Inventory includes raw materials, partially finished goods and finished goods. A retail business may have finished goods awaiting shipment, while a manufacturing business may have raw materials and ...

Inventory classification and optimisation techniques are pivotal in modern supply chain management, offering structured approaches to managing diverse inventory portfolios. Traditional methods such as ...

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Inventory can consist of merchandise you prepare for retail sale or products you create from raw materials and labor. In either case, you don't expect to sell all your inventory in a single ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--E2open today announced the publication of its 2018 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study, an in-depth analysis of the state of demand and inventory management that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the impact of AI and Machine Learning on the supply chain. Supply chains are under siege by an undeniable force: change.

Just months after snarled supply chains led to widespread inventory shortages, the proverbial pendulum has decidedly shifted to the other side. Now, companies have a different problem. They have ...

When disaster hits, the last thing you want is to argue about what you owned and what it was worth. Yet that is exactly where ...

Inventory optimization is a phrase much used and abused. But ask a supply chain professional, let alone another senior executive, how close to optimal their inventories are and you will either get ...

I'm a history buff, and that comes in handy when looking at the problems of inventory optimization. The whole idea of getting inventory to the right distribution center at the right time bears a ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zionex, a leading provider of advanced supply chain and integrated business planning platforms for retail, manufacturing, and distribution industries, has announced the beta ...