Inventory Management

Retailers Are Ready for Holiday Season

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 · Jeff Berman Most holiday inventory is already in place, says NRF’s Matthew Shay, as retailers continue to monitor consumer trends.

Instawork Data Shows Supply Chain Rebound Taking Place

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 · Brian Straight Flexible work platform Instawork says that manufacturers are increasingly looking for workers in a positive sign for the supply chain.

Supply and demand regulation via blockchain-based governance

Monday, April 3, 2023 · Kiran S. Patil Enterprise resource planning has been the dominate system for managing inventory, but failure is still a problem. Blockchain is offering new hope.

Talking Supply Chain: Respect good inventories

Friday, January 6, 2023 · Bob Trebilcock On this episode, Larry Lapide explains why he’s a fan of inventory, especially good inventory. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Inventory Management In The Omni-Channel, OnDemand Supply Chain

Monday, November 21, 2022 · SCMR Staff How to manage inventory across your physical and digital channels with live webcast from the St. Onge Company.

Respect “good” inventories

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · Larry Lapide Executives should be educated to have a healthy respect for inventory so that managers won’t have to go overboard and throw bad inventory after good.

Unlocking the value of demand sensing

Thursday, November 11, 2021 · Hemant R. Bonde and Allison Ahdieh The six factors critical to the successful implementation and adoption of demand sensing.

Short lifecycle (SLC) forecasting for “muddling through” uncertainties

Thursday, November 11, 2021 · Larry Lapide SLC products—such as those in retail, fashion-oriented and high-tech industries. Try them, they work. Will they yield 100% accuracy? Of course not. Will they improve your forecast accuracy? I believe so.

Supply Chain Redesign: Meeting the Needs of Tomorrow’s Customers

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 · SCMR Staff This webinar explores the trends most likely to impact supply chains and ways to redesign them to meet the demands of today’s customer.

Catalyze change and transform your inventory planning

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 · Mike Doherty and Kimberley Kirton Change is hard for any organization. But Princess Auto, a nearly 90-year-old Canadian hard goods retailer, changed its collective thinking and brought a new level of efficiency to its inventory planning and how product flows to its customers.

Supply Chain Startup: What to do with all that excess inventory

Friday, September 25, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock INTURN helps brands optimize excess inventory

Supply Chain Startup: Fuse Inventory crunches the numbers so you don’t have to

Friday, August 7, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock The startup platform aims to bring inventory planning into the digital age

Inventory Management In An Omni-Channel World

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 · SCMR Staff In this webinar Bryan Jensen, executive vice president with St. Onge explains how leading companies are coping with inventory management and the strategies they're utilizing to succeed in this new world of distribution.

NextGen Technology: Lights out inventory planning at Intel

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 · Sean Willems A new tool allowed the chip maker to fully automate inventory planning. The result: Inventory targets that planners accept more than 99.5% of the time.

Get Smart (about replenishment)

Thursday, January 25, 2018 · Kai Hoberg and Christine Herdmann Smart replenishment systems that continuously track inventories at the point-of-consumption (POC) are powerful technologies that can radically change supply chains.