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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

The Manufacturers Health Check report shows SMEs in the UK, New Zealand and Australia were forced to hold record levels of stock in Q3 2022 – a response to billowing international lead times. We did this by analysing four key metrics: The average value of total stock on hand – reflecting the volume of goods held (plus impacts from inflation).

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

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Navigating the evolving SCF landscape with Taulia and ANZ

Taulia

To protect their businesses, many companies have opted to diversify their supplier bases or switch from a just-in-time to a just-in-case inventory model. Product shortages, geopolitical conflict, and the impact of soaring inflation have all taken their toll on global supply chains.

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The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

That’s why AOV is an essential metric to improve. Inventory and marketing costs can be insidious parasites, gnawing at your margins. If dead stock is consuming vital inventory space in your warehouse try bundling your slowest-moving items with best-sellers. Other tactics include upsell, cross-sell, and product bundling.

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The Secret to Rapid Digitisation: A Dual Platform Strategy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This unlocks enormous value as you eliminate time lags, lower costs, and slash inventory buffers across the network. Planners then implement inventory buffers to cushion and absorb obvious conflicts that arise between trading partners. You decide where to start moving capabilities onto the network, in a phased-way that lowers risk.

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The Logistics Linchpin with Andrew Clark

Freight Plus

Sell more with less stock - How inventory planning holds the key to improved profitability. He then decided he wanted a career change and moved to pharmaceutical manufacturing in Australia. Following this, he ended up working for a business in Australia called Logistics Bureau. Tell us a bit about yourself and where you started.

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The Logistics Linchpin with Andrew Clark

Freight Plus

Sell more with less stock - How inventory planning holds the key to improved profitability. He then decided he wanted a career change and moved to pharmaceutical manufacturing in Australia. Following this, he ended up working for a business in Australia called Logistics Bureau. Tell us a bit about yourself and where you started.