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Funding Your Way to a Decarbonized Supply Chain

AIMMS

For that, long-term supply chain planning and budgeting needs data to back every decision. According to a Proxima report “Investing in a Sustainable Supply Chain,” there has been a significant change in the priorities of investors. See how a manufacturing giant revamped their demand planning with AIMMS.

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Manufacturing Inventory Management: The Manufacturer’s Guide

Unleashed

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. It refers to the process of purchasing, storing, and tracking the various goods required to build a product. In this manufacturing inventory management guide What is manufacturing inventory management?

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Inventory Turnover Ratio: Definition & Improvement + Calculator

Unleashed

The inventory turnover ratio measures how often stock is sold and replaced over time. It’s a vital inventory accounting metric for monitoring sales and managing perishable goods – without it, your business will struggle to operate efficiently and could start losing money fast. What’s the difference?

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.”

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Dealing With The Supply Chain Gloppy Mess

Supply Chain Shaman

Similarly, demand planning based on order history is not equal to the challenge. Product and channel complexity increased the tail of the supply chain increasing demand latency. Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to order receipt.) A Shift From Planning To Decision Support. Rising Complexity.

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Supply Chain Best Practices during a Quarantine

SupplyPike

Learn how to: Keep your logistics on time and prepared Maintain your replenishment goals Properly forecast and redefine your demand plan Use technology to help. Shortages, extreme demand, and panic buying are causing issues up and down supply chains. Create contingency plans for both optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.