Distribution center storage and inventory control may not seem like the sexiest parts of a multichannel business. But unless you have the product in stock — and your warehouse workers can get to it ...

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 ...

Multiple inventory control methods exist including aggregate control, item level control, ABC analysis, economic-order-quantity and lot-size methods. Small companies that find it difficult to ...

A company's inventory management policies determine how the company manages the movement of inventory under its control. Every company has a different philosophy on inventory management that guides ...

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 ...

Inventory systems can make or break your business, and effective controls help provide visibility as to what you have, what you need, what you don’t need and costs. But bad procedures can lead to ...

This article is based on my observations the last few years when I’ve been invited into factories looking for help to start (or too often restart) a continuous improvement (CI) strategy. The subject ...

Inventory control and management are vital to any business’s success, acting as the foundation for efficient operations and overall profitability. For manufacturers specifically, inventory represents ...

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...