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DESCRIPTION:Outline\n\n• What is Inventory Optimization?\n\n• Why is it
  Important?\n\n• Discussion of the key inventory categories s\n\n• Inv
 entory Strategies\n\n• The importance of inventory management processes\
 n\n• Monitoring inventory performance\n\n• Inventory Optimization Chal
 lenges\n\n• Inventory Optimization Approaches\n\naul Wobbe is a passiona
 te and accomplished supply chain leader with over 30 years of supply chain
  management experience. He has worked in and consulted for multiple Fortun
 e 500 companies across multiple industries including CPG\, Industrial Prod
 ucts\, Chemical\, Pharma\, and Oil and Gas. He is focused on transforming 
 supply chains into strategic tools to grow the business and increase profi
 tability and has a long track record of building supply chains that delive
 r improved reliability\, higher customer service levels\, reduced costs\, 
 and lower inventories.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Syed Ahmad\n\nSpeaker(s): Paul\
 , Paul\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/544910
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/544910
ORGANIZER:s12ahmad@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:26
SUMMARY:Inventory Optimization - One of the biggest untapped levers in supp
 ly chain performance
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/544910
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 mization Approaches&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtool
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 t=&quot;155&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: Aptos\; color
 : black\;&quot;&gt;aul Wobbe is a passionate and accomplished supply chain leader 
 with over 30 years of supply chain management experience.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-
 spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/span&gt;He has worked in and consulted for multipl
 e Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries including CPG\, Industr
 ial Products\, Chemical\, Pharma\, and Oil and Gas.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacer
 un: yes\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/span&gt;He is focused on transforming supply chains into
  strategic tools to grow the business and increase profitability and has a
  long track record of building supply chains that deliver improved reliabi
 lity\, higher customer service levels\, reduced costs\, and lower inventor
 ies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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