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9 Barriers to Optimal Inventory and How to Break them Down

Logistics Bureau

Before we look at the barriers to optimal inventory and the possible ways to eliminate or overcome them, let’s be clear on what inventory optimisation means—because misconceptions do abound. For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. Service as a Barrier to Optimal Inventory.

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Supply Chain Trend Predictions

Logistics Business Magazine

Mark Morley, Senior Director, Product Marketing at OpenText , provides his supply chain trend forecast for the year ahead. Companies using business networks have been able to obtain an indirect benefit for many years, digitizing and automating paper-based processes helps to save paper and of course billions of trees around the world.

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Retail Trends: The Growing Demand for Click and Collect

Bringg

This post looks at how click & collect works, why demand for it is trending now, and what retailers can do to ensure click & collect experiences that are also good for their business. While interest in click & collect is not new, 2020 saw a massive spike in demand and turned it into one of the hottest retail trends.

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2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends

EazyStock

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. With that in mind, here are a few trends for 2021 that could help your business outlast the pandemic: Supplier Diversification. Automation.

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What is Genuinely New in Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

Trends last for years. Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. A customer can of course buy goods in a store. The hierarchy of rules is too simple to fully optimize profitability. But how often do significant new things happen?

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2020 Supply Chain Management Trends

EazyStock

Intro to 2020 Supply Chain Management Trends. Throughout the last decade, the main trends were digitization and globalization. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. Greening” the Supply Chain.

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Demand Forecasting: How It Enhances Ecommerce Operations

Ship Monk

The process usually includes analyzing historical data for seasonal trends and product performance, as well as gathering current data on competitors, marketplace trends, future marketing plans and promotions. Creating graphs and pie charts out of your numerical data can make it easier to spot trends and gain insights.