Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 4, 2024

My focus is writing research for the business leader that is an early adopter attempting to drive first-mover advantage. This blog post on my take of the On March 29 th , Blue Yonder announced a binding agreement to acquire One Network for approximately $839 Million. What does this mean to the market?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

This blog post started a series of telephone calls. A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The planning team was defending the status quo without questioning current practices and how to improve them.) Definition.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on how to succeed in planning and decisions amid times of disruption. in decision-making is mandatory, while the need to adjust plans in the face of daily changes, or even to redesign the whole due to a new macro element, demands an agile process. Planning models considering VUCA environment.

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Logility

MAY 6, 2021

But when businesses have no idea what will happen next, or when, the sheer scale and risk of operational upheaval escalates – leaving little to no room for error and delay. Dramatic shifts are happening too quickly to reserve strategic planning as a traditionally annual exercise. The True Meaning of What-If Scenario Planning .

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2023

Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. I find that the process of inventory management is not owned by any function or business leader. I find that the process of inventory management is not owned by any function or business leader. The story continues. Rising inflation.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 25, 2024

John Gattorna’s Dynamic supply chains, delivering value through people (2010), describes in more detail, not only how to segment your supply chain in different customer driven streams and how to respond, but also what capabilities would be required in the organization. This was part of a 22-page planning improvement PPT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“May you live in interesting times,” widely attributed as a Chinese curse, some claim this as a blessing; whichever side you take, this is exactly what’s happening in the supply chain world since 2020, and it looks like we will be living with this blessing/curse for a while longer. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning.

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AIMMS

JULY 13, 2020

Integrated Business Planning (IBP), as defined by its creators at Oliver Wight , is “the business planning process that extends the principles of S&OP throughout the end-to-end supply chain, product, service and customer portfolios, customer demand and strategic planning, to deliver one seamless management process.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Integrating external factors like consumer price indexes, GDP trends, climate change, and others into the forecast can improve signaling for supply chain design. This calls for treating suppliers as partners in a relationship built on trust and transparency that reduces risk across the supply chain and ensures business continuity.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on how to succeed in planning and decisions amid times of disruption. In part 1 of my blog on Planning the Value Chain and Decision Making in Times of Disruption, the focus was on the ability to react and execute amidst the unpredictability of demand. Technology for Effective Planning.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

Over the year, COVID-19 introduced even greater complexity into the already difficult work of supply chain planning–and changed supply chain from a practitioner-focused topic to everyday dinner table conversation. We hope you enjoy the blog, which represents predictions and observations from across our global ToolsGroup community.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Under her guidance, ToolsGroup has made significant enhancements to its solutions and successfully integrated acquired technologies into its supply chain planning suites. What key challenges and trends will affect supply chains going into 2024? What technology/strategies should they be implementing?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

No single company is vertically integrated or isolated enough to be able to withstand the barrage of macro-economic challenges that are happening today. No single company is vertically integrated or isolated enough to be able to withstand the barrage of macro-economic challenges that are happening today.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this blog series, I’ll take a look at the current state and future evolution that can be expected within the world of supply chain planning software through the lens of Dassault Systèmes DELMIA. What is supply chain planning? What is supply chain planning?

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Logility

JUNE 11, 2021

Based on thousands of discussions with Logility customers and prospects, we know many supply chain industry professionals are willing to grant that integrated business planning (IBP) and operational excellence are not synonymous. What is Operational Excellence? Let’s start by defining operational excellence.

