leveraging Data Analytics for Continuous Improvement Data-driven decision-making is essential for modern logistics.

Optimization Software

BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2025

They learn and continuously improve, based on the results of their previous actions. Capitalizing on agentic AI in the warehouse As LSPs expand their managed distributions business and companies grow their order volumes, warehouses are becoming busier, faster-paced, more packed with associates and inventory, and more cost-intensive.

Warehousing

Locus Robotics

MAY 7, 2025

Traditional fixed systems like AS/RS grids or goods-to-person (G2P) platforms are designed to maximize storage by cramming inventory into the smallest possible footprint. This meant that at any given moment, just 34 totes 0.02% of the inventory were immediately available for picking. Each improvement feeds the next.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 12, 2025

This is especially true when dealing with multiple partners, suppliers, and fulfillment centers, making it difficult to track inventory, shipments, and deliveries in real-time. This includes automating the order fulfillment process, reducing the number of touches required to complete an order, and improving inventory accuracy.

Supply Chain Design Software

Locus

AUGUST 4, 2025

Strategic companies use returns data to improve products, optimize inventory, and enhance customer experiences. We are talking inventory carrying costs, customer service time, and even lost sales opportunities. Platform integration connects returns with order processing and inventory systems. in Q1 2024.

Reverse Logistics

ShipBob

APRIL 9, 2025

From receiving and storing inventory to picking, packing, and shipping orders, there are critical functions that occur within the warehouse that keep your supply chain running smoothly. When these functions are well-managed and optimized, businesses can better control costs, improve customer satisfaction, and ultimately drive growth.

Warehousing

Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Director of Continuous Improvement Warehouses today face two significant challenges: labor shortages and complex inventory management. At the same time, inventory management has grown more complex. Consumers now expect same-day or next-day delivery, adding pressure to keep the right amount of inventory on hand.

Supply Chain Software

Stord

JULY 23, 2025

On the surface, the campaign looks like a success—every order shipped on time, and customer feedback remained positive. In the context of e-commerce fulfillment, value means fast, accurate deliveries, reliable inventory availability, and a smooth experience from checkout to delivery.

Material Savings

SCMDOJO

MAY 29, 2025

These systems include factories, warehouses, trucks, ships, and people. These systems include checking raw materials, inspecting products during production, and testing finished goods before they ship. Supply chains are the systems that move products from where they are made to where they are needed.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Ware2Go

MARCH 12, 2025

Their comprehensive services include advanced inventory management, same-day order fulfillment, secure warehousing, and value-added offerings such as kitting, labeling, and custom-branded packaging. This dedication to operational efficiency and continual improvement has solidified Ware2Go as a trusted partner for growing ecommerce brands.

3PL

o9 Solutions

AUGUST 12, 2025

That creates real challenges in segmentation, promotion strategy, and inventory distribution. A single, flexible platform for connected planning Citizen’s planning group oversees everything from merchandise financial planning to purchasing and inventory management. It’s continuous improvement. It’s not a handoff.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Ware2Go

APRIL 15, 2025

Businesses can live or die based on how they handle inventory. Success hinges on striking a healthy balance, and that’s why an effective inventory management plan is essential. But there are a range of strategies and methods you can deploy to improve inventory management. Why is Inventory Management Important?

Inventory Management Software

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

Machine learning algorithms can forecast demand shifts, recommend inventory buffers, and detect anomalies in supplier performance. Take the example of inventory optimization. Whether measuring supplier performance, inventory turns, or delivery reliability, this tool helps organizations stay aligned and data-informed.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Excessive and obsolete inventory can cause a business to fail. One needs to mitigate these challenges and learn how to optimize inventory. Healthy inventory optimization management can help a company flourish like a wealthy field. That is why optimizing inventory and reducing obsolescence is a necessity. Click here!

Inventory Reduction

Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

They do a blanket agreement with Amazon, and they buy stuff and they put it away, and they start prepping to sell it, but it’s still not even in their inventory. It’s in their inventory, but financially, it’s not in their inventory. We’re constantly improving. It’s backwards.

Manufacturing Procurement

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Inventory location and management. Transportation modes used in procurement and shipping. In other words, consumers can get practically anything they want at a moment’s notice, and more consumers are expressing a willingness to wait for a product a few days if free shipping is a possibility. Increasing order efficiency.

Supply Chain Design Software

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship. If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. That data then gets put into an advanced ship notice for the retailer.

Shipping

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Controlling inventory flow is a top priority among warehouse managers, and gaining control over inventory drives warehouse efficiency. Controlling Inventory Flow Begins With Liquidate Nonessential Products. Implement Continuous Review Systems for Reordering. Implement Vendor Compliance Programs.

Inventory Reduction

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story. The Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model.

Vendor Strategies

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The next step in procurement is then managing vendors and keeping service providers accountable for continued improvement. For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily. One of the goals of the SLA/KPI should be Continuous Improvement or Kaizen (LEAN initiative). 3PL/SLA Skills/Knowledge.

KPI

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Those that seek to succeed in shipping online need to know a few things about why less-than-truckload may be the solution, how customers’ expectations are increasing, and what benefits less-than-truckload offers. Since e-commerce exists around the globe, variety in shipping can amount to better cost management and fewer delays.

Shipping

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Today, I will now address how a focus on inventory will allow for warehouse cost reductions as well. A Focus on Inventory Control Begets Warehouse Cost Reductions. A Focus on Inventory Control Begets Warehouse Cost Reductions. First, look at inventory as MONEY/CASH. Understand Data Integrity to Reduce Inventory Costs.

Cost Reduction Strategies

GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2015

o Space—holding places for unnecessary inventory. o Inventory—inactive raw, work-in-process, or finished goods. When you create your Sales, Inventory, Operations and Production Plan (SIOP) monthly, or more frequently, invite your top Suppliers and Customers to the SIOP meeting. Inventory velocity and inventory reduction.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Today, more than half of the nation’s 140 retail chains in the top 500 offer omnichannel shipping and pickup options, and 72.1 The easiest way to move toward an omnichannel strategy lies in following these tips: Re-evaluate inventory-optimization techniques and systems. Automate warehouse and supply chain management systems.

Price Reduction

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2023

Corey is also proficient in product development and management, successful contract negotiations, continuous improvements, emerging technologies, and cultivating key relationships and partnerships. Each MFC is operated to maximize flexibility and focused on forward deployed inventory and fulfillment.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 21, 2014

Companies are stuck at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin. They are unable to drive improvements in both. As the long tail (small orders shipped with low-frequency) of the supply chain grows, demand latency increases and there is a greater need for demand sensing technologies. Growth has slowed.

Supply and Demand

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

It’s also a less-than-ideal approach since the issue isn’t addressing Product Quality Issues until you actually receive the finished goods – by which time, you have outlaid significant funds for shipping, duty & tax, and giving you little time to resolve the issue before fulfilling sales orders. Work with them to improve product quality.

Quality

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This difference can have catastrophic consequences for the success of your business, including lost revenue for returning the product, processing the return, shipping out the correct product, and time spent in addressing the issue at your customer service center. Perfect Order Is Chief Among Supply Chain KPIs.

Supply Chain Design Software

GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 Benefits from its supply chain efficiency result in time savings, more cost-effective inventory management and improved product forecasting, the article said.

Gartner

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. Ipsen also need to reduce their lead times.

Supply and Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. The use of this continuous improvement process had a significant major impact on the bias and error of leaders. I do not see the same results from the multitier inventory projects. New product shipments increased 10% over the last three years.

Supply and Demand