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

Arkieva

This week I had a workshop where we made a fishbone diagram of what drives excess inventory and/or stock-outs. So throughout the years it helped me to understand the importance of strategy, product management, sales, logistics, production, procurement, systems and the organization model, to improve the inventory situation.

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Key Manufacturing Takeaways from FocusConnect 2016

BlueYonder

Through the course of keynotes, workshops and the flow of conversation at the event, a number of several key trends emerged: Drones in the warehouse. The supply chain of the future. Supply chain segmentation in Europe. So exactly what does that change look like, and how does the industry prepare?