Inventory is a major asset on a small business's balance sheet and can tie up the often-limited capital resources for various periods. Effective inventory management control requires businesses to ...

Not a subscriber? Apply online today. Inventory management takes both planning and execution. For decades, execution has relied on bar code data collection and wireless, system-directed material moves ...

This spring, American Eagle Outfitters announced a $75 million inventory write-down and withdrew its fiscal guidance for 2025, citing macroeconomic uncertainty and operational challenges. The retail ...

Inventory management can provide significant operational benefits for power companies. From forecasting, fueled by real-time data, to automated replenishment and supply chain continuity, digital ...

In a time of extreme unpredictability, companies need to centralize inventory control. It’s imperative to drive agile decision-making by consolidating data across the network, employing advanced ...

While some companies like to keep things simple by doing everything manually rather than using technology, the reality is that doing things the old-fashioned way sometimes creates more issues than it ...

While the onset of the pandemic took hold more than three years ago, there remain a few reminders of the impact it had then on supply chain, freight transportation, and logistics operations, ...

Inventory management has been anything but simple over the last three years. A global pandemic, labor shortages and product recalls, among other factors, have led to the so-called “bullwhip effect,” ...

Today we want to look at the negative impact that inventory can have upon our profits and performance. Consider a few examples of our inventory “gone wild.” Inventory management is admittedly one of ...