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Articles Tagged with ''logistics management: inventory planning and optimization''

The Three Rings of Inventory Optimization

March 3, 2016
SupplyChainBrain
Analyst Insight: Ever wonder why a majority of inventory optimization projects struggle to completely realize potential benefits? Most companies focus solely on inventory strategy, without taking a comprehensive, holistic approach. Taking the holistic approach introduces two additional levers to inventory optimization - business alignment and execution excellence - which, coupled with inventory strategy, enable supply chains to achieve strategic and targeted performance improvement goals. We call these the three rings of inventory optimization. - Rodrigo Cambiaghi, Principal; Claudio Menegusso, Senior Manager; Mark Johnson, Manager; and Saurabh Jha, Senior, all in the Advisory Services of Ernst & Young LLP
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A Different Approach to Fixing Your Long Tail

November 19, 2015
Jeff Bodenstab, Vice President of Marketing, ToolsGroup
Long tails can get, well, rather long. Some see this as a mandate to hunt down and kill off the items furthest out on the tail.
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When the E-commerce Explosion Leads to Raising the Roof on Warehouses

September 23, 2015
Jim Neuner, Senior Vice President of Intralogistics Design, Wynright Corporation
For 130 years, Chicago and New York City have been locked in a battle of the skyscrapers. Nine of the tallest buildings in the U.S., as well as more than one-half of the nation's towers greater than 785 feet, were built in just those two cities.
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Top 5 Ways for a More Efficient Warehouse Operation

July 7, 2015
Denny Hammack, President, Patterson Pope
Warehouse personnel are adopting order fulfillment technologies, re-organization techniques, and picking optimization methods to create efficient operations to answer the growing demands of customers.
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Use of Legacy Systems Lead to Excess Costs, Lack of Visibility Into Current Inventory Levels, Study Finds

June 29, 2015
Gatepoint Research, E2open
Inventory information sharing is time-consuming and often results in visibility levels between "average" and "none," according to a report from Gatepoint Research.
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Solution Rolled Out to Address 'Complexities' in Omnichannel Inventory, Order Routing, Fulfillment

June 9, 2015
enVista
Supply chain consulting and IT services firm enVista has launched Enspire Commerce, a cloud-based, multi-tenant architecture solution focused on omnichannel selling, optimization, fulfillment and integration for small to mid-market retailers, distributors and third party logistics service providers.
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ToolsGroup Issues 'Instant Replay' for Supply-Chain Simulation

May 21, 2015
ToolsGroup
ToolsGroup has released Instant Replay, a new supply-chain simulation tool. It allows planners to review historical events and compare multiple scenarios at the daily, customer and SKU-location levels.
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How Redbox Manages a Supply Chain with All New Products and Zero Replenishment

May 19, 2015
SupplyChainBrain
Redbox has an unusual supply chain, with 10 new product introductions a week and no replenishments. An algorithm effectively allocates new DVD's among 43,000 kiosks, but this allocation is quickly skewed when customers use different kiosks to rent and return. Matt James, vice president, explains how the company solves this problem.
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Robot Pair Work in Tandem to Pick 'n' Ship Your Orders

May 12, 2015
Gizmodo
Like C-3PO and R2-D2, some robot pairs are a match made in mechanized heaven. Now, a new team, Fetch and Freight, can eliminate much of the efficiency-botching human labor from warehouses, getting that Amazon shipment to your door faster than ever.
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Unleashed Software Integrates with QuickBooks Online for Inventory Management

April 23, 2015
Unleashed Software
Unleashed Software, a developer of inventory-management applications delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has integrated with Intuit's QuickBooks Online business and financial-management software.
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