Reasons to Read

Learn the key plays necessary for successfully deploying an intelligent inventory platform. Readers will understand how to view strategy, technology, operations, resilience and ethics in selecting technology, vendors and other essential criteria to enjoy a leading-edge inventory-management and optimization platform. The report’s Playbook format clearly lays out each category with a recommended action.

This report answers the following questions:

• How should retailers and brands prepare for the journey to a modern inventory platform?
• What kinds of data repositories are available and what are their relative advantages?
• What do retailers and brands need to consider once an inventory platform has been deployed?
• How can intelligent inventory platforms help retailers recover quickly from inevitable supply-chain shocks?
• What types of inventory platforms can help retailers address their unique ethical concerns?

Companies mentioned in this report include: Afresh, Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Badger Technologies, Bamboo Rose, Board International, Blue Yonder, Centric Software, Inc., Guac AI, Impact Analytics, Infor, Inc., Invent.ai, Manhattan Associates, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, RELEX Solutions, Revionics, a division of Aptos Retail, SAP SE, SAS Software, Simbe Robotics, Snowflake Inc., Upshop, Zebra Technologies Corporation

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