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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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How to Manage Supply Chains as a Manufacturer with Automation and AI

Locus Robotics

Robots can safely handle multiple tasks, including moving boxes and pallets, simple assembly, inventory counts, maintaining equipment, and product testing. AI and ML can be applied to inventory management, demand forecasting, freight route planning, and much more.

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Keeping Your Business on Track During the Coronavirus Outbreak

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Assessment of inventory levels. Having an accurate assessment of your inventory is expected, but it’s important to understand how restrictions on imports from China will impact your current inventory and regular shipping cadence. Planning ahead in production. How are existing inventories compared to sales projections?

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What If Your Supply Chain Had A Control Tower?

Freightos

The idea of a supply chain control tower emerged in 1990’s, triggered by the need to view and control the movement of goods in factories, distribution centers and pipeline inventories. Recently, SRS (an umbrella group for twenty European retailer groups, selected GT Nexus to deploy a global transportation control tower.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

These complexities, layered with globalization, shorter product life cycles , and associated volatility in demand planning, has produced the most dynamic supply chain landscape we have ever experienced. Outcomes: improved inventory management; More accurate determination of re-order points; Better on-shelf availability.