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- Inventory Management Is Key In Retailing
- Warehouses and distribution centers play an important role for retailers. They help in meeting multiple demands and add value to retailing. The process calls for managing inventory in an efficient manner. The returns of inventory play a major role in retailing. The same refer to the ability of a manager...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- Loading Dock Visibility Gives Retailers View of Inventory at All Times
- A real-time view into inbound shipments helps retailers avoid stock-outs and other nightmares at a critical juncture - the point of sale. The loading dock is becoming an increasingly important choke point in the supply chain. It's where the validity of information about inbound shipments, and to lesser degree outbound...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Integrating The Inventory Management And Vehicle Routing Problems
- Consider a congested urban logistics network with one depot and many geographically dispersed retailers facing demands at constant and deterministic rate over a period of planning horizon, but the lead time is variable due to traffic congestion. All stock enters the logistics network through the depot and from where it...
- White papers 2005-06-10
- Inventory Management in e-Business (an EOQ Approach With Compensation Policy)
- In the past several years, one has seen very rapid growth in e-commerce. Even though on-line retailing was still less than 1% of retail economy in 1999, on-line retailing is forecasted to be more than $204 billion in 2004. There are several similarities and differences between on-line and traditional retailing....
- White papers 2001-02-16
- Assortment Planning and Inventory Management Under Dynamic Stockout-Based Substitution
- This paper consider the problem of a monopolist retailer choosing the optimal assortment and in-ventory levels for a discrete set of products with varying prices and costs in order to maximize expected profit in a single-period setting. Customer preferences are modeled through the definition of consumer types, where a type...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- On the Interactions Between Routing and Inventory-Management Policies in a One-Warehouse N-Retailer Distribution System
- This paper examines the interactions between routing and inventory-management decisions in a two-level supply chain consisting of a cross-docking warehouse and N retailers. Travel times are fixed between pairs of system sites. Every m time periods, system inventory is replenished at the warehouse, whereupon an incapacitated vehicle departs on a...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Positive Vs. Negative Externalities in Inventory Management: Implications for Supply Chain Design
- This paper analyzes the impact of supply-side externalities existing among downstream retailers on supply chain performance. Namely, multiple retail firms face stochastic demand, purchase the product from the upstream wholesaler, and make stocking decisions that affect all other retailers in the same echelon. Two sources of inefficiencies exist in such...
- White papers 2004-11-01
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- Direct Tech to Provide Inventory Management and Forecasting Solutions for Escalate Retail's Ecometry Commerce Suite
- SAN DIEGO -- Escalate Retail today announced that Direct Tech, Inc., a leading provider of inventory management solutions for catalog and e-Commerce retailers, has joined Escalate Retail's partner program. As an Escalate solution partner, Direct Tech will market its Forecast*21 inventory management and forecasting solution to Escalate Retail's Ecometry customers....
- Research articles 2008-04-22
- IBM Uses Advanced Analytics to Transform Inventory Management for Retail Industry
- IBM today unveiled a new solution that uses advanced data analytics to help retailers achieve the delicate balance between demand and inventory levels. The new IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization Solution mines data for customer order patterns and inventory levels and then applies patented optimizing technology -- enabling clients to...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- The Bottom Line Benefits Of Productivity Management In Retail Distribution
- Retailing is one of the world's most challenging and competitive industries. In recent years retailers have made significant investments in supply chain management improvements to complement the continuous focus by traditional retailers on store operations. These investments have included latest generation warehouse management systems WMS, sophisticated inventory management and replenishment...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Air Terminal Gifts Goes Live with Retail.net™ Inventory Management Software
- Inventory Optimization Tool Drives Improved Retail Forecasting and Replenishment SALT LAKE CITY -- Tomax Corporation is pleased to announce the go-live of Retail.net Demand Forecasting and Inventory Management at Air Terminal Gifts ATG, a 16-store specialty airport retail chain. Retail.net Inventory Management is a multi-echelon forecasting and replenishment...
- Research articles 2008-09-09
- Aberdeen Report Reveals Quantum Retailâ??s Customers Are Setting Gold Standard for Best in Class Retail Inventory Management Practices
- MINNEAPOLIS -- A new report from the Aberdeen Group has found that retailers with best in class inventory management practices are outperforming others in metrics such as significantly higher...
- Research articles 2009-06-24
- Retail Inventory Management When Records Are Inaccurate
- Inventory record inaccuracy is a significant problem for retailers using automated Inventory Management systems. While investments in preventative and corrective measures can be effective remedies, gains can also be achieved through inventory management tools that account for record errors. This paper considers intelligent Inventory Management tools that account for record...
- White papers 2005-11-10
- Channeling Inventory Management Tactics
- From the executive summary: ‘Quantity of inventory used in inventory management systems allow for deviations in demand or supply. Safety stock calculations take into account historic deviations and use a required service level multiplier to determine the optimal safety stock level. Marketers with more than a few stores or that...
- White papers 2004-08-15
- Federated Department Stores Chooses EXE Technologies to Improve Inventory Planning and Management
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 4, 2003 EXE's EXceed Adaptive Inventory Management Software to Improve Leading Retailer's Private Label Programs Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD), which operates retail stores under several names including Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Rich's, has selected EXE TechnologiesR, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXEE) to improve inventory...
- Research articles 2003-02-04
- Suppliers getting hit with speedier returns; as inventory efficiency tightens.(RETAIL)
- As inventory management becomes a more high-tech, efficient process, mass retailers are returning unsold DVDs more quickly. The trend means studios and other suppliers now must account for returns faster, such as when DreamWorks Animation ship As inventory management...
- Research articles 2005-05-30
- Inbound Distribution Management Increases Flexibility in a Challenging Retail Environment
- The case study is on how UPS synchronizes commerce for TeddyCrafters which deals in keeping stores stocked is just one of the many business issues any new retail operation faces. The challenge for the UPS was to manage transportation and distribution of supplies sourced in Asia and the U.S. for...
- Case studies 2003-04-01
- Flexible, Innovative POS And Store Inventory Management Solution
- Retek Integrated Store Operations ISO can improve Point-Of-Sale POS systems as well as cash, store labor, and store inventory management. Based on open-technology standards and native Web architecture, the Retek ISO applications are entirely Java-based and are optimized for deployment on Intel processor-based systems, to deliver high-performance, flexibility, and reliability...
- Case studies 2005-03-11
- Tiva Software and Socket Communications Deliver Real-Time Inventory Control, Pricebook Management and Data Collection to First Stop Convenience Stores
- CHARLOTTE, N.C. & NEWARK, Calif. -- Handheld Barcode Scanning and Productivity Solution Streamlines Receiving, Pricing, Ordering and Inventory Processes for Retail Chain
- Research articles 2005-08-23
- RFID: Roadmap for Retail
- Retailers are showing signs of significant maturation in their approach to RFID. While only 6.5% of retailers surveyed are spending money on RFID technology today, twice that have budget allocated toward RFID implementation. In a new report by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), titled "RFID: Roadmap for...
- Research articles 2007-04-10
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