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The Future of Supply Chains Post COVID-19 – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

But companies will have to go beyond the usual inventory optimisation. . For example tools like self-billing can support to fasten time consuming transport invoices reconciliation etc…), several SC models will co-exist and will be intermediately used depending on the market condition. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Lean versus EOQ? What’s best for your organization?

Kinaxis

EOQ attempts to optimize lot size by balancing manufacturing cost ( Fixed + variable costs) with things like inventory holding costs and capacity utilization. Lean relies on minimization of, among other things, lot sizes, inventory and waiting. of that plan.

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Executive's Guide to Supply Chain Research

Supply Chain Opz

Then the body of knowledge has been extended and there are many new lean tools (applied research). As a matter of fact, there are so many practices invented by practitioners like us that have very strong influences over the academic world, for example, Vendor Managed Inventory, Theory of Constraints, SCOR Model, S&OP or CPFR.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. Therefore, you may experience build up in inventory levels, unbalanced inventory deployment and the consequential impacts on customer service and cost.

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10 Proven Principles for Best Warehouse Design and Operation

Logistics Bureau

4) Inventory Control. Inventory control is about having the right amount of stock to meet customer demand. Business benchmarking is seen as one of the smartest management tools around. Your inventory control is not there, you’re not rotating your stock. 6) Benchmarking. Some Tips on Warehouse Design.

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RELEX Shares Vision for Unified Retail Planning at its 5th Annual UK Space & Supply Chain Forum

RELEX Solutions

After a welcome introduction by Ms Luostarinen, RELEX Group CEO Mikko Kärkkäinen kicked off the main seminar by providing a quick overview of RELEX’s progress to date. Of particular note was how the RELEX solution has helped Wyevale adopt a detailed approach to range management across such a rapidly changing inventory.

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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.