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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

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The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. A Positive Example. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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6 Inventory Control Techniques for Stock Optimization

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Inventory Control Techniques that use Stock Optimization Best Practices. So we thought we’d focus on the lesser known topic of ‘stock optimization’ – this is an inventory control technique that’s becoming more popular with inventory managers to improve the efficiency of their supply chain. What is stock optimization?

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

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This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. The supply chain design solution, for example, continues to grow in depth and usability. Coupa meets this definition. The use cases just keep expanding.

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How to Use ABC Analysis for Inventory Management (and the Added Value of XYZ Analysis)

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If you’re wondering what is the best way to manage inventory with hundreds or even thousands of SKUs, you’ve found your answer: ABC analysis (otherwise known as ABC classification ). In this post, we’re going to discuss how you can classify your inventory into three ABC categories and introduce the concept of XYZ analysis.

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Companies Improve their Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence

Logistics Viewpoints

Further, while artificial intelligence helps solve certain types of problems, Jay Muelhoefer – the chief marketing officer at Kinaxis pointed out – optimization and heuristics work better for other types of planning problems. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.

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How to Use ABC Analysis for Inventory Management (and the Added Value of XYZ Analysis)

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If you’re wondering what is the best way to manage inventory with hundreds or even thousands of SKUs, you’ve found your answer: ABC analysis (otherwise known as ABC classification ). In this post, we’re going to discuss how you can classify your inventory into three ABC categories and introduce the concept of XYZ analysis.

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Daily Management for Improvement

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It depicts more detailed version of “ Organize, Standardize, Stabilize, Optimize ” showing the continuous comparison between “what should be happening” and “what is actually happening.” What About Root Cause Analysis? You apply the math you must to model and solve the problem at hand.