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.

Market pressures can sometimes seem as if they fall out of the sky. If your business depends on having the right inventory at the right time, anticipating what you’ll need and when you’ll need it up ...

Production and inventory-planning processes commonly used by companies, called sales & operations planning (S&OP), require predictable demand and supply to function properly. In the post-pandemic ...

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 ...

In omnichannel and ecommerce companies, inventory management, including tracking and reserving inventory for orders, is crucial for maximizing sales and improving customer satisfaction. If you can’t ...

J.Crew and its sister company Madewell have both implemented a new integrated inventory planning solution that allows the retailers to increase efficiency when creating new products and tap into ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling striking down President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs reshapes the legal landscape of U.S. trade policy but leaves… Execution, not chat: How Agentic AI changes supply chain ...

For any business, but most especially a small business, inventory loss can have a negative impact on the company's bottom line. Keeping track of your business's inventory and mitigating any potential ...

Inflation is causing weakened demand. Businesses such as Microsoft and Google are preparing for an economic downturn. It is difficult not to react by drastically reducing inventories, and it is hard ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling striking down President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs reshapes the legal landscape of U.S. trade policy but leaves… Execution, not chat: How Agentic AI changes supply chain ...

Disruptions have become a way of life for manufacturers. But the production and inventory planning process that many companies, especially SMEs, use are not capable of handling the uncertainty. A new ...