Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

Inventory Reduction 92

Inventory Reduction Inventory Retail Sourcing Strategies 92

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

Supply chain concepts are generally understood in a linear pattern of consecutive planning in the form of plan-source-make-distribute-return/dispose. Because of this, businesses are finding it challenging to forecast demand and therefore they risk escalating inventory costs or stock outs. Connect your supply chain.

Sourcing Strategies 120

Sourcing Strategies Price Reduction Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies 120

Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

“The markets with the largest gains this week in OTVI.USA were Laredo, Texas (12.07%) Memphis, Tennessee (5.37%) and Cleveland (5.08%). In short, we expect it to be difficult to source capacity in the coming months until contract rates edge toward spot rates and the market finds a new “normal.”

Freight 52

Freight Manufacturing Procurement Los Angeles Purchasing Skills 52

Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. This helps to improve cash flow cycles and facilitate just-in-time inventory control. In this 2022 guide to freeports: What is a freeport?

Supply Chain Design Software 98

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Planning Software 98

ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard. There are Five Symptoms of Outdated Forecasting and Inventory Planning Software: Have you diagnosed your problem– and solution–to improved demand planning? Image source: Sturgis Journal. Image source: FDA .

Manufacturing Procurement 156

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Pricing Training Purchasing Skills 156

crisp

APRIL 13, 2022

Work effectively using only sales data (since not all retailers share other types of data, such as inventory). Example of a complex decision surface learned by a gradient boosted tree classifier ( Source : Alex Rogozhnikov). As a result, it takes sophisticated analysis to be able to identify what is actually a void.

Retail 97

Retail Just-in-Time Cleveland Atlanta 97

Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

We pulled in all a colleague out of our Cleveland office “Don” (a near retirement manufacturing expert) for some additional perspective. Saying things like “we have had an inventory system since 1972, our ERP system does that – right” Or even we purchased that expensive APS supply chain planning in 1999 that’s the same thing right ?

S&OP 60

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 60