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IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 Josh Cable	A Small But Mighty Success Story Grayling Industries used software to match inventory to demand and saved $100,000.
IndustryWeek May 20, 2010	Avoiding Obsolete Inventory Why does obsolete inventory build up? The root cause is uncertainty in both supply and demand. Reduce the uncertainty and you diminish your exposure to obsolescence. Three tools can accomplish this.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 Nick Zubko	Sources of Strength With globalization forces transforming their businesses, manufacturers are creating more powerful sourcing strategies to control costs throughout the supply chain.
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IndustryWeek September 1, 2005 Doug Bartholomew	Operations: New Ideas For Smooth Systems A move to outsourcing and a shift toward enterprise resource planning software for maintenance applications are among the key trends taking place in the market for maintenance, repair and operations software.
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Food Processing July 2012	MRO Q&A: Should I Use Non-OEM Suppliers? You need to look at this issue from the standpoint of risk and reward.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Outsoucing: Supply-Chain Stretch With a little help from vendor partners, manufacturers meet growing value-chain challenges.
National Defense March 2015 Sandra Erwin	Defense Logistics: Too Much Unwanted Inventory, Not Enough of What Is Needed The Defense Department has stocks of supplies the military doesn't use and sometimes not enough of what it really needs.
HBS Working Knowledge March 7, 2005 Jonathan Byrnes	Achieving Supply Chain Productivity More than anything else, supply chain productivity requires that supply chain managers become experts at knowledge generation and change management.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 David Blanchard	12 Ways to Reduce Inventories Reducing demand variability and improving forecast accuracy are top strategies to reducing inventories.
Food Processing June 2012	MRO Q&A: How to Minimize Cost of Taking Inventory Q: We are a small company, and every year accounting needs a physical inventory of our unmanned parts storeroom and, as a result, a significant adjustment is made to our maintenance budget. Is there an alternative to eliminate or minimize this?
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Forecasting: Strategic Inventory Management Efficient inventory management could provide a competitive advantage.
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IndustryWeek September 1, 2003 Tonya Vinas	It Starts With Parts Manufacturers find outsourcing of equipment parts often the first step in improving MRO strategy.
CIO January 15, 2003 Ben Worthen	Hot Potato! When inventory is eliminated, it doesn't necessarily disappear -- it may simply show up in someone else's warehouse. Eventually, that costs someone time and money. But new strategies and products are coming online that replace inventory with information, and do so quickly and cheaply.
IndustryWeek September 16, 2009 Jonathan Katz	Buried Under Inventory The economic downturn of 2009 should change some manufacturers' approach to inventory management.
Food Engineering July 1, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins	Replacement Parts Survey: Processors Remain Cautious in an Era of Uncertainty More than a third of industry professionals surveyed for the 2009 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey say their programs have been disrupted, with potentially serious consequences down the road.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Understanding Inventories Well-stocked shelves can be a bad sign: how to use inventory figures to evaluate stocks
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Jill Jusko	Technologies Of The Year -- SeeChain Consignment Inventory SeeCommerce Inc.'s Web-based offering helps manufacturers keep their off-site inventory under control.
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IndustryWeek September 14, 2011	Time To Tell Your CPOs to Collaborate With Suppliers How to create value by collaborating inside and outside the organization.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Ignoring This Could Put Your Investment at Risk A couple of recent events should have you a little more focused on drugmakers' inventories.
InternetNews September 29, 2009	Chip Inventories Drop to Low But Safe Levels No one wants to be left holding the bag. Or in this case, the chips. The entire supply chain appears to be keeping things safe but lean.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Eben Esterhuizen	Investing 101: 3 Tech Giants With Bloated Inventories Looking for a list of mega-cap tech stocks that could be in trouble? Look at these three: LM Ericsson... Research In Motion... Agilent Technologies...
InternetNews November 8, 2005 David Needle	Chip Supply Solid, Merrill Says Semiconductor inventory remains high but flat, according to a report by investment giant Merrill Lynch.
HBS Working Knowledge August 4, 2003 Jonathan Byrnes	Supply Chain Management in a Wal-Mart World Here's a supply-chain dilemma: Now that you've learned how to do business with Wal-Mart, what do you do with everyone else?
Food Engineering July 18, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins	Standardization: The next frontier Standardized parts could lower costs and inventory requirements, but food-plant maintenance teams aren't interested in just rock-bottom options.
CFO June 17, 2003 Russ Banham	BI: Everything Must Go Corporate managers often feel boxed in by their own supply chains. Business-intelligence software may open them up to new possibilities.
HBS Working Knowledge August 29, 2005 David Bovet	Risk and Reward in Supply Chain Management While there are no easy answers -- and, in most cases, no "right" answers -- there are frameworks for thinking about how to manage risk more effectively.
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Fast Company November 2004 Bill Breen	Living in Dell Time Dell has replaced inventory with information, and that has helped turn it into one of the fastest, most hyperefficient organizations on the planet. Here's how Dell uses speed as the ultimate competitive weapon, and why rivals may never be able to catch up.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Kristin Graham	Which Retailers Are Good Inventory Managers? Companies that keep inventory moving and respond to consumer trends have the best shot at weathering the storm. Take a look at a few companies with superior inventory management skills.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006	Inventory: Less Is More As investors review a company's financial statements, it can be useful to compare the growth rate of inventories with the growth rate of revenues. You generally don't want to see inventories growing faster.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007	Infrastructure Is Integral To Supply Chain Success A company's highest supply chain priorities are demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, and sales and operations planning.
IndustryWeek April 20, 2011	Portrait of Supply Chain Visibility Before you can reduce your inventory levels, you need visibility throughout your supply chain.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 John Teresko	PLM's MRO Opportunity PLM can manage inventory, procurement to maintenance.
Food Engineering July 2, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	5th Annual Replacement Parts and Components Survey: Processors Take a Cost-Driven Approach The role of purchasing managers in the spare parts and components process clearly is growing.
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The Motley Fool August 23, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Cost Plus Piles Up the Inventory Cost Plus needs to get its balance sheet under control. The underlying company does have potential and the shares are not expensive.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2002 Samuel Greengard	Maximum Return Manufacturers such as Volvo are using asset-management programs to put the brakes on breakdowns and maximize equipment management.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Seth Jayson	Why the Future Looks Bright for Winnebago Industries Let's dig into the inventory specifics. On a trailing-12-month basis, raw materials inventory was the fastest-growing segment, up 91.3%.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2006 David Blanchard	Inventories Backing Up In High-Tech Average electronics industry inventory is below 40 days.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Seth Jayson	Why Mohawk Industries May Be About to Take Off Trailing-12-month revenue decreased 3.1%, and inventory increased 15.3%. Over the sequential quarterly period, the trend looks OK but not great. Revenue grew 6.4%, and inventory grew 6.8%.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Jeremy MacNealy	Inventory Bogs Down Citi Trends Sales remain strong at urban retailer Citi Trends, but despite management efforts, inventory is 40% higher than last year, negatively affecting earnings in the second quarter.