6 Best Practices for Better Inventory Management

摘要

A growing economy over the last few years and the continued rise of e-commerce have warehouse and DC managers under pressure to get goods out on time to multiple channels. In the rush to meet the needs of multi-channel commerce, the need hasn't been so much about reducing inventory, but rather controlling it in such a way that a common stock of inventory can be used to fill orders for multiple channels. Throughout most of 2015, U.S. manufacturing and related purchasing was on the rise. It wasn't until November of last year that the "Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report on Manufacturing" indicated a slight contraction in manufacturing activity, the first such result in 36 straight months. While ISM's latest research indicates some further slight contraction in inventories, the overall pattern the last few years has been one of growth-and that has meant more inventory to manage.