Supply Chain Tactics

According to statistics across the supply chain industry, a staggering 8% of stock ends up as waste. Of course, this is an average. Some industries have far worse numbers than others.

The intelligent software Slim4 ensures optimal in-season allocation, reduces stockouts, overstock, and markdowns, and contributes to a higher full-price sell-through rate.

Stockouts and overstocks are two sides of the same coin. Importantly, though, both are very damaging to a company's bottom line. On the one hand, breakages result in lost sales and revenue that your company will miss or, at the very least, realise at a later date. On the other hand, overstocks become obsolete in your inventory and therefore devalue your stock.

Various challenges have been thrust upon distribution businesses of late, and there’s little sign of this stopping in the near future.

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Stockouts are a glaring signal of supply chain issues, affecting profits and customer satisfaction. Prevent them with smart planning and great tools.

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Daan Majoor, Slimstock´s CTO with over 25 years at the helm of our product development, is responsible for advancing the Slimstock platform to help businesses conquer their supply chain challenges and forge a competitive advantage.

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Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a longstanding concept essential for food retailers as suppliers take a proactive role.

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Managing inventory well is a challenge for any business, especially in uncertain times when supply chain reliability is low and demand is volatile.

We are probably all familiar with Schrödinger´s famous thought experiment, where he imagines a cat in a closed box with a flask of poison, which is broken at a random moment.

In today´s complex environment, there are a number of challenges that threaten business performance.