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Most important inventory management practices where retailers are investing 2016-2017

Which area are you investing in most heavily to evolve your inventory management practices?

The data depicts the findings of a 2017 global retail supply chain survey asking retailers and manufacturers about the most important investment management practices where retailers and manufacturers invested in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, 50% of the retailer and manufacturer respondents invested in warehouse management, up from just over 40% in the previous year.

Forecasting	59.4	61.3
Logistics services	43.5	46.8
Warehouse management	40.6	50
Back-end technology	39.1	32.3
Data interchange technology	26.1	17.7
Training retail staff in eCommerce fullfilment	24.6	11.3
Data scientists	18.8	21
Returns management	18.8	21
Sensor technology - IoT/RFID	15.9	12.9
Retooling DCs to do fullfilment	14.5	9.7
Refitting stores to have warehouse capabilities	11.6	3.2

Most important inventory management practices where retailers are investing 2016-2017

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