Inventory Optimization Newsletter
November, 2010 - Vol 51
Contents
Are you a supply chain innovator?
Supply chain tactics for the new normal
Reducing inventory can disrupt the supply chain

Managing Inventory During These Challenging Times

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

Are You a Supply Chain Innovator?
by Aberdeen Group, October, 2008

Published by Aberdeen Group in October 2008, is a research brief that lays out the technology footprint for supply chain innovators achieving best-in-class inventory performance. The requirement of 82% of respondents in this study was to increase customer service level without inreasing the inventory investment. According to this study, "inventory optimization continues to be the area companies are most focused on today in terms of inventory improvement priorities."

Are you an innovator with a focus on inventory optimization?
 
Supply Chain Tactics for the New Normal
by Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest, October, 2010

Dan Gilmore, Editor of Supply Chain Digest (www.scdigest.com), wrote an article last month that provided a look forward for those companies looking to innovate their supply chains in order to advance their businesses ahead of their peers.

Has your organization examined these innovative solutions?

Read the executive summary or the full article at SCDigest.com.
Reducing Inventory Can Disrupt the Supply Chain

by Patrick Burnson, Supply Chain Management Review, October 5, 2010

 
During this great recession, many organizations were more than eager to reduce inventory levels in order to gain a foothold on the new normal of reduced demand in the marketplace. However the tide is beginning to turn with the advent of more commentary about what to do when demand does begin to return. At least that is the position of a recent article written by Patrick Brunson, Executive Editor of "Supply Chain Management Review." In the article, Mr. Brunson examines the impact that increased demand will have in a marketplace with less inventory available to serve.

Read the executive summary or the full article from SCMR.com.
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