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Why Data Will Drive the Future of Inventory Management

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers acted with agility, changing the way they planned and managed inventory in a remarkably short time. Effective inventory management plays a vital role in this — and data-led solutions can make a real difference here. In the years to come, AI will prove extremely useful in supply chain management.

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What is Inventory Turnover in Retail? (Formulas, Benchmarks, Examples)

Retalon

As a retailer, effectively managing your inventory is critical to the success of your business. One of the key inventory metrics retailers track is inventory turnover. Inventory turnover measures how many times a company sells and replaces its inventory during a period.

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4 Top Inventory Management Techniques and Best Practices

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Do you know how to manage your inventory as effectively as possible? What are the inventory management best practices? If you can’t answer these questions, it’s time to reconsider how you manage your inventory. Tracking your inventory will provide you with the data necessary for these insights.

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How to Revolutionize Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

Disruption at the early stages goes unseen, and businesses do not feel the consequences until there are empty spaces where products should be. As manufacturing and supply chain disruption increases, retailers must optimize inventory management to give customers a better experience. Common Inventory Management Headaches.

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

Bad inventory is an expensive problem. Trillion annually as a result of bad inventory. Managing inventory becomes exponentially more complicated as a retailer grows; and often becomes an overwhelming challenge. What is bad inventory called? What is bad inventory called day-to-day? Drastic Markdowns.

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Product Substitution: How Savvy Retailers and Manufacturers can Build Supply Chain Resiliency, Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. In manufacturing, product substitution can be a valuable tool for optimizing inventory management.

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Using Prebuilt Data Models? You Should Be

Retail TouchPoints

Like LEGO sets that get creative builders started with guided instruction, prebuilt data models like those outlined above can help organizations improve their data management and analysis capabilities, promote collaboration across departments and ultimately make better decisions based on data-driven insights at lower cost, time and project risk.