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October, 2009 - Vol 38
This month
Focusing on Inventory Optimization
Take a Financial View of Inventory
Buried Under Inventory
Online Presentation
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Managing Supply Chains During These Challenging Times


Anticipating an economic recovery, many firms are investigating new strategies for managing their supply chains. The following articles provide insight to help you develop innovative strategies.

Supply Chain Firms Focusing on Inventory Optimization
by Mike Sachoff, SCMnews.com, September, 2009
 
Author Mike Sachoff writes for SCMnews.com, "IO technology has increasingly been adopted and deployed by leading-edge companies. Decision processes such as overall sales, inventory, and operations panning (SI&OP), 'profitable proximity' sourcing and new product innovation can all be aided by this technology."
 
How could your firm benefit from inventory optimization?
 
Take a Financial View of Inventory
by Curt Barry, Multichannelmerchant.com, September, 2009
 
Organizations are looking at inventory more closely as a way to generate cash and to prevent slow-moving inventory amounts from growing. As written in Multichannelmerchant.com, author Curt Barry explains how to understand the impact of inventory on the bottom line, and 10 steps to effectively managing this strategic asset. 
 

Buried Under Inventory

by Jonathan Katz, IndustryWeek, September, 2009
 
Writing for IndustryWeek, Jonathan Katz argues that a previous focus on optimizing freight shipments as a result of the rise in fuel costs, inflated inventory levels for manufacturers. Since the beginning of 2008, this focus has now shifted to agressive efforts of "destocking". 
 
Has your firm completed destocking efforts, or is it stuck after picking the low-hanging fruit?

Inventory Optimization - Online Presentation

These days, cash will remain king. Rightsizing your inventory investment and servicing customers is more important than ever.

That's why inventory optimization is widely considered the most valuable tool in the market today. Not only does it mitigate supply chain planning complexity and help your organization release cash that's tied up in working capital, but it also creates a sustainable environment for reducing inventory.

Want to learn more? Register now for an online presentation profiling an affordable inventory optimization solution as an advanced inventory planning tool.
 
 
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