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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Emma – The Sleep Company Selects ToolsGroup Supply Chain Planning Software to Support Growth

ToolsGroup

The first stage of the rollout is France and Germany and will expand globally. Emma will replace its old error-prone, manual spreadsheet-based planning with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) for inventory optimization, fulfillment, demand modeling, and replenishment. About ToolsGroup.

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RELEX’s Rapid Expansion Continues to France, Italy and Spain

RELEX Solutions

Under the command of David Ritel , Country Manager, France, RELEX opens up Europe’s third largest economy as a market for its demand forecasting and inventory optimization solutions. In France one must work hard to prove to the market that what you offer is the best. “In

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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

High e-commerce shopping rates combined with construction delays are causing a strain in the supply of new warehouse space, especially as companies shift their inventory management strategies from just- in-time (JIT) inventory management to larger safety stocks for better responsiveness.

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Products are stored at an 84,000 sqm space in France which manages the distribution of tires across the whole of France and some neighboring countries.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain. This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”.

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The Challenges of Donating Food Inventory

RFgen

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. The Guardian reported France is the first country in the world to create laws that ban grocery stores from throwing out consumable food. Donating food inventory is noble, but not always easy.

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