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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

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The theme this year was “Chart Your Course” which Richard Stewart, EVP Americas at Körber Supply Chain pointed out, is all about overcoming supply chain complexities and challenges. Available to sell is the on-hand inventory minus any promised inventory. Available to promise is a reserve against incoming inventory.

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Here’s How to Measure Inventory Health

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Looking for a relatively quick way to measure inventory health? “It Even though we’re talking about inventory, we first have to understand customer buying behavior—and how that then translates into inventory requirements.” This is different from problematic ABC inventory classification.

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Planning to Win: Optimizing Inventory to Meet Business Objectives

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Optimization is peak efficiency, using the perfect balance of inventory and resources to service customer demand without incurring any unnecessary costs or waste. Optimizing is meaningless without an inventory optimization objective. Of course, inventory optimization is infinitely more complex than yacht racing.

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Inventory Management vs. Inventory Optimization: What’s Wrong with ABC Inventory Classification?

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ABC inventory classification has been around so long that most planners just assume it’s the only way to segment your inventory. Let’s examine how inventory management has evolved into inventory optimization so that companies can minimize inventory investment while still hitting service level targets and maximing proftability.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Management Courses to Boost Your Career

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Fortunately, there are numerous courses available to help you develop your expertise in supply chain management, regardless of your level of experience. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the top 10 supply chain management courses that can take your career to the next level. Ratings of each course will also be included.

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Business Intelligence vs. Inventory Optimization: Are You Solving Symptoms Instead of the Real Problem?

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In my decades of working in replenishment and inventory optimization, I’ve noticed that many companies seek solutions to symptoms rather than the underlying problem. Of course, you’ll never want to deal with that company again. They want to have an aging report for inventory or a report on vendor performance.

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Coursera Supply Chain Courses vs. SCMDOJO Courses: A Comprehensive Comparison

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Two platforms that stand out in this field are SCMDOJO academy and Coursera supply chain courses , among many others. When it comes to online learning, Coursera is a well-known learning platform offering a wide range of courses across various disciplines, including supply chain management.

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