https://edonconnect.com/resources Guides, articles, executive briefs, case studies, and frameworks on forward-deployed inventory. en-us Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:42:41 GMT https://edonconnect.com/resources/forward-deployed-inventory-introduction https://edonconnect.com/resources/forward-deployed-inventory-introduction Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forward-Deployed Inventory Guide Service organizations now carry four-to-six-hour response commitments a centralized network cannot meet without paying for expedite freight. This field guide explains the shift and how to make it. https://edonconnect.com/resources/7-mistakes-in-forward-deployed-inventory https://edonconnect.com/resources/7-mistakes-in-forward-deployed-inventory Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forward-Deployed Inventory Article Seven mistakes recur during the planning and execution of a forward-deployed network. Each one is expensive, and each one is detectable. https://edonconnect.com/resources/executive-brief-inventory-plan-costing-millions https://edonconnect.com/resources/executive-brief-inventory-plan-costing-millions Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leadership Executive Brief Seven mistakes recur in the planning and execution of forward-deployed inventory. Four are made before any inventory moves. Three are made every day after it does. https://edonconnect.com/resources/reference-framework-fdi-network https://edonconnect.com/resources/reference-framework-fdi-network Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forward-Deployed Inventory Reference Framework The structure of the system, the inputs a credible plan has to account for, the policies a simulation has to test, and the metrics that make a live network diagnosable. Deliberately structural rather than persuasive. https://edonconnect.com/resources/edon-connect-capabilities-overview https://edonconnect.com/resources/edon-connect-capabilities-overview Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Platform Capabilities Not a 3PL. Not generic supply-chain software. A specialized team and an AI-powered platform that turn demand data into optimal inventory placement. https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-bioengineering-field-service https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-bioengineering-field-service Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Field Service Case Study A bioengineering field service operation needed fast access to critical inventory, stronger control over it, and a day-to-day model its own teams could actually run. Centralized stock was too slow; unmanaged field stock was too loose. https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-field-services-cost-out https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-field-services-cost-out Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Field Service Case Study A global field services organization needed to increase both margin and margin percentage — booking the benefit inside the calendar year, and without degrading service, customer, or employee satisfaction. https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-financial-services-field-delivery https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-financial-services-field-delivery Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Financial Services Case Study A financial services field operation had to deliver same-day, in-market, to recipients in office buildings with narrow receiving windows. Traditional approaches were expensive and difficult to flex. https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-medical-supply-customer-sites https://edonconnect.com/resources/case-study-medical-supply-customer-sites Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Medical Device Case Study A medical supply organization held inventory at 54 customer sites to support operations that could not wait for a shipment — but visibility, access control, replenishment and tracking were handled differently at every location. https://edonconnect.com/field-service-white-paper https://edonconnect.com/field-service-white-paper Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Field Service White Paper Historical service order data contains clear demand signals, but most organizations still position forward stocking locations on gut and history rather than a demand model. See what changes when placement follows the data. https://edonconnect.com/med-device-white-paper https://edonconnect.com/med-device-white-paper Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Medical Device White Paper How forward-deployed inventory improves surgical case readiness and reduces expedite costs in healthcare supply networks.