ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than ever, seasonal inventory needs to be carefully accounted for during the demand forecasting and inventory planning process , ensuring right-sized inventory that can meet customer expectations while limiting the spend and use of working capital. Benefits of Effective Seasonal Inventory Management.

Inventory Reduction 156

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Inventory control represents a huge challenge for any retailer. In fact, inaccurate inventory is the single biggest cause of poor customer experience, according to a new survey by Blue Yonder. How did the company overcome its inventory issues? The company knew it needed a data-driven way to forecast demand.

Inventory Reduction 74

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

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. Days of Inventory Pre and Post-Recession. We share this data in Figure 3. It is not one issue.

Inventory Management Software 265

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Excess inventory – it’s taking up your warehouse space, tying up working capital, and limiting your planning team’s range of motion. It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. Let’s talk about: What Excess Inventory Is. What Causes Excess Inventory.

Inventory Reduction 156

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 4, 2022

Complete halts result in backlogs and delays, which will impact warehouses and more importantly, their inventory management. Inventory takes many forms, ranging from raw materials to finished goods. Inventory exists because a buffer is needed to balance out the uncertainties between demand and supply. Survey findings.

Inventory Management Software 105

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

However, achieving and maintaining visibility poses several challenges, including data availability and quality, technological limitations, and interoperability issues. but when demand slowed, the pressure to reduce inventory becomes a lot higher. What is supply chain visibility and why it is important?

Rail Software 244

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

As a result, demand planning is largely manual, inventory management is a series of manual inputs, and production planning is via spreadsheet. Anne is a lean disciple and sees all inventory as Muda. She lacks the appreciation for the need for inventory as a buffer. The way to drive alignment is through data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A survey conducted earlier this year by IDC Manufacturing Insights across Asia Pacific manufacturers found that organisations are currently focusing ESG efforts related to environmental sustainability on the following (1) : Energy efficiency requirements of products and operations. 1) IDC 2021 APeJ Manufacturing Insights Survey, n=947.

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Clear Spider

MARCH 21, 2024

AI inventory solutions create more powerful and adaptive supply chains. Supply chain managers need to be able to cut through the noise of massive amounts of data with a powerful tool. One of the key drivers of supply chain resilience is the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in inventory management.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. This report provides a cross-industry perspective on digital transformation in logistics including digital maturity in inventory management, transportation, fleet maintenance, safety and compliance, and more.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 246

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Clear Spider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of seasonal inventory, trend forecasting is crucial for success. Traditionally, companies built inventory management strategies around long-term forecasting and stable market conditions. If businesses are going to keep up, they’ll need to adopt new inventory management strategies.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2022

“Today,” writes tech freelancer Apoorva Bellapu, “it is practically impossible to lead our lives without data.”[1] ”[1] In the business world, she implies, it is impossible to conduct routine operations without data. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[2]

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3PL Insights

AUGUST 16, 2021

Big data is only useful if you understand the metrics and can connect them to the important areas of your business. But how do we turn inventory management data and other key metrics into business intelligence? Account Activity Data. Account Activity Data. The account activity looks at inventory patterns.

Data 98

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Supply chain professionals from diverse industries shared their current inventory management efforts, challenges, and future plans in our newly released annual Digital Inventory Report. You can also read on for a snapshot of the data and insights gathered and presented in the report. Who We Surveyed.

Inventory Management Software 52

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RFgen

JUNE 30, 2023

Gone are the days of paper inventory tracking and manual data entry. The businesses of tomorrow need technology solutions that give real-time information in order to make key business decisions when it comes to inventory. It’s also critical to your inventory management strategy. Case Study: NFPC Enhances ERP to Gain 99.9%

Inventory Management Software 76

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2022

6-8, among many others, in an effort to sell off their excess inventory. To help uncover the latest consumer trends from this weekend, Blue Yonder surveyed over 1,000 consumers who shopped during one of the five shopping days (Thursday, Nov. Amazon hosted its Prime Early Access Sale from Oct. 24-Monday, Nov.

Survey 63

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Over the course of the last quarter, with the help from Cloudera, we built a data lake of with data from 1449 public companies. We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. The analysis was industry-specific.

Supply Chain Planning Software 171

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2023

The following data is from a survey we conducted last month (May, 2023) across hundreds of small business importers who tap Freightos.com’s global freight marketplace. Businesses quickly began to notice a different beast: a significant decrease in consumer demand compounded by looming inventory excesses. The key takeaway?

Manufacturing Procurement 250

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 2, 2024

”[3] All retailers, not just grocers, are suffering from inventory losses. Knowles reports, “The National Retail Federation estimates that retail shrinkage — the discrepancy between advertised inventory and actual stock on hand — represents an approximately $112 billion problem.

