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Missing Mayo, Knockout Guac: Three Lessons for Fresh Grocery Supply Chains

A growing consumer appetite for fresh prepared foods at the grocery store has complicated demand forecasting and inventory planning.

The Complex Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retail

It’s a given that the COVID-19 pandemic boosted e-commerce, but some of the numbers coming in now are verging on the exceptional.

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Does Just-in-Time Inventory Really Enhance Cash Flow?

For many businesses, the past year exposed the fragility of their cash flow and working capital. The pandemic, coupled with supply chain disruptions and erratic consumer demand, wreaked havoc on companies facing both internal and external pressures.

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Watch: Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

Ben Ruddell, director and professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers a perspective on whether we can expect another wave of shortages of essential products on store shelves this year.

Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

Three Lessons From Covid to Help Retailers Prepare for Peak Season

Although their storefronts and advertising campaigns may tell a different story, retail organizations are already planning for the 2022 holiday season.

When 'Just-in-Time' Is Just Too Late: A New Approach to Managing Production

Just-in-time and ad hoc ordering work well while parts are still in production and the supply chain is robust. But once the manufacturing process is disrupted, and supplies become limited or even non-existent, things change drastically.

The Problem With Safety Stock — and How to Get It Right

We’ve yet to attain the nirvana of supply always matching the demand. In attempting to do so, retailers strive to carry extra buffer at every outlet.

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The Problem With Robots in Retail

You can't solve a dynamic problem with a static solution.

The Software Path to Advanced Order Fulfillment

For e-commerce and omnichannel retailers, effective inventory management is essential to running successful distribution and fulfillment operations.

Podcast | How Inventory Management Can Fix Broken Supply Chains

Inventory management poses a huge challenge to retailers today — but it’s also the key to matching supply with demand in difficult times.

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When Globalization Meets Just-in-Time in the Medical Supply Chain

Michael Einhorn, chief executive of Dealmed, has been troubled for a good long while about the strategies commonly deployed when it comes to the supply chain for medical supplies.

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Lean, ‘Just-in-Time’ Management Didn't Cause the Supply Chain Crisis

There’s nothing in the lean and just-in-time supply chain methodologies that recommend keeping a bare minimum of parts on hand. In fact, they preach the opposite.

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