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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. and bring inventory accuracy up to an impressive 99.9%.

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Inventory and Inflation

Enterra Insights

The irony of excess inventory. ”[3] He continues, “The past two years have been blighted by supply shortages — with just-in-time retailers struggling to ship their goods, electronics manufacturers staring down a shortage of computer chips, and supermarkets struggling to fill their shelves. ” Optimizing inventory. .”

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Four ways Inventory Optimization can address tighter supply constraints

ToolsGroup

The Wall Street Journal recently advised “In the battle for economic supremacy, investors should quickly be realizing it’s increasingly about supply, not demand.” ( The Next Challenge for Global Growth: Keeping Up With Demand , April 24, 2018 ). Inventory (both finished goods and materials) can then be allocated to more critical demand.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. The supply chain has two important buffers–inventory and capacity. The reason?

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Getting value from the general ledger within your ERP system

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Because it is so important, the way a GL is designed, used, and secured needs to be understood in a modern manufacturing business. When an accounting transaction occurs, it is first recorded in the accounting system in a journal applying the same double-entry system that Luca Pacioli described more than 500 years ago.

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New Inventory Problems Expose Old Supply Chain Weaknesses

MIT Supply Chain

Companies are trying all manner of ways to rid themselves of bloated inventories at a time when they typically build inventory for the end-of-year holiday season. Companies are trying all manner of ways to rid themselves of bloated inventories at a time when they typically build inventory for the end-of-year holiday season.

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Periodic Inventory System: Pros, Cons, & Alternatives

Unleashed

But if you’re on a tight budget, or you only deal with a handful of SKUs, the modern perpetual inventory method may be a little heavy for your basic needs. What is a periodic inventory system? A periodic inventory system is a method of accounting for inventory in which stock updates are made periodically.