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Logistics Planning and Management – A Complete Handbook for Logistics Managers

ThroughPut

Logistics is key to an efficient supply chain which involves the planning and movement of goods, services, and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Ambiguity in Inventory Visibility, Tracking, and Management. THE CHALLENGE. This can significantly strain a business’s sales and operations activities.

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Five Suggestions for Practical Inventory Management

Logility

The real problem, however, was inventory. The client had a warehouse full of old stock that had been sitting unwanted for years , and there wasn’t enough room to accommodate the inventory that they were selling. . What is the right inventory level for your business? . Categorize your inventory. 1 Spring clean

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. ABC Analysis for Inventory Planning : Clustering products that behave similarly highlights issues, challenges, and opportunities for serving customers better.

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

As we’ve seen over the past few years, businesses will keep automating and integrating supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing, dynamic safety-stock management, inventory optimization, and external collaboration. In 2013, Target experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 40 million customers.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. ” He was using the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a handbook, but did not realize that this framework is devoid of information on fit of the models by industry sector, or size of company. Avoid buzzword bingo.

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Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies

Logistics Viewpoints

The MVP (Minimum Viable Product) version, set up to go live in multiple countries within three months, involves Demand Planners, Supply Planners, and Inventory Controllers with different access rights to monitor system-generated results. They can adjust quantities and generate supplier replenishment orders in PDF or Excel as needed.

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How the Supply Chain Can Improve Healthcare for All

Logility

These inventory challenges and others require all life science industry manufacturers to optimize the type of inventory (raw, WIP, finished), how much of each and where it is stored to provide a high level of patient care. eBook: The Inventory Optimization Handbook. eBook: Practical Tips to Improve Demand Planning.