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Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization vs Inventory Optimization

ToolsGroup

The subway system is the lifeblood of New York City, pre-COVID carrying an average of 5.5 Now consider that by not optimizing your inventory from a global vantage point you may be creating, if not outright chaos, a much less efficient network than you could have. The basic approach to inventory optimization.

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Inventory and Inflation

Enterra Insights

Financial writer Emma Kerr ( @emmarkerr ) explains, “Inflation is caused by factors like pressures on the supply or demand side of the economy, money supply policies and even consumer expectations.”[1] The irony of excess inventory. Excess inventory was also caused by the Bullwhip Effect.

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The Changing Grocery Landscape

Enterra Insights

that focuses on political and regulatory policy, put the odds of the merger successfully closing at 35 percent.”[3] ” Next, grocers need to improve inventory management. 2] Russell Redman, “ Are we on the verge of a new grocery landscape? ” Supermarket News, 6 December 2022. [3]

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Automating Procurement and Supplier Relations to Alleviate ESG Concerns

QAD

For example, roughly 85 percent of companies incorporate sustainable procurement practices due to government regulations and policies and the risk of being noncompliant – not in response to consumer attitudes.

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Not So Happy Returns This Post-Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

The staff at SupplyChainBrain explains, “Overstocked retailers are cutting back on lenient pandemic-era return policies heading into the holiday season.”[2]. Today’s consumers take a lot of factors into consideration when they make a purchase — including product availability, price, delivery dates, and return policies.

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

There are too many ESG-linked policies to list and new ones are emerging seemingly every day, but here are a few you should watch: The US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act took effect on June 21, 2022, and requires importers to prove that products do not contain any trace of material associated with China’s Xinjiang region.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline. . Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. . Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0) Shipping Transit Timeliness. US Logistics Index. this month. ’.