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Is the Package Under your Tree?

Supply Chain Shaman

At that time, manufacturers talked about customer-centric supply chains, but were afraid to aggressively adopt ecommerce strategies. Manufacturers, today, are aggressively pursuing e-commerce strategies. Get Good at Having a Real-time Perpetual Inventory Signal. No matter where inventory is, put it to work.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am sitt ing in seat 4E on an evening flight to San Francisco thinking about my day. 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.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

The 11-person startup connects manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, helping each stakeholder share product, pricing, and inventory information. The funding round included participation from Founders’ Co-op, Ascend VC, Fortson VC and San Francisco-based Upside VC.

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Meals on Wheels Case Study

My Office Apps

Meals on Wheels San Francisco Transforms Supply Chain Management to Serve Up to 30,000 Meals Each Day with OpenEdge-Powered ERP by MyOffice Apps 2020 | Case Study Challenge Meals on Wheels America has 5,000 independent programs across the United States, with the program in San Francisco being one of the largest in the nation.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

It is one of those high-end brands with global recognition, and to my surprise, the manufacturer’s own website did not have any stock and no indication on when it would be available. Critical inventory disruptions/deficiency anywhere in the supply chain. so I went online to order it. Network bottleneck identification.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

ABC Analysis for Inventory Planning : Clustering products that behave similarly highlights issues, challenges, and opportunities for serving customers better. Another way is to cluster stores by looking at a specific category’s inventory productivity or sales performance. These metrics can also be used in inventory planning decisions.

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Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies

Logistics Viewpoints

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. In the meantime, the inventory data quality has evolved, and the supply planning teams have been reorganized in some countries.