Lowe’s ended Q3 with inventory at $17.2 billion, down approximately $400 million compared to the previous year, Sink told analysts. “This net decrease also reflects the inclusion of inventory from ...

Due to the global disruption of the pandemic, heated discussions persist around moving from “lean” supply chains that only focus on cost and efficiency, to more resilient and agile supply chains that ...

When a production line goes down, the real challenge is rarely the failed part itself - it's finding the right spare part ...

Organizations that correctly and thoroughly apply inventory optimization techniques can typically reduce inventories by up to 50% while improving or maintaining service levels. And yet the sad truth ...

Effectively managing maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) inventory is one of the many significant challenges for asset-intensive enterprises. Companies often seek MRO improvements through a ...

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) --The Ann Arbor supply chain design software developer LLamasoft Wednesday announced what it called a "significant breakthrough" in inventory optimization technology that helps ...

Just months after snarled supply chains led to widespread inventory shortages, the proverbial pendulum has decidedly shifted to the other side. Now, companies have a different problem. They have ...

Companies today face an ongoing balancing act as they try to: • carry enough inventory to respond quickly to customer demand and minimize transportation costs; and • minimize investment in inventory, ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the March-April 2015 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Anyone who’s ever ...

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 ...