Sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is process used for monitoring and upgrading a company's operating plan. It pulls all departments together to ensure that potential problems can be ...

Amidst the recent continued economic volatility, C-level executives’ focus has shifted from revenue growth to profitable growth, and hence global supply chain performance has gained a great deal of ...

Inventory is a universal headache at most companies - with the potential for significant impacts, both good and bad. Too little inventory puts sales revenue at risk. Yet, having too much inventory ...

Inventory planning and control are functions relating to inventory management. Business owners pay close attention to inventory as it usually represents the second largest expense in their businesses.

Powerful planning processes provide the essential elements for business success through material management, lean operations, waste reduction and working capital optimization. It is not unusual to ...

Inventory planning sometimes seems like a no-win proposition. Too much or not enough, each scenario has a serious impact on a businesses’ reputation, efficiency and profitability. But you can achieve ...

Getting inventories right is hard—but why? In this age of advanced technology, ERP systems, and AI, one would expect companies to leverage these tools as a competitive advantage or, at the very least, ...

When Amazon launched its free same-day delivery service in 2015, the question immediately arose: Would this buy customer loyalty? Ultimately, yes. Then consumers began to wonder what that meant for ...

Uncertainty was beyond question a certainty the last 18-24 months in a global market besieged by the onslaught of COVID-19, which is still hugging the corners of society. However, there were several ...

Austin, TX, Sept. 28, 2021 – Brightpearl has acquired Inventory Planner, a market-leading demand planning tool that enables ecommerce retailers to predict demand and optimise inventory. With this ...