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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I am cruising major freeways traveling from Chicago to my new home in Pennsylvania. At the session, we discussed why companies have not made more progress on inventory management. In the case of Apparel and Automotive industries there are slight improvements, but they have shifted inventories to suppliers. There are many.

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Throw Back Thursday: Remembering ‘Meeting Customer Demand in a Complex Industry’ from Kinexions

Kinaxis

This global manufacturer of surface-cutting tools, with headquarters in western Pennsylvania. Customers include the aerospace, surface mining, oil and gas and machine-tool industries. The company has embraced technology that will allow it to improve both customer service and internal processes.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

GlobalTranz

This allows retailers and the supply chain to eliminate the barriers to new technology implementation , offer better customer service, and prepare for the next innovation. Improved inventory management, reducing instances of overstocking and under stocking. Omnichannel 2.0 Ultimately, omnichannel 2.0 Omnichannel 2.0

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The Supply Chain’s Groundhog Day Experience

Enterra Insights

The movie is about a cynical television weatherman named Phil Connors (played brilliantly by Bill Murray) who is assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Unexpectedly, he finds himself trapped in a time loop that forces him to relive February 2nd repeatedly. ” Friend-shoring.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

Veridian Solutions

This allows retailers and the supply chain to eliminate the barriers to new technology implementation , offer better customer service, and prepare for the next innovation. Improved inventory management, reducing instances of overstocking and under stocking. Omnichannel 2.0 Ultimately, omnichannel 2.0 Omnichannel 2.0

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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

Mar-Bal’s teams can access their DELMIAworks manufacturing ERP system anywhere from their mobile phones, tablets, or laptops to see which jobs are running, determine the inventory stock Mar-Bal has on hand, or check on order status and completion progress within seconds. A good example is Mar-Bal Inc.,