Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 25, 2024

It has been suggested to include a market, customer, and competitor view in a strategy definition for more than 50 years. The translation of market signals from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier with bi-directional flows.” So, in five years from now we will have our first outside-in technology offering.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

General Availability on Three New Modules In a prior edition of this column published in December , we had highlighted strategic announcements concerning added capabilities being planned for the AWS Supply Chain technology offering. AWS Supply Chain N-Tier Visibility is now available to customers in US East (N.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 29, 2021

The telecommunications industry has become so highly commoditized that customers perceive only marginal differences in products and prices among the various market players. Here are three things to start doing now to prepare your telecom supply chain to compete in this increasingly complex and challenging market: 1.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Use analytics to put your available inventory to the best use. There’s no guarantee that the supply you normally order will be available, so it pays to be smart about what you order to maximize service and profitability. You may be low on Item A, but Item B is an equivalent alternative item available to order.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At ToolsGroup, we spend a lot of time working and partnering with our customers to overcome their top supply chain challenges. That’s why we eat, sleep, and breathe innovation and never stop looking for ways to help our customers get the most out of their partnership with us and make their supply chains a force for good in the world.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This is part two of our blog series, “Dynamic Fulfillment 101.” How long does it have to get to the customer? Once it calculates this, it does your rate shopping for you and finds the lowest option that gets the package there on time so there’s no risk to customer satisfaction. Haven’t read part one? Click here !

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In this blog, I’ll try to shed more light on it with examples from our work with our customers. In this blog, I’ll focus on the Q-commerce case. In this version, there’s no automation around managing promotions, so demand planners need to get involved in adjusting the forecasts for promotions.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2020

What are your customers experiencing this year in the wake of COVID-19? We have some customers experiencing both in different parts of their business. All these scenarios of course create huge demand fluctuations companies need to deal with that differ completely from their historical demand forecasts.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup’s Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how they can leverage probabilistic forecasting and automation to adjust to a changing marketplace. And I think now every company would be happy to have something like that.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 7, 2023

Now supply chain teams can have the best answers when they need them, helping our customers better navigate supply uncertainty. SO99+ masks supply chain disruptions and uncertainty from the final customer by ensuring the service level targets are achieved regardless of market conditions. We call this dynamic planning.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2024

As I discussed in a recent article in Food Logistics, it’s a powerful tool for predictive analytics, demand planning and business forecasting that shouldn’t be overlooked. Predictive analytics, demand planning and business forecasting have always been core functions for supply chain planners. The future, however, isn’t static.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

With Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve a 10-30% reduction in inventory, improve product availability to 96% or better, and reduce overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight) by 50%. Stockouts now less than 1%; able to identify potential problems up to 4 months ahead.

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Bristlecone

MAY 26, 2020

SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) enables broad real-time collaboration across processes like ordering, forecasting, scheduling and quality. SCCNOW reduces implementation timelines by 20-25% – making it possible for customers to achieve maximum value in the shortest amount of time. Drive predictable outcomes.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

A few months ago, we highlighted a major theme from Gartner’s Supply Chain Planning Summit in our blog: winners change their mindsets–and accelerate through economic turns. In times like these it’s more critical than ever to use optimization to continue to provide service levels customers expect.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Demand shaping is a supply chain strategy that utilizes tactics such as price and promotion incentives, product substitutions and cost modifications to entice customers to purchase specific items. In other words, the company wants to influence or shape demand for certain products to match its planned–or available–supply.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. Now is the time to focus on being a good trading partner. Reflection.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

In the context of disruptions like COVID-19, this can make considerable difference , as we’ve seen among AIMMS customers. AIMMS Network Design Navigator allows users to adjust demand for unique customers, locations and products. All of these routes between supplier s, resources and customers can be optimized within the app. .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 11, 2020

The company needed to raise its service levels while maintaining or reducing its available inventory. To complicate matters, it wanted to increase the number of SKUs available to both its external customers and its internal production line without tying up an exorbitant amount of capital in slow-moving inventory. Help Arrives.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2019

