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Ways to Mitigate the Tariff Effect on Your Business

by Don Lindsey Manufacturers face growing challenges in today’s global market as governments use tariffs to protect domestic industries and influence trade. These tariffs increase input costs, disrupt supply chains, and reduce profit margins, thereby complicating planning and logistics for businesses that source globally. Understanding tariff types and proactively managing risks is crucial for resilience […]

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Join us for Fall Conferences, Presentations, and Webinars

We hope to see you at the Midwest User Group (MWUG) and West Coast User Group (WECUG) Fall Conferences or at one of our Fall webinars. Don Lindsey (32 Soft) and Khoa To (RxSight) will present Leading in the Recessive Values Era at both the MWUG and WECUG conferences. In this presentation, Khoa and Don will […]

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Safety Stock Strategies for Supply Chain Resilience

Assessing Safety Stock inventory levels is one of the most critical parts of any company’s operation, especially in today’s environment of fluctuating tariffs and international trade. If you miss the mark, you’ll wreak havoc on your cash flow or have inventory shortfalls that threaten timely delivery and hamper your ability to serve your customers adequately. […]

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Taming the Safety Stock Beast

Auto-calculate functionality for your Safety Stock levels in QAD Determining appropriate inventory levels is one of the most important parts of operations in any company. If you have too much inventory, you’ll tie up your working capital and wreak havoc on your cash flow. If your inventory is too low, you’ll have shortfalls in raw […]

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An Easier Way to Conquer Your Safety Stock Challenges

Today’s erratic demand patterns can make maintaining suitable inventory levels a challenge. Carrying too much inventory ties up cash. Not having enough inventory gives you costly stock-outs. In this interactive webinar, you’ll learn about: the role of safety stock in your company the challenges of maintaining the right safety stock level the effects of underestimated […]

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Achieving Successful On-Time Delivery

  We’ve talked to QAD users who are struggling with on-time delivery, especially in these times. If you had less than stellar scheduling practices before the pandemic and resulting supply chain shortages, chances are your situation has only worsened. But even companies with outstanding production scheduling and inventory control are scrambling to keep up with […]

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Safety Stock Calculation

Safety stock is your guard against uncertainty. When safety stock levels aren’t optimal, you could be tying up cash flow or threaten your ability to adequately serve your customers. Determining the most efficient inventory levels is one of the most important components of your company’s operations. Safety stock describes a level of extra inventory to mitigate […]

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