{"id":163,"date":"2020-11-25T18:03:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T06:10:46","slug":"struggle-for-inventory-visibility-in-global-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/struggle-for-inventory-visibility-in-global-supply-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggle for Inventory Visibility in Global Supply Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Inventory-Visibility-Conveyco_OG-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Inventory-Visibility-Conveyco_OG-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Inventory-Visibility-Conveyco_OG-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Inventory-Visibility-Conveyco_OG-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turningcloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Inventory-Visibility-Conveyco_OG.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inventory visibility clearly means knowing the inventory that you have in hand and where it\u2019s located. This paves a way for a company like yours in monitoring order progress and anticipating unplanned events in the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The link between inventory visibility and performance of a company<\/strong><br \/>\nLet\u2019s understand how inventory visibility is related to the performance of your organization, especially retailers. Inventory visibility is about showing your clients and company associates what you\u2019ve got in stock. It\u2019s about knowing exactly where and how you want your inventory to be for the right client who wants it. So how do you manage this inventory visibility? Do you have people manually updating all the information onto the systems?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s presenting some of the major struggles for inventory invisibility in supply chains and their solutions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time-consuming, inaccuracy, redundant-processes<\/strong><br \/>\nManually tracking each inventory is a time-consuming and tedious process that costs a lot of money. This is true for a lot of operations that work with a complex supply chain where products are regularly shipped between different warehouses, distribution centres, and stores. This leads to wastage of man-hours, which is why most retail operations don\u2019t even do it.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that the first step of inventory visibility is to put information on the systems. This tells you the location of your stock. But inventory visibility goes beyond this. Let\u2019s say now you want to know about your inventory at the distribution centre, or your inventory in displays, or the ones in the stock room, at a third-party logistics provider, or at the drop shipper, etc. How do you manage to know about all your inventory at one given point in time? You\u2019re waiting for people to update all the information about your inventory into a system. This can take up a lot of time and effort from a lot of people and makes it harder for you to track your inventory on time.<\/p>\n<p>With the advanced technology of Supplymint\u2019s Auto Replenishment System (ARS) Module, a retailer can easily track its inventory present in different locations. It gives you a platform that automatically updates about your inventory in real-time. This not only helps in reducing costs on hiring manpower to do this job but also reduces the scope of errors to a bare minimum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predictability<\/strong><br \/>\nAn operation needs to get good at predicting inventory in order to be successful in managing order fulfilment. For this, a retailer needs details like how much of every product is needed over the course of a typical business cycle, when do you experience peak demand, when do you experience seasonality, etc. With Supplymint\u2019s ARS, the solution has become way easy.<\/p>\n<p>ARS constantly reconciles current inventory levels against expected demands. This allows for a smarter replenishment and allocation, with the least amount of stockouts and unplanned end-of-season sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The inefficient layout of warehouses<\/strong><br \/>\nInefficient warehouse layouts are as much a problem as lack of inventory oversight. For optimum use of resources, an organization needs an automated replenishment and allocation which fills the void for poorly planned warehousing layouts. This can ideally happen for an organization with the use of Supplymint\u2019s ARS. This module helps in increasing the efficiency of your warehouse and leads to lower inventory carrying costs.<\/p>\n<p>For any more updates in our modules and the latest technologies from the supply chain industry, stay connected with us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supplymint1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supplymint\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/showcase\/supplymint\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventory visibility clearly means knowing the inventory that you have in hand and where it\u2019s located. This paves a way for a company like yours in monitoring order progress and anticipating unplanned events in the supply chain. 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