Bruno Bakker

Bruno Bakker

Bruno Bakker is the director of iD Cloud North America at Nedap. He works with leading apparel and general merchandise retailers to help align technology, strategy, and operations in service of better customer experiences and operational performance. Bruno has over a decade of global retail technology experience and is based in Boston, MA.

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From Stockroom to Strategy: Why Inventory Management is Now a Board-Level Decision

October 29, 2025 at 12:11 pm

Inventory management has decisively moved out of the back-office and into the boardroom. In 2025, CEOs and CFOs routinely cite inventory strategy as a top priority in earnings calls and executive meetings, marking a sharp break from the era when stock control was considered a specialist’s job. This shift is driven by macroeconomic volatility, new…