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My Quest to Build Holistic Thinking

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad inventory.” The impact of the undisciplined demand shaping activity is seen in the shifts in the margin.).

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My Quest to Build Holistic Thinking

Supply Chain Shaman

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” The concepts of cycle stock management and product profile rationalization were new to the management team.

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Supply Chain: Learning How to Dance

Supply Chain Shaman

Their world view is currency-based planning at a brand level while supply chain planning is volume-based at an item/location level. (As Monthly demand needs to be consumed into daily schedules based on rules-based consumption. Consumption is managed by rules, policies, and optimization. These policies drive replenishment.

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

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Best Practices like Logistics KPI Dashboard , Inventory Optimization Tool , Excess and Obsolete Inventory Guide , etc. Practical Guides like Plan for Every Part (PFEP) , Demand Forecasting Methods or Stocktaking Procedure.

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The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

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ACCURATE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. Accurate inventory management can ensure the right flow of items in and out of a warehouse. Generally, there are many inventory related variables like order processing, picking and packing, and this can become very time-consuming with a high tendency for error. WAREHOUSE EFFICIENCY.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chain & Logistics Supply

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2) Inventory and Demand Management. Bringing in the perfect balance here, is mastering the art of inventory management. When applied to demand forecasting, AI & ML principles create highly accurate predictions of future demand based.

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The Future of Modern Supply Chains is Speed through AI

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2) Inventory and Demand Management. Bringing in the perfect balance here, is mastering the art of inventory management. When applied to demand forecasting, AI & ML principles create highly accurate predictions of future demand based.