GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2015

What is Lean Inventory Management? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. Lean supply chain and inventory management enable Small Medium Businesses (SMB) to improve efficiency and increase profits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

As demand forecasting accuracy increases, and the standard deviation associated with the forecast decreases, the need to hold “just in case” inventory also goes down. This leads to lower inventory carrying costs and thus better case flow. Demand forecasting should be tightly integrated to an inventory optimization application.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

After two decades of process and technology refinement, excellence in demand management still eludes supply chain teams. Today, most supply chain professionals believe that the supply chain planning solutions have driven steady progress to reduce costs, improve inventories and speed time to market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Or tired from two weeks of road travel… But after twenty years as an industry analyst in supply chain technology, I struggle with why we cannot make more progress in the adoption of technology to make better decisions. I am excited by the graph, but disappointed in the industry’s use of the graph to drive process improvement.

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Logility

JANUARY 13, 2022

Recognized for its high-touch approach to customer service, rapid implementations and industry-leading return on investment (ROI), Logility customers include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Sonoco Products and Red Wing Shoe Company. Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management, Inc.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Recognized for its high-touch approach to customer service, rapid implementations and industry-leading return on investment (ROI), Logility customers include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Sonoco Products and Red Wing Shoe Company. Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management, Inc.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Recognized for its high-touch approach to customer service, rapid implementations and industry-leading return on investment (ROI), Logility customers include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Sonoco Products and Red Wing Shoe Company. Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. ” I believe that the industry is stuck. Managing the Contrarian Deep Inside Of Me It is hard to manage the contrarian deep inside of me. As I process the content, I struggle. The reason?

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USC Consulting Group

JANUARY 12, 2021

If you’re in the metals industry, you don’t need us to tell you what your challenges are. You’re living them every day, whether it’s your supply chain, the ability to keep up with increasing demand, operating inefficiencies or COVID turning the world upside down. Demand management decisions. Fluctuating inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2022

In this posting we provide highlights of a contrasting senior supply chain leadership model, in a different industry, with somewhat similar business process and technology enablement needs, that being branded workwear apparel provider and retailer Carhartt. . Executive Moves. Additional Insights. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Understand Industry Performance. Build an industry peer group and gain insights on major trends. In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns.

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Vinculum

JUNE 3, 2020

Inventory management plays a vital role in building a sustainable, scalable and profitable eCommerce business. No matter how expert you are, how bigger or smaller your business may be, what products you sell, or who do you serve, lack in your inventory management can bring bigger challenges in your business success.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

ToolsGroup extends congratulations to SKF, which edged out tough competition from other finalists Shell Lubricants and Siemens to win the 2020 Gartner Supply Chainnovator Award in the Industrial category. How much inventory do we hold of that item in all our locations? SKF challenged by legacy supply chain planning processes.

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Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

“We benefited greatly from the industry expertise at Logility and from their local implementation partner Demand Management Systems. To achieve its growth goals, iNova needed to unify and synchronize its strategy for supply and demand planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), and inventory management.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2022

continues to grow its market share in the apparel industry with the addition of Next Level Apparel® and stichd to its customer community. With continued strain on the global supply chain, this past year truly underscored the need companies have for more accurate demand forecasting, inventory optimization and resilient sourcing strategies.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. Sure, we’re concerned, and in some cases stocking more inventory at local distribution centers. Some people call this “Big Data”.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

and Demand Management, Inc., This marks Logility’s seventeenth year and Demand Management’s thirteenth year of recognition. During the quarter, Demand Management announced a strategic partnership with Royal Cyber, a leading IT consultancy and solutions provider. Demand Management, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies.

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EMERGE App

MARCH 18, 2019

Instead, it refers to a quality management improvement process used by large scale manufacturers. At first glance, there may not be much synergy between Six Sigma and inventory management. The second is about controlling and managing the stock of raw materials, semi-finished goods and final products. What is Six Sigma?

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

We delivered solutions at a record pace, and innovation that has been recognized as industry leading.”. Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the fourth quarter include: Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC, Black Rifle Coffee Company LLC, Emerson Professional Tools, LLC, Global Resources International, Inc.,

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

What caught my eye is that for each report, they do a deep dive on a specific industry and use a mix of financial data, survey research results and interactions with their clients to help get a better understanding of various industries’ supply chains. The obvious challenge is the complexity in the A&D industry.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“Third quarter fiscal year 2021 saw continued adoption of our cloud services offerings with a 29% growth in Subscription Fees and a 24% increase in Annual Contract Value, reflecting the increasing momentum across the industry towards cloud-based supply chain transformation solutions,” said Allan Dow, CEO and president of American Software.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mary Barra, GM’s CEO, announced a partnership for the development of a 125 mile long corridor of Intelligent and Connected Infrastructure in collaboration with academia, government and industry. Demand management General News Inventory management Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Supply chain management'

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery. Orders are not a good representation of demand. How about you?

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

and Demand Management, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized for Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects. Logility and Demand Management, each announced their recognition as a 2021 Inbound Logistics Top 100 Logistics IT Providers. Demand Management, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In my opinion, in this journey, industry analysts and consultants were complicit. The industry does not have a definition. Forecast Value-Added (FVA) is a measurement of demand management improvement. This is the most advanced in process industries in the OM Partners software. Inventory levels?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Average Performance Metrics for Consumer Nondurable Industry for the Period of 2010-2017.

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Kinaxis

JULY 30, 2018

A small shift in customer demand essentially cracks the whip, and the further a supplier is from the demand, the more significant the impact, which inevitably leads to increasing swings in inventory for suppliers. The bullwhip effect and demand forecasting. Despite Indy’s best efforts, the bullwhip was a passing fancy.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 15, 2018

You may have added some best-of-breed add-ons for specialized applications such as multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO). I t starts with horizontal alignment , connecting Demand and Inventory Planning with downstream demand sensing and upstream factory and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

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Logility

MAY 10, 2022

Recognized for its high-touch approach to customer service, rapid implementations, and industry-leading return on investment (ROI), Logility clients include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Sonoco Products and Red Wing Shoe Company. Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management, Inc.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. They will aim to have enough stock to avoid stockouts, but not so much that they end up with obsolete stock or high inventory values.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. They will aim to have enough stock to avoid stockouts, but not so much that they end up with obsolete stock or high inventory values. Demand sensing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. This is especially true for the Titans.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

ThroughPut’s AI-based demand sensing and capacity planning capabilities and project44 to empower companies with disruption-free supply chain operations. This is the vital missing link in so many planning systems today – which have consequently either overshot or undershot inventory estimates. Learn more at project44.com. ThroughPut.ai

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There has been a lot of debate in recent years about whether supply chain planning and demand planning solutions actually deliver their much-touted benefits. Any time you see an industry accepting the status quo and displaying hostility to new ideas, you have a recipe for stagnation. And I think that’s a good thing. So, is it all true?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. CCM has been owned since its inception by the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association, Inc.

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