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Return on Inventory Blog: Common Inventory Processes for Retailers of all Sizes

Joe Palzkill, VP Sales & Business Development, Direct Tech

Posted September 8, 2011. Every retail company I talk with seems to feel that its inventory challenges are unique. Large cross-channel retailers contend with the variability of demand planning by channel and the complexity of communicating assortment plans between merchandise and inventory planners. Small internet retailers often run out of best-selling products because they don’t have the staff resources to stay on top of their buying needs. Catalogers are forced to plan and analyze product-level demand by offer. B-to-B retailers struggle to have the right amount of inventory by SKU for that unexpected large order. The list goes on, with each company believing that its problems are different.

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