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Supply Chain Forecasting with AI

ThroughPut

In the ever-evolving landscape of global commerce, businesses face a significant challenge: the pain of inaccurate forecasts and the relentless pace of market conditions. The agitation stems from the financial loss and operational inefficiencies accompanying these inaccurate forecasts. AI in supply chain forecasting is a game-changer.

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How Not to use Machine Learning for Demand Forecasting

ToolsGroup

Eight years ago ToolsGroup was one of the first supply chain planning software vendors to employ machine learning to improve demand forecasting. As the tag line to a popular commercial goes, by now “we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.”. Statistical forecasting approaches have others. See diagram above ).

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. Passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tags are frequently used to track consumer products.

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Organizations need Machines that Learn

Enterra Insights

Every day new articles are published about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) for businesses hoping to remain competitive in the coming decades. More often than not, those articles are referring to a subset of AI known as machine learning. Retail (inventory optimization). Transportation (demand forecasting).

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Retail Inventory Management: Basic Steps & Best Practices

Unleashed

For retailers, inventory is more than just a list of products: It’s also the mainstay of your retail operations, the source of your revenue, and the foundation of customer satisfaction. Retail inventory management is therefore the key to managing inventory costs and movements effectively. What is retail inventory management?

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D2C eCommerce Explained (& Why You Should Consider It)

Unleashed

This article considers how D2C works, who does it, some D2C pros and cons – and whether it is good idea for small and medium businesses. The D2C model upends the traditional retail structure in which a manufacturer distributes its goods to a retailer or third-party outlet for on-sale to the customer. Who uses D2C eCommerce?

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Unlocking POS Power

MIT Supply Chain

Each point of sale (POS) in a retail supply chain generates a goldmine of demand data. GMI typically ships to the warehouses of large retailer customers via regional distribution centers. Four SKUs produced in the same manufacturing process and supplied to the same retail customers were selected for the purposes of the analysis.