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6 Inventory Control Techniques for Stock Optimization

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Trends: Product demand is influenced by fashion, technology, social, economic and legal factors. Look out for such trends in your historical demand data and adjust your forecasts accordingly. For example, you should consider setting different service levels, safety stock levels and reordering parameters for each category.

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How to Improve Inventory Turnover with Inventory Optimization

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Most items in the growth stage will experience an upward demand trend. Secondly, you should identify items with seasonal demand patterns and market trends and again fine-tune the forecast. In these situations you have to think smartly and weigh the costs against each other for replenishment.

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Demand Forecasting 101: Everything eCommerce Businesses Need to Know

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Demand forecasting helps you: Optimize inventory Align with your operational strategy Analyze demographic and product trends Surprise and delight customers Protect yourself against financial risks Prepare for peak season. How often does inventory need to be replenished? The COVID-19 pandemic was a prominent example. #5

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning in supply chain management

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For example, navigation apps, facial recognition, smart assistants, and even robot vacuum cleaners at home use this smart tech. AI can adapt in near-real-time to changing conditions and develop new knowledge by processing more data and revealing more patterns and trends than humans can. However, it is now common in everyday life.

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Using ABC Analysis in Inventory Management

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See an example of ABC analysis in action here. For example, you may want to focus on improving the service levels of your A class products, over your Bs and Cs by increasing your safety stock levels. In a marketplace where trends come and go and product sales can be erratic, items can move from category C to A very quickly.

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How to Manage Inventory in a Growing Business

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A build-up of excess inventory and obsolete stock as social trends and technologies quickly change and forecasting models fail to keep up. For example, some will be at the growth stage with either positive demand or ‘fast’ demand e.g. selling a steady volume. Increased operational costs and a lack of warehouse space.

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How do rising interest rates and inflation affect global supply chains?

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Our eGuide, Supply chain and logistics management trends for 2023 , looks at potential issues facing supply chain managers this year and how to respond. For example, warehouse costs, insurance and financing. How will your team monitor changing customer behavior and market trends as demand reduces? Higher costs of storage.