E2open

AUGUST 10, 2018

Inventory management is a key contributor to the bottom line for every company with a supply chain. Clear visibility to all inventory in all locations eludes many companies, leading to inaccurate inventory forecasting and costly expedites, among other problems. Delivered.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Inventory management is important because it provides a buffer to balance out the uncertainties between demand and supply. However, while it can be viewed positively, holding inventory also creates problems. As an asset on a company’s balance sheet, reduced inventory results in a higher return on assets.

Optimal Sourcing 111

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Talking Logistics

MAY 6, 2019

The research focused on the inventory visibility and optimization challenges that companies face today related to omni-channel fulfillment and the actions they should take to elevate their omni-channel performance. And it begins with improving their inventory accuracy. The Inventory Accuracy “Confidence Gap”.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 20, 2014

Ever since, sequencing has been an integral part of the metals manufacturing industry. To keep a healthy inventory level, you don’t want to cast rare steel grades too frequently. The goal of campaign planning is to find the optimum balance between productivity, inventory and customer satisfaction. Take the survey.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 4, 2022

Complete halts result in backlogs and delays, which will impact warehouses and more importantly, their inventory management. As we have seen over the past 20 years, disruptions to supply chains have global impacts on all industries. Inventory takes many forms, ranging from raw materials to finished goods. Survey findings.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

At the session, we discussed why companies have not made more progress on inventory management. Note in Figure 1, that eight industries have gone backwards and four moved forward. In the case of Apparel and Automotive industries there are slight improvements, but they have shifted inventories to suppliers. Five Reasons.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Supply chain professionals from diverse industries shared their current inventory management efforts, challenges, and future plans in our newly released annual Digital Inventory Report. Why Inventory Management Should Be Digital and Automated. Who We Surveyed. Survey Results: The State of Inventory Management.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 2, 2024

”[3] All retailers, not just grocers, are suffering from inventory losses. Knowles reports, “The National Retail Federation estimates that retail shrinkage — the discrepancy between advertised inventory and actual stock on hand — represents an approximately $112 billion problem.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Census Small Business Pulse survey. Such delays cause heavy losses to the affected industries, making them difficult to return to the pre-pandemic levels. The software allows them to track shipments, monitor inventory levels, and understand where money is being spent. It was conducted from May 31 to June 6. Automotive.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2022

6-8, among many others, in an effort to sell off their excess inventory. To help uncover the latest consumer trends from this weekend, Blue Yonder surveyed over 1,000 consumers who shopped during one of the five shopping days (Thursday, Nov. Amazon hosted its Prime Early Access Sale from Oct. 24-Monday, Nov.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a recent technology provider survey indicating that there appears to be little signs of traditional second-half peak period demand for container shipments. The May report narrative reinforced that that “the negatives seem to outweigh the positives in the logistics industry.”

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BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2021

As many consumers return to “normal” spending habits, this year’s annual event was in many ways the retail industry’s first big test on its road to recovery. This enables higher planner productivity, better inventory management and an improved understanding of demand drivers and customer behavior. Here are four trends we uncovered.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month.

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Clear Spider

MARCH 21, 2024

AI inventory solutions create more powerful and adaptive supply chains. One of the key drivers of supply chain resilience is the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in inventory management. AI makes use of the endless stream of data collected through inventory management devices and cloud-based applications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. The final report focuses on the current state of key practices in digital transformation in logistics, spread across multiple industries and over 1,100 respondents. Let’s take a deeper look at a few technology areas.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. Relying on our experience in the industry and academic field, it is worth to say that if everything is urgent, nothing is urgent! Industry 4.0. Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) are key enablers for Industry 4.0.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufactured?pet

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To examine supply chain management priorities, performance, and anticipated trends, APQC conducted its 10 th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, including a survey of more than 350 supply chain professionals from around the world and across multiple industries.

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2020

Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. From the rising popularity of “meatless” products to an increased focus on sustainable packaging, consumers continue to drive trends throughout the food and beverage industry.

