2018 Demand Planning Manufacturing Procurement 
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 12, 2022
This manufacturer produces plastic reusable material handling containers and plastic fuel tanks. The Company operates eighteen manufacturing facilities, nine distribution centers located throughout North and Central America. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. They are now on their third implementation of supply chain planning. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer. I have changed the names to provide anonymity.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? Source: [link] ).
ToolsGroup
MAY 13, 2019
Barton’s appointment comes at a time of rapid expansion for ToolsGroup, with double-digit growth of its North American business in 2018. ToolsGroup helps companies like Absolut, American Tire Distributors, Harley Davidson, Lennox and Thule profitably balance service and inventory despite increasing demand uncertainty.
ToolsGroup
JANUARY 21, 2020
million tires in 2018 – equating to around 10% of the market. As a result, we need to have more than 20,000 SKUs in stock,” explains Pierre-Jean Coltat, procurement and planning manager at Allopneus. Moreover, the supply cycles of manufacturers who are very far away can be quite long.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 21, 2021
AGCO is an agricultural equipment manufacturer. Greg Toornman – vice president global materials, logistics and demand planning at AGCO – told more of this story in a panel at ARC’s Supply Chain Forum. Ronan Stephens is the senior vice president of supply chain management and external manufacturing at Ipsen.
ToolsGroup
DECEMBER 17, 2020
We saw this right at the start of the pandemic, when parts being manufactured in Wuhan province disrupted car manufacturers’ production lines around the world. These disconnections can seriously hurt manufacturers and retailers in today’s online, service-driven economy where consumer expectations are defined by the Amazon experience.
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