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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

(The planning team was defending the status quo without questioning current practices and how to improve them.) The question was, “How can I redefine demand planning processes to use channel data?” Starting to understand the issue with multi-tier demand planning? Demand is a tough subject.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) Look for the full report next week.).

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Driving Digital Supply Chain Transformation at onsemi

BlueYonder

At Gartner’s recent Supply Chain Planning Summit, I had the honor of co-presenting with Chance Finley, Vice President for Global Supply Chain at onsemi, a leading semiconductor manufacturer with more than $8 billion in annual revenue. But onsemi also serves the global energy, aerospace and defense, industrial, and medical markets.

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

They produce a wide range of products for the automotive, construction, engineering, and packaging industries. So, what is “connected planning?” Dr. Lassen views Anaplan – their connected planning tool – as a cloud-based, business planning platform capable of doing multidimensional planning with very fast solve times.

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Demand Planning - Practicing the Best Practices - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Automotive. « Asset Management and Dynamic Work Plan- Part I | Main | Asset Management and Dynamic Work Plan- Part II » Demand Planning - Practicing the Best Practices (contd.). Demand planning is a sub-process within sales and operations planning and is not a compartmentalized task.

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

Shifting demand and rising prices for cotton and orange juice. Surprising demand in automotive for car replacement. History is not a good predictor of current demand. ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.”

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

QAD

Automotive. Terry Onica – Director, Automotive. One of the top five rated sessions at Explore that drew a lot of interest and discussion in this area was entitled, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors’ (YFAI) Rapid Upgrade to EE and Move to the QAD Cloud. Take 6,000 customizations and reduce them to under 200.