According to Inbound Logistics , there are three main sources of supply chain complexity: meeting the needs of customers, globalization, and internal pressures. Point to remember #1: Average forecasting just isn’t good enough for today’s complex supply chains. . Probability forecasting is much more than a statistical method.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As supply chains continue to grapple with volatility and disruption post-pandemic, fashion brands, who faced increased risks during the pandemic because of lockdown, are now turning to better supply chain planning for fashion strategies with the end goal of achieving improved agility and a competitive advantage.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Customer behavior is changing rapidly. Customers can now shop online from the comfort of their sofa, quickly compare prices via the Internet and receive packages right at the doorstep. Customers can now shop online from the comfort of their sofa, quickly compare prices via the Internet and receive packages right at the doorstep.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

Serving more than 130 countries, 40 industries and 17,000 customer distributors/dealers, SKF’s vast supply chain includes 94 manufacturing plants in 24 countries worldwide. It also calculates safety stock levels and net forecasts for every warehouse and creates replenishment plans to satisfy future customer demand to set service levels.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Accurately forecasting sales with fluctuating demand cycles is difficult to achieve, and yes, there’s a direct impact: the less accurate the sales forecast, the less precise the stocking levels. The lack of forecasting accuracy can easily spill hardship into other departments. What is Demand Forecasting?

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QAD

MAY 31, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies need to be agile and responsive to meet the changing demands of customers while maintaining profitability because making trade offs between efficiency, agility and resilience will fail. In this blog, we will discuss why an S&OP process is critical in supply chain planning.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 29, 2023

Market-based demand forecasting to help you predict orders and resources Retailers are facing increasing pressure to offer affordable, reliable and frictionless omni-channel fulfillment experiences. This customer example is just the beginning of a whole new way of retail and grocery planning solutions that we call Fulfillment Forecasting.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

There have been fluctuations in demand that have made forecasting feel impossible. Employee safety measures must now also include COVID-19 protocols in addition to preventing accidental injuries. Now, two years into the pandemic, it is still an ongoing challenge for manufacturers. According to U.S.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

That’s where forecasting and predictive analytics come into play. You might be asking yourself: What is the difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics? Don’t both activities rely on available data to estimate what a potential future state is going to be?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 3, 2023

Key enablers of AI that are now economically viable to use are: smart sensors; the Internet of Things which can manage a large amount of data from all aspects of production; cloud computing which enables internet connections to store, access, and process data.

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crisp

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Part of our Customer Spotlight series, featuring brands on the Crisp platform and their growth stories. Fast forward just two years, and RxSugar’s line of keto and paleo-friendly sugars and syrups are now available in over 12,000 stores. A sweet alternative to sugar. RxSugar CEO Steve Hanley is on a mission to end sugar.

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My Office Apps

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But now, with AI, DMS is getting a significant enhancements. Here’s how: Predicting Consumer Demand and Forecasting One of the best things AI does for DMS is making smart predictions. It uses historical data and external factors like market trends and seasonality to forecast demand accurately.

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Supply Chain Trend

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I suppose that is also true when you blog long enough about supply chain. In 2012 I wrote a short blog about demand driven & agile supply chains , which seems to be all the hype back then. Supply chains need to be segmented according to product and customer behaviors. And now it’s for real!

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crisp

MAY 3, 2022

Crisp customer Sacred Serve’s founder reported that “Using Crisp, we’ve been able to avoid out of stocks during the pandemic, which has strengthened retailer relationships and our bottom line.”. One Crisp customer, No Evil Foods , regularly missed plan before joining Crisp, and has now achieved 99% forecast accuracy.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2021

Busby notes, “[In the past, it was] impossible to really understand the customer and create an actual one-one-one relationship with them. Ensuring the constant availability of all these products is a daunting challenge. … 2] Since then, the influence of social media has only grown with Instagram and TikTok.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. If you’ve thought about switching gears and getting into the supply chain, now is the time to do it. Practical Guides like Plan for Every Part (PFEP) , Demand Forecasting Methods or Stocktaking Procedure.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Inventory management Effective inventory management allows manufacturers to coordinate the actions and requirements of the business so that stocks are maintained at the right place, at the right time, and in the right quantities to satisfy customer demands and the production process.

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