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Aberdeen Group, Nari Viswanathan, March, 2010
As our economy migrates from recession to recovery, cash will remain king. As a result, financial stakeholders are mandating that improvements be made to working capital metrics. Since the investment in inventory makes up the largest portion of working capital, leveraging inventory performance and related technologies to support working capital optimization will be the focus of an upcoming report by Aberdeen Group.
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Strategy is the Key to Managing Inventory |
by Sean Murphy, Supply Chain Management Review, March 16, 2010
Last month in the Supply Chain Management Review magazine, author Sean Murphy wrote an article on the importance of taking a long-term strategy approach to managing and stocking inventory, rather than a reactionary one that is often employed during recessionary times.
How would you classify your organization's approach to inventory management?
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| Can Inventory Reductions in 2009 be Sustained? |
by Henri van der Eerden, SupplyChainBrain.com, February 24, 2010
This question was posed recently in an article published on SupplyChainBrain.com to describe the results of a recent study on inventory performance by REL, a division of The Hackett Group. The study shows that during 2009, companies reduced absolute inventory by 10%. A closer look reveals that their Days Inventory On-Hand deteriorated by 7.5%, suggesting an errosion of inventory efficiency.
What is your strategy for sustainable reductions in inventory?
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Reducing Inventory |
| These days, cash will remain king. Reducing your inventory investment and servicing customers is more important than ever.
That's why inventory optimization is considered one of the most valuable tools in the market today. Not only does it mitigate the complexity of supply chain planning 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? Contact TCLogic today and find out how inventory intelligence can get you the results you need.
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