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Bridge the Gap Between Executive Alignment & Supply Chain Performance

Logility

However, achieving this critical alignment often stumbles over familiar hurdles: A limited understanding of supply chain operations at the executive level, objectives that diverge between strategy and operations, gaps in communication, a lack of shared KPIs, and the relentless pace of market changes.

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Unleashed Cash Flow Workshop: Experts Share Tips for Generating Cash Flow & Mitigating Risk

Unleashed

As a result, significant amounts of cash flow remain tied up in unmoving inventory. Converting overstocked inventory into positive cash flow While prevention may be preferable to cure, the reality is that many firms are still stuck with excess stock tying up their cash flow and costing them thousands in storage fees. “Do

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My Biggest Mistake: Inventory Levels are the Thermometer for the Management of the Company

Arkieva

As a Phd in inventory optimization, I’ve started my supply chain career in adjusting inventory parameters with surgical precision. Calculating inventory parameters, using Linear Programming to optimize planning. This week I had a workshop where we made a fishbone diagram of what drives excess inventory and/or stock-outs.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

As I work with companies, I often contrast the strategies, approaches and outcomes within a peer group. They were unclear on their supply chain strategy and the role of supply chain planning. While Sonoco Products is losing margin (in large part due to a tough market), they are making improvements in inventory turns.

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Customer-Centric Supply Chains: Adding Clarity to the Muddle

Supply Chain Shaman

One company defined the customer-centric strategy as, “Do whatever the customer wants.” As I work with clients to help them refine supply chain strategies, I often find that many companies will use words like customer-centric, but will fail to define the term to make it actionable. Gaps in Customer-Centric Strategies.

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. This issue is at the heart of our strategy and of our success.”. Inventory management is the key. NEWS RELEASE. A complex and constrained market.

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The Supply Chain “Change” Dilemma!

Kinaxis

I thought his analogies with supply chain strategy and execution were spot on. The key learning is that the individuals who as a team have just witnessed a big win as a result of a hard worked strategy are highly likely to miss the budding wave of disruptive forces and be ready for the next change. Comment and let us know.