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Mark Chapman

Mark is the Head of Customer Success for our UK and Benelux regions, managing a growing team of customer success managers. Mark has overall responsibility for our customers' implementations, happiness and ensuring we continue to grow value in the long term. Having been at EazyStock for over six years, coming from a supply chain background and a veteran of almost 100 projects, Mark is well-placed to bring insights as a featured author.
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Overcoming Black Friday inventory management challenges

Black Friday, 28 November, is one of the year’s biggest shopping days when physical stores and e-commerce tempt shoppers with...

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Preparing your business for UK CBAM

In 2024, we explained how the EU CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) regulations would affect the fastenings industry in the UK...

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7 Ways ERP inventory management add-ons can save time and money

How ERP add-ons can add value to your current system’s functionality Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become essential business...

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Why you need to upgrade your stock ordering processes

EazyStock vs your stock ordering system: Who wins the battle? The advantage of working in a business for a long...

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An introduction to quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods

What is demand forecasting? Demand forecasting is the process of predicting future customer demand for your products to help with...

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How to calculate forecast accuracy and forecast error

What is forecast accuracy? Forecast accuracy measures how close your demand forecast is to the actual demand value. You can...

Leveraging inventory strategy in the CBAM era—Featuring insights from Paul Gordon, Olympic Fixings

What is CBAM?  In pursuing a greener future, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has emerged, redefining the...

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6 cost-saving inventory control techniques to optimise your stock management

Inventory control techniques that help optimise your stock management Instead of focusing on organising warehouses, tracking goods, and picking and...

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Five steps to building a resilient supply chain

In the face of unprecedented global events that have posed significant challenges to businesses across the supply chain, the importance...

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Supply chain risk mitigation

As we ride each wave of supply chain disruption, we hope it will be the last. However, the world is...

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How to manage dead stock

Having enough stock to meet demand is fundamental to stock-holding businesses. Running out of stock leads to lost sales and...

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Improving inventory planning during supply chain disruption

This post focuses on inventory planning and optimising stock levels during periods of supply chain disruption and erratic customer behaviour....