Business Tips
We’ve listed some handy tips and tricks to get started with DEAR for your business.
A Simple Guide to the Lean Manufacturing System
Do you want to decrease waste and increase the quality of your products? How about decreasing your cost of inventory and increasing your profit margins? You’d probably like to boost your productivity too, right?...
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Out of Stock? Here are 5 Ways to Prevent Stockouts for Good
In business, there’s one phrase you never want to say: “We’re out of stock.” But we’ve all said it. And every time we say it, we tell ourselves we won’t say it again. Until we do. You shouldn’t beat yourself up...
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5 Demand Forecasting Best Practices for Smarter Predictions and Better Results
Demand forecasting is a tough job with a lot of errors. The people who attempt to tell the future of your customers’ buying decisions are usually wrong. But sometimes they’re right. And in those instances, they’ve...
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4 Tips on How to Effectively Plan a Warehouse Layout Design
The layout of your warehouse is the foundation of the efficiency (or lack thereof) in your operations. From inventory management to order fulfillment, your warehouse layout design will either streamline your...
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Poor Inventory Management: What’s Causing It and How to Stop It
Walmart lost $3 billion in 2013 due to poor inventory management, leading to frequent stockouts. If that’s how improper inventory management affects a mega-corporation, how do you think it would affect your...
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Obsolete Inventory: How to Manage It, Get Rid of It, and Prevent It
Obsolete inventory is the worst kind of inventory you can have (next to no inventory, of course). It increases your cost of inventory and is hard to get rid of. If you have too much inventory on hand that’s not...
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Why Economic Order Quantity May Be Right (Or Wrong) for You
Would you like to know exactly when you need to reorder stock and how much you need to reorder? Then you need to calculate your economic order quantity (EOQ). EOQ - much like a reorder point formula - helps you...
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Minimum Order Quantity: What It Is and How to Make It Work for You
A minimum order quantity is often seen as a necessary evil in wholesaling, retailing, and manufacturing. Some businesses like it, some businesses hate it, and some businesses have to use it. But what is a minimum...
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24 Benefits of CRM software for more sales and better salespeople
In 2011, Nucleus Research discovered that CRM systems delivered an average return of $5.60 for every dollar spent. They continued to research the returns from CRM software and found that in 2014, the average...
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VAT in UAE 2018: Answers to The Most Important Questions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government is officially moving forward with a 5% value-added tax (VAT) that will take effect on January 1st, 2018 - and you need to prepare for it immediately. Any business that’s...
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The Truth About DEAR Inventory: Who It’s for and How It Helps Them
DEAR Inventory just won the official title of Xero's app-of-the-month for November! There are plenty of cloud-based inventory management systems out there, but Xero customers continually rank DEAR as one of the...
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How to Optimize the Pick and Pack Process with These 5 Tips
You’re never done learning the basics. And your pick and pack process is one of the most basic tasks for running a functional business. Get it wrong, and you’ll lose money and customers. Get it right, and you’ll...
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10 Inventory Management Best Practices for Improving Your Business
Are you managing your inventory as effectively as possible? It’s OK if you’re not. Most businesses have plenty of areas to improve, especially in their warehouses. But if you don’t begin the process of upgrading...
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Receiving Inventory Made Easy: 6 Best Practices
Receiving inventory effectively is the first step towards successful warehouse management. If you screw it up, everything else will be screwed up with it. This is true in any warehouse or industry, from food...
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Cross Docking: What It Is, How It Works, and If It’s Right for You
See if you can answer this question: What does the U.S. military and Walmart have in common? Here’s a hint: They both value efficiency and expediency. Still don’t know? Alright, we’ll tell you. The military and...
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