Press review and publications, Third Party Articles

Must-Have Inventory Management System Features & Requirements

An excellent article by Marc Wins. This article explains the key features to consider when looking for an inventory management system. It also covers the latest advancements in these systems and how to determine your requirements and provides a downloadable quick-reference checklist to use when searching solutions.

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Redesigning inventory management with a barcode-based two-bin system

ScienceDirect : 2nd International Materials, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Conference, MIMEC2015, 4-6 February 2015, Bali Indonesia
ABC analysis consists of separating the inventory items into three groups, by considering their annual cost volume usage. A items, B items and C items are a high, an intermediate and a low dollar usage, respectively...

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Rising stock: integrated inventory systems help companies shoot economic rapids

PC Week (June 5, 1995) Article by Dennis Eskow
Copyright 1995 QuinStreet Enterprise I.T. managers today recognize that efficient inventory control requires integration of inventory systems with accounting, sales and point-of-sales systems...

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Improving the effectiveness of warehousing operations: a case study

PC Week (June 5, 1995) A. GunasekaranUniversity of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
H.B. MarriBrunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
F. MenciBrunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
A number of researchers and practitioners have studied warehousing operations from different perspectives, such as receiving, storing, picking, packing and shipping operations. However, there have not been many articles that address the improvement of warehousing operations in real-life situations...

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