Inventory Planning/ Optimization

The Agile Supply Chain’s Guide to Financial Alignment

October 29, 2020

Finance and supply chain: These two essential business functions speak different languages and live in different worlds. Both contribute mightily to the success and the profitability of their companies, in their own ways. Manufacturers need to get them to synchronize if they are to survive and succeed — and to achieve the agility and the resilience everyone strives for coming out of the pandemic crisis.

Improving Supply-Chain Reliability With Prescriptive Analytics

October 29, 2020

Zebra

Learn how prescriptive analytics can help drive supply-chain accuracy, efficiency and more.

How 3-D Modeling Streamlines Inventory and Materials Management

October 29, 2020

Manav Garg, SCB Contributor

Digital modeling brings new levels of visibility and control to logistics operations.

Coronavirus: What Do We Do About Risk Now?

Five Ways AI Can Solve Supply-Chain Disruption

October 28, 2020

Carlos Melendez, SCB Contributor

Business disruptions brought on by the pandemic have shined light on supply-chain weaknesses — and a growing opportunity for artificial intelligence.

EDITOR'S Q&A

Can the U.S. Establish a Reliable Domestic Supply of PPE?

October 27, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus pandemic has led to severe shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to protect Americans from the disease. The crisis has revealed an overreliance on imported supplies, particularly from China.

Gaining Control in a Turbulent World: The Case for Supply-Chain Control Towers

October 26, 2020

Magnitude

Cross-process tools and control-tower functionality can provide visibility, insight and agility across the supply chain.

Time for Manufacturers to Throw Out Old Ideas About Inventory Management

October 26, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Innovative supply-chain strategies that seemed so perfectly attuned to current purchasing patterns have turned out to carry a lot more risk than their creators could ever have imagined.

How to Turn Your Supply Chain Into a Profit Center

October 21, 2020

Paramaguru Prakash, SCB Contributor

Here are six tactics to try.

VIDEO

Watch: Advice for Supply-Chain Planners in 2020

October 14, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

David Barton, general manager for North America with ToolsGroup, describes the ways in which various industries are approaching the challenge of planning for demand in an environment of extreme uncertainty.

Building a Supply Chain That's Ready for Anything

October 13, 2020

Karl Siebrecht, SCB Contributor

Traditional supply-chain strategies that prioritized efficiency and razor-thin margins over agility won’t work anymore. Brands must now prioritize resilience.

Inventory Planning/ Optimization

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding inventory planning and optimization and its impact on supply chain management. New technologies in inventory planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using inventory planning solutions for supply chain optimization.