The Supply Chain and Inventory Planning Blog

The Future of Supply Chain Podcast: An Interview with Charu Thomas, Founder of Oculogx

Charu Thomas is the Founder of Oculogx, a company that builds tech to make order fulfillment more efficient. Oculogx customers include companies like...

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What is Demand Planning? A Brief Introduction

Demand planning, also known as inventory or merchandise planning and forecasting, is the process of calculating consumer interest in order to...

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Planning for Sales in the Corona-Economy

Are you stuck with a glut of inventory? Are you wondering how to thrive during this abnormal retail climate? The following guide highlights how to...

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Keeping Up with Supply Chain: 5 Trends Paving the Future of the Retail Industry

Supply Chain has often been viewed solely as an operational function, unlike its strategically creative counterpart, Marketing. But now more than...

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8 Ways to Deal with Excess Inventory

Are you stuck with inventory that isn’t selling fast enough? Perhaps you took a big bet and discovered some products weren’t as successful as you had...

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9 Ways to Deal with Out-of-Stock Inventory

Did you sell out of a product too fast? Or maybe you’re facing supply chain challenges and delays in shipments. You’re not alone. Out of stock (OOS)...

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8 Ways to Build a Successful Planning Team

Some might believe that great leadership is among the traits you learn from experience. However, only a fifth of organizations claim to be effective...

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7 Ways to Accurately Measure the Health of your Inventory

With current stats highlighting a nearly 10% decline in retail sales YOY, it’s no surprise that the retail industry will experience an influx and...

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The Future of Supply Chain Podcast: An Interview with Rachel Liaw, CEO of Fuse

In this episode of our podcast, we chat with Fuse CEO & co-founder, Rachel Liaw. Rachel’s background consists of building software, managing supply...

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IMS/3PL/OMS/ERP/FUSE - Find Out Which One You Need

As straightforward as inventory seems, the ways of managing, tracking, planning, and ordering it can differ. Many retailers use a combination of...

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