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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

The Manufacturers Health Check report shows SMEs in the UK, New Zealand and Australia were forced to hold record levels of stock in Q3 2022 – a response to billowing international lead times. In 2022 New Zealand manufacturers have experienced a 9.55% increase in the average price paid for the same group of goods.

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Beating the Heat with Ice Cream

DELMIA Quintiq

It turns out that the New Zealanders hold the record for the largest consumers of ice cream at 7.5 A key challenge is to not over-produce and stock up on excessive inventory while at the same time be ready for summer by securing on-shelf availability and fulfillment. Sweet Statistics. Who eats the most ice cream? gallons (28.3

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Ice Cream Production: A Sweet Treat

DELMIA Quintiq

But today, New Zealanders hold the record for the eating the most ice cream at 7.5 A main challenge for producers is to avoid excessive inventory while maintaining stock for warm weather by securing on-shelf availability and fulfillment. Now whoever thought about this wonderful idea in the first place? Here’s the skinny!

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The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

Inventory and marketing costs can be insidious parasites, gnawing at your margins. If dead stock is consuming vital inventory space in your warehouse try bundling your slowest-moving items with best-sellers. Seaweed is an emerging industry in New Zealand, so finding local seaweeds at food grade quality is an ongoing challenge.”

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The Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index: Signs of Recovery as 2023 Closes

Unleashed

According to the Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index – a new quarterly business health and performance index published today – UK manufacturers have responded well to current global challenges, while Australian manufacturers lag the northern hemisphere, despite overall improvement.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

”[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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The Cash Flow and Overstock Report: Potential USD$142,000 windfall from tighter stock control

Unleashed

New research suggests that manufacturers will be able to significantly improve cash flow as they recover from the inventory crisis of 2022. Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic.