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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part Three: Business Case for Inventory Optimization Solutions ( Pages)
by D Hooiman
Apr 7, 2003 Abstract : Inventory Optimization software recognizes that different industries have different inventory profiles and requirements. Research has indicated that solutions are priced in a large range from tens of thousands of Dollars to millions of Dollars. In this niche market sector, price is definitely not an indicator of the quality of solution. ROI and usability are paramount.
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19 Steps to Maintain an Accurate Inventory What You Must Know About Your Inventory ( Pages)
by René Jones
May 19, 2005 Abstract : It takes $2,500 in new sales to make up $100 in lost inventory, assuming a 4 percent return. Keeping an orderly warehouse with up-to-date processes and informed pickers and receivers to stop loss and identify and solve problems faster.
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Aspen Technology Posts First-Quarter Loss but Beats Estimates ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
Oct 26, 1999 Abstract : CAMBRIDGE, MA Aspen Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZPN), the leading supplier of manufacturing enterprise optimization solutions for the process industries, today announced results for its first quarter ended September 30, 1999. Total revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2000 increased 13.4% to $53.0 million, from the same period in fiscal 1999. For the three months ended September 30, 1999, software license revenue increased 34.2% to $21.5 million, as compared with the first quarter of fiscal 1999, while services revenue rose to $31.5 million. Net loss for the first quarter totaled $2.7 million or $0.11 per share, as compared with a net
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Inventory Reduction: Effectively Turning Excess Into Cash ( Pages)
by R. Michael Donovan
May 16, 2002 Abstract : In virtually all manufacturing companies, there is a direct correlation between inventory levels and overall business performance. In fact, CEO's and CFO's believe that their companies consistently carry 25 to 40 percent or more inventory than is needed.
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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part Two: How It Works ( Pages)
by D Hooiman
Apr 5, 2003 Abstract : Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP systems in the last decade, overall inventory levels within the extended supply chain remain relatively unchanged.
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Challenges and Future Plans of a Product Inventory Disposition Vendor ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Feb 2, 2007 Abstract : Despite FreeFlow's success at helping organizations regain some margin of profitability for excess inventory, the company still strives for expansion and improvement as a product inventory disposition vendor, with the aim of meeting international environmental regulations down the track.
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Is There a Smarter Way to Handle Excess Active and Obsolete Inventory? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 29, 2007 Abstract : Imagine the convenience of a 24x7 intranet marketplace where companies could sell off their inventory to the highest bidder. FreeFlow is one such business service provider, helping companies find buyers to sell their products to and increase inventory asset recovery.
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Let the (Excess) Inventory Flow! ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 26, 2007 Abstract : Because companies focus primarily on new product development and promotion, the problem of excess and obsolete inventory, once addressed, often leads to both the inventory and dollars flying out the door. There should be smarter ways of handling this problem.
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Time Keepers Or Clock Makers ( Pages)
by Rene Jones
Jul 9, 2003 Abstract : Right now, you probably have someone hiring and firing warehouse personnel who has never attended a course on interviewing techniques or labor laws. You have someone controlling millions of dollars of inventory that could not tell you the last time they attended a course or read a book about inventory control. And we wonder why our inventory is so inaccurate.
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