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Why is logistics training so important to Supply Chains?

Procurement Academy

When freight volume grows and transportation becomes more complicated, the need for logistics management rises. Thus, training in logistics management is rightly prioritized by organizations as optimizing this process can lead to increased profits. So how can organizations train employees for effective logistics management?

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Revolutionizing Supply Chain Planning: The Power of Generative AI

Logility

It is trained on a large dataset of existing content, and it learns to generate new content that is similar to the content it was trained on. This leads to optimized inventory levels, reduced stockouts, and enhanced customer satisfaction. Generative AI is a Large Language Model (LLM), a type of AI that can create new content.

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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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10 Commandments of Inventory Management

Supply Chain Opz

Inventory management is one of the most important tasks for supply chain management professionals. However, most inventory control theories are too complicated or too difficult to apply to real world situations. The reason is that most people now realize the value of planning practice like Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).

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Infographic: Manufacturing Success: How ToolsGroup Customers Excel

ToolsGroup

With Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve a 10-30% reduction in inventory, improve product availability to 96% or better, and reduce overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight) by 50%. Reduced inventory value of safety stock on clustered items by 18%.

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Shouldn’t GenAI Mean New Gen?

Supply Chain Shaman

The translation of ripple effects of short supply, pricing, quality issues, and freight shifts affects how to source, make, and deliver processes should align. Sadly I observed that as the training and knowledge sharing over the last two decades became more available, it was also less valuable as the supply chain became more mainstream.

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How to create a reliable supply chain with effective forecasting and inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Adequate cross training is not occurring fast enough to fill the gap. labor, materials and warehousing, to IT, freight and safety. Forced to implement protective measures through the pandemic, some companies increased overhead by stock piling inventory which negatively affects both cash flow and profits. Managing Inventory.