Security 246

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To examine supply chain management priorities, performance, and anticipated trends, APQC conducted its 10 th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, including a survey of more than 350 supply chain professionals from around the world and across multiple industries. For more information on the research, click here.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a recent technology provider survey indicating that there appears to be little signs of traditional second-half peak period demand for container shipments. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community. All rights reserved.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Companies across all industries and sizes struggle to make sense of and value from the available mountains of data. Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. Exponential Growth in Supply Chain Data.

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crisp

MARCH 24, 2022

We surveyed CPG teams using Crisp (and consulted our in-house product expert) for tips on data-driven retail marketing that makes a measurable impact. The problem is, easily accessing this data within a reasonable timeframe hasn’t always been easy. Brands have worked to fill the data-marketing gap in different ways.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

This optimism is buoyed by the fact that 55% of importers have their inventories in check, anticipating a stronger freight demand in the coming year. He’s obsessed with marketing, data storytelling (it’s a thing!) Despite this, there’s a wave of optimism for 2024 sweeping across importers and exporters.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We surveyed 1425 registered attendees to understand their perceptions of the impact of ChatGPT on Supply Chain Planning. According to the survey, 79% of the respondents perceived a high or very high impact of ChatGPT on Supply Chain Planning. The combination of insight-based planning with ChatGPT will be very powerful.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 22, 2017

But the sheer complexity of supply chain networks, and the impact design decisions have on operational performance, makes supply chain inventory management aligning inventory investments with on-time customer delivery and margins a major challenge. trillion in cash according to a 2013 US Working Capital Survey.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2024

Consumers need real-time visibility to inventory. To answer that question, Blue Yonder recently commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct a survey 1 of senior retail decision-makers. The survey asked participants about the specific shortcomings of their existing order management and commerce solutions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 89

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Ware2Go

APRIL 14, 2023

Logistics data is key to building more efficient fulfillment operations that meet your customer’s eCommerce expectations without negatively impacting your bottom line. What Is the Role of Data Analytics in Logistics? How is Logistics Data Changing Warehousing? Why Should SMBs Leverage Logistics Data?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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Ware2Go

APRIL 14, 2023

Logistics data is key to building more efficient fulfillment operations that meet your customer’s eCommerce expectations without negatively impacting your bottom line. What Is the Role of Data Analytics in Logistics? How is Logistics Data Changing Warehousing? Why Should SMBs Leverage Logistics Data?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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Ware2Go

APRIL 13, 2023

Logistics data is key to building more efficient fulfillment operations that meet your customer’s eCommerce expectations without negatively impacting your bottom line. What Is the Role of Data Analytics in Logistics? How is Logistics Data Changing Warehousing? Why Should SMBs Leverage Logistics Data?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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ToolsGroup

JULY 27, 2021

Instead of working with the same forecast for a month, you’re empowered to challenge that forecast with the latest sales data and make improvements that boost profits. In addition to short-term forecasting, you can also “listen” to external data to gain further insight into demand changes. Make Sure Your Inventory is Healthy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 290

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The impact of complexity on inventory is not quick. To help, today I want to share some of the insights from our recent Inventory Optimization study. Inventory management is a hot issue. Companies invest in project after project, yet inventory levels remain the same. What Drives Inventory Effectiveness?

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Unleashed

AUGUST 23, 2021

A crystal ball sometimes wouldn’t go amiss in inventory forecasting. Here we explain the methods and formulas you can use to improve your inventory forecasting, and best practices for your business when designing and carrying out this process. Read more: What is Inventory Management?

Forecasting 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Synchronizing people, processes, and data is core to concurrency, so that the supply chain can be rebalanced to affect what is happening, with the impact of any change being immediately reflected across the entire network at once. Planning together allows companies to reduce excess inventory that builds up when they plan sequentially.

Pharmaceutical 231

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 21, 2016

Inventory planning is especially important to small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs). Nobody wants to tie up more working capital than necessary in inventory, but SMBs typically have leaner resources, and a higher cost of capital means it’s more expensive to fund excess stock. Yet for many SMBs, inventory complexity is getting worse.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Data overload and quality issues are common problems faced by all organizations. This makes it really difficult to start getting value out of data with analytics. That’s why 60% of the time spent in analytical supply chain projects is spent collecting data. Data architecture to fit a multitude of your needs.

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BlueYonder

MAY 23, 2022

To answer those and other hot topics, Blue Yonder partnered with a third-party provider to conduct a survey of 150 C-suite and senior executives across manufacturing, retail, third-party logistics (3PL), transportation, and warehousing, with responsibility for logistics and manufacturing operations in the U.S. Looking into the Near Future.

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