10 Tips for Perfect (Nearly!) Inventory Accuracy

August 19, 2009
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   Wednesday August 19, 2009 | Spotlight on WMS | Vol 2 Issue 30
10 Tips for Perfect (Nearly!) Inventory Accuracy


Imagine the ideal warehouse. It would have a perfectly accurate order and demand management system, operate with less labor, achieve 100 percent on-time delivery rates, maximize warehouse space and equipment usage, and boast a reduced carbon footprint. Impossible, you say? Perhaps, but today's feature blog post shows you how you can come awfully close.

Maybe you've said it yourself: there must be a better way to deal with excess and obsolete inventory than with high-overhead marketing promotions, rebates, and complete inventory write-offs. Happily, there is, and you can learn all about it in today's feature article.

Is your warehouse management system (WMS) helping your business expand—or stifling its growth? Today's feature white paper lays out the nine telltale signs you should consider replacing your current WMS.

If your physical inventory doesn't match the numbers in your inventory management system, cycle counting may be just what the doctor ordered. In today's second feature white paper, learn why cycle counting can increase the accuracy of your real-time inventory data.


Read the blog post: 10 Tips for Perfect (Nearly!) Inventory Accuracy

Read the article: Is There a Smarter Way to Handle Excess Active and Obsolete Inventory?

Read the white paper: Nine Telltale Signs You Should Replace Your Current WMS

Read the white paper: Warehouse Management Better Business Practices: Cycle and Annual Counting

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Market News

Webinar: XRM—Maximizing Your CRM Investment

Customer Connect is offering a webinar on how to extend Salesforce.com and Microsoft CRM as extended relationship management (XRM) solutions.
"Both Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Salesforce.com offer a platform that can easily be extended to accelerate all business functions, says Geoff Ables, CEO of Customer Connect. Our clients have realized a tremendous bottom-line cost savings by leveraging these solutions to bring new efficiency and decision-making capabilities into their business units. This session will present some of the solutions we have encountered frequent demand forand a high-level overview of how to use the customization capabilities that they offer."

Partnership with Talent2 Expands Cornerstone OnDemand's Presence in Asia Pacific Region

Reseller deal allows both companies to take advantage of new APAC market opportunities

Santa Monica, CA— Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. has announced it is partnering with Talent2, the leading talent management and human resources (HR) outsourcing firm in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Talent2 will resell Cornerstones software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based talent management suite in markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Salesforce.com vs. Microsoft CRM: Side-by-side Demo

Charlotte, NC — Customer Connect Associates is offering two opportunities for businesses to compare best-selling customer relationship management (CRM) tools Salesforce.com and Microsoft CRM in the coming two months. Both venues will offer an exclusive side-by-side demonstration of the two tools targeted at businesses that are considering a CRM project.

E-collaboration Delivers 30 Percent Improved Efficiency for Electronics Design Firm

Adeon Software House, specialists in software systems for global electronics manufacturers, has implemented its latest-generation CXInsight solution for effective e-collaboration and design and production data management at electronics design company Quantum CAD. This partnership has already delivered dramatic cost savings and substantially improved project management and supply chain efficiency…

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Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit
9/14/2009
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ERP Vendor Shootout
9/23/2009
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APICS Training Seminar: "Understanding, Justifying, and Implementing and ERP System"
9/23/2009
all day
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MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009
9/23/2009
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Gartner Business Process Management Summit
10/5/2009
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Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit
10/7/2009
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Symposium/ITxpo 2009
10/18/2009
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