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Mastering Digital Product Passports: Strategies for Seamless Implementation

Logistics Viewpoints

Workshops, seminars, and continuous learning opportunities help equip staff with the skills needed to manage and maintain DPPs effectively. Invest in Training and Education Comprehensive training programs are essential to ensure employees understand both the technical and regulatory aspects of DPPs.

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The Tale of the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Magic Quadrant and Minestrone Soup

Supply Chain Shaman

The research methodology for the Supply Chains to Admire compares the performance of a company against its industry peer group for the metrics of Year-over-Year Revenue Growth, Inventory Turns, Operating Margin, and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). The methodology is now 20 years old. Let’s have an honest discussion.

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Why probabilistic forecasting is better for inventory optimization

ToolsGroup

In this post we’ll explore how probabilistic forecasting not only creates better forecasts, but also improves inventory optimization by improving the stock levels at store and warehouse locations in your distribution network. Inventory optimization (IO) systems can then use this information to better identify the optimal inventory targets.

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Supply Chain Management Books

SCM Research

I recently conducted a survey with leading supply chain management researchers and asked them a simple question: “If you were teaching a doctoral seminar, what would you assign as the [.] Patterson, and (6) Foundations of Inventory Theory by Paul Zipkin. de Kok & Stephen C. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C.

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Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016. Join us at the event to: Hear from Marc van Pruijssen, Director Supply Chain Europe & Russia, Amway how today’s leading companiesare tackling inventory planning, replenishment and order fulfillment challenges in an omni-channel world to achieve competitive advantage. Date: 25 May 2016.

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4 Tips To Cut Costs In A Warehouse

GlobalTranz

Protect Inventory You can’t function as a business without a well-stocked inventory. Cross training and productivity seminars should be offered to current workers to further increase efficiency. But, with a well-planned strategy, you too can reduce expenses in your workplace. Time is money, so money is what you primarily lose.

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

Gartner recommends multiplying the planned unit volume: by price to generate monetized revenue plans, by cost to generate monetized inventory plans, by margin to generate monetized profit plans. 4-9% decrease in the value of obsolete inventory as a percentage of total stocked goods (product costs).

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