Exercises Inventory Sourcing 
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 9, 2022
While consumers may see some short-term benefit in the form of discounted goods, many retailers have had to reset investor expectations , reflecting the expected hit on margins from carrying so much inventory. Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?
ToolsGroup
AUGUST 1, 2017
Source: Gartner, Cover Considerations—How to Optimize Retail and Consumer Product Inventory Targets, 2017. But I have to differ with the conclusions of a recent report, “ Cover Considerations — How to Optimize Retail and Consumer Product Inventory Targets.”. There are other considerations that impact inventory targets.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 18, 2022
As we have seen in 2021, businesses automated and integrated supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing , dynamic safety-stock management , inventory optimization , and external collaboration. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise. Although we may not go back to those days (hopefully!),
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
What is Inventory Management? For Manufacturing it’s about carrying zero or minimum inventory. For Logistics the focus is on high inventory turns. For Logistics the focus is on high inventory turns. Inventory Management is about having a right balance of expectations from different functions of the supply chain.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 13, 2022
As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. Design Centers of Excellence will aid such frequent assessments and executing on design decisions.
Kinaxis
MARCH 27, 2018
The ability of a machine to perform human-like functions such as perceiving, reasoning, learning, interacting with the environment, problem solving and exercising creativity to form plans, make decisions and achieve goals. Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Deep learning.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 22, 2021
As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.
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