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Retailers Returning to Just-in-Time Inventory Management

Retailers are shifting back to “just-in-time” (JIT) inventory management strategies after moving away from them to "just-in-case" strategies during the recent years of pandemic disruptions and unstable supply chains, as the Wall Street Journal reported recently. JIT involves keeping inventory levels as lean as possible to minimize holding

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How Oil Price Impacts the Supply Chain

Oil is the pulsing vein of supply chains — when crude prices spike, your costs convulse. As transportation fuel, manufacturing feedstock, and agriculture input, this global commodity intertwines with your budget. Sudden dips and surges in the oil market translate into wild swings in expenses. Shipments, production, inventory — all shaken by

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Will AI Replace Your Job? How AI will Enhance Inventory Management Without Replacing Workers

Artificial intelligence (AI) has often been hyped as having the potential to automate away human jobs. With advancements in computer vision AI that can "see" and generative AI that can write and design, concerns have grown about AI making large segments of the workforce obsolete. However, a recent

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BoxHero Affiliate Program – Earn 50% Commission

Hi, we're BoxHero, making business better with inventory management solutions. We're launching an affiliate program to share our success with you. Spread the word about BoxHero and earn 50% commission on sales! What is BoxHero Affiliate Program? BoxHero provides an easy and simple inventory management solution

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Where Did All the Inventory Go — The Tradeoff Between Resilience and Efficiency in Supply Chains

Empty shelves and delayed deliveries have become all too familiar in recent years. The pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and climate disruptions have exposed the Achilles’ heel of globalized supply chains: their vulnerability to shocks. This is underlined by a recent analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Head of

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BoxHero X Slack: Work efficiently with app integrations!

Now you can integrate Slack, a workplace messaging tool, with BoxHero, a convenient inventory management solution! We invite you to discover the world of more efficient inventory management with Slack.👏 💡If you want to receive BoxHero notifications from an app outside of Slack, you can integrate with Zapier! Learn how

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Piling Inventory in Car Dealerships: Navigating Slowing Demand

On the surface, last year's record electric vehicle (EV) sales crossing one million units seems like sunny news for automakers heavily invested in an electrified future. However, inventory stockpiles of new EVs gathering dust at dealerships across America cloud that optimism. This growing gap between manufacturing capacity and