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RFgen

MAY 19, 2020

Food and beverage companies face inventory challenges from public scrutiny over food safety and granular government oversight. From the rising popularity of “meatless” products to an increased focus on sustainable packaging, consumers continue to drive trends throughout the food and beverage industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Top supply chain officers across the industry were recently surveyed¹ on their biggest barriers to effective inventory management. It’s no wonder: often inventory placement decisions are made in a vacuum without considering the end-to-end supply chain impact.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Inventory Optimization to Unlock Supply Chain Efficiencies with Cost Reduction. A recent survey shows that 40% of the supply chain industry is already optimizing its inventory and networking tools by adopting advanced technologies and this percentage is said to grow in the next five years. DEMAND FORECASTING.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 27, 2021

On the surface, it seems like the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed better than most during the COVID pandemic. But for this high SKU count industry where demand is as unpredictable as New England weather, the condition of many consumer goods supply chains is far from rosy. Make Sure Your Inventory is Healthy.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 11, 2022

Leaders surveyed in third annual ToolsGroup and CSCMP report are “extremely concerned” about external supply chain threats but lack people to make transformation succeed. From January to March 2022, CSCMP and ToolsGroup surveyed more than 300 supply chain professionals around the world. About ToolsGroup.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2024

Consumers need real-time visibility to inventory. To answer that question, Blue Yonder recently commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct a survey 1 of senior retail decision-makers. The survey asked participants about the specific shortcomings of their existing order management and commerce solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

Though corporations are starting to pay attention to supply chain sustainability, less than half of those surveyed in the CSCMP report know how to make their processes more sustainable. For retailers, supply chain sustainability is part of the conversation about inventory. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

In our previously published Supply Chain Matters Editorial commentary , The Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate Action and the Signal for Assessment , this Editor provided a summary of likely implications that industry supply chain leaders and their respective teams should be focusing on in the coming months. cyberattacks.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Note: The following is an excerpt from “ Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: Top 5 Inventory Insights ,” based on research conducted by Adelante SCM and LEGACY Supply Chain Services with input from nearly 100 supply chain professionals from retail, manufacturing, and logistics service providers companies in the United States and Canada.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

This year supply chain leaders will celebrate thirty years of progress in supply chain management; but we have not made progress on one of the funamentals: inventory management. I think that it is time for us to take the litmus test and ask the hard questions, “Have our practices impacted days of inventory? I want to believe.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Despite significant advancements in the technology to support omni-channel, adoption of transparent cross-channel inventory has yet to become a reality at most retailers. 69% of retailers maintain separate inventory across multiple channels. Download the Report: 2014 Merchandise Planning and Allocation Survey. Related Content.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Greater compliance lifts your reputation within your industry, and amongst your customers, and it improves your standing with compliance monitors. Manufacturers can leverage this to attract, hire, and keep the best people in their industry while establishing a reputation as a preferred place to work.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There’s been disruption in the medical device industry recently – new technologies, more patient-centered development , hospitals pushing back on charges, more reimbursements being questioned, and supply chain issues due to the pandemic making shipments less reliable. Efficient Inventory Management .

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters provides a supplemental commentary related to the implications of rapidly rising inbound costs for industry supply chains. . West Coast ports currently averaging over 100 days, more inventory is sitting on ships and not able to be sold. The report observes that in December 2021, U.S.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A new survey by Blue Yonder found that almost all retail executives feel confident in their command of AI. That becomes clear when you dig into the Blue Yonder survey findings. In the survey, more than 4 out of 5 executives said they were extremely or very knowledgeable about predictive AI. Inventory placement ( 42% ).

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. The industry consensus right now is that container volumes will decrease upwards of 2.5

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2024

Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives 1 , which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. It’s nearly impossible to re-allocate inventory in the most strategic, profitable way on the fly using manual processes.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The way we eat, technology, people’s expectations — the knock-on effect of this is revolutionising much of the food industry, from the ingredients we buy to the food manufacturing software we use. People need to eat, and that’s made food processing an essential industry around the world despite the pandemic. The disruption of JIT.

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