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Logility

MAY 17, 2022

The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index integrates commonly used measures “ with an aim to provide a more comprehensive summary of potential disruptions affecting global supply chains ,” the authors said in a post on the New York Fed’s website. . What’s the Smart Response to Ongoing Supply Variability?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

A significant addition to our Inventory Hub® product, Dynamic Fulfillment leverages advanced optimization logic to determine what to ship, from where, in real-time, to reduce shipping costs, improve margins, and satisfy empowered customers. Looking for a deeper discussion on Dynamic Fulfillment?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 26, 2023

This is why ToolsGroup is excited to announce significant enhancements to our JustEnough Dynamic Retail Planning & Execution solution. These upgrades deliver on the promise of event-driven planning and execution while adding significant functionalities that expand and nurture our retail capabilities. Every retailer is unique.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2022

Changes and challenges continue to cascade at an unprecedented rate, leaving many to ask what comes next. Everything revolves around planning that mitigates risk and identifies supply constraint vulnerabilities before they result in negative consequences. How Supply Constraints Affect Business. Key Takeaways.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Stord

APRIL 16, 2024

Unlike many companies however, we are writing a blog post about it…but why? While everyone at Stord accomplished a lot in 2023, let’s take a moment to meet some of our leadership team, and explore what they have planned for 2024 and beyond! Question: What is your biggest fear / scariest memory from your time in fulfillment?

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 28, 2015

by Alexa Cheater As you enjoy your downtime over the holidays, here are a few of our best blogs from 2015 to check off your reading list. Technology and the Supply Chain: What Does the Future Hold? What Your Mom Can Teach You About Effective Supply Chain. Supply Chain Risks: Big or Small, Plan For Them All.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2021

In a freewheeling interview, Patrick Van Hull, Industry Thought Leader with Kinaxis and Steve Banker, VP, Supply Chain Service at ARC Advisory Group, discussed the changing vocabulary in supply chain management and the concepts attached to them, the distinction between various terms, the impact of COVID on supply chains, and concurrent planning.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 19, 2023

Supply chain efficiency is essential for any business to remain competitive and profitable throughout its timeline. It involves the coordination and integration of various activities and processes to ensure the delivery of products and services from suppliers to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

” What does Kay advise? ” Investing in Resiliency Faisal Rashid , a Supply Chain Manager at Aramco, states what should be obvious: “Resilience is not an inherent trait of supply chains; it is a choice that companies must make.”[2] They also don’t know how far they need to go to mobilize the organization.

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QAD

MARCH 27, 2024

Research from Gartner found that 83% of businesses believe that the supply chain is key to enhancing customer experience. And one of the keys for a good supply chain management (SCM) is gathering data from various areas of the business. So far, we’ve seen how data is an integral part of the demand planning cycle.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2024

Sure, they’re cool, and many are worth keeping an eye on, but investing in something that’s flashy and promises to solve all of your problems in a new and exciting way is probably just what it sounds like: too good to be true. In other words, looking at what we knew to be true in the past to predict the future.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. Hardly a recipe for improving planning & decision making. The idea of Intelligent IBP is to close these planning, decision & execution gaps and grasp the opportunities that comes with it. And we sometimes already do.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Background In various Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, this supply chain technology industry analyst has raised awareness, perspectives and added focus to the critical importance of establishing synchronous processes and more timely decision making across an end-to-end supply chain network. All are very much interrelated.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 9, 2022

What do these different systems do to help a company, how are they different, and should they be separate or integrated? What is ERP? In 1990, technological research and advisory firm, Gartner, created the definition for enterprise resource planning (ERP) as: “an integrated suite of business applications.

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QAD

MARCH 13, 2024

” This also applies to the Supply Chain and the demand planning process. Achieving an effective demand planning process involves getting different parts of the organization together. We’ve discussed the role of a demand planner in creating and maintaining an accurate plan. Success is usually achieved with teamwork.

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QAD

MARCH 20, 2024

The goal of Demand Planning is to strike the balance between supply and demand. As a result, demand planning is a critical part of supply chain operations. A way of ensuring this balance is through real-time planning. In the end, this live data makes real-time and profitable planning possible.

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QAD

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Advancing Process Intelligence and QAD Redzone Connected Workforce Integration With recent updates in Process Intelligence modeling, QAD customers gain real-time insights on how their processes in manufacturing, supply chain and general enterprise operations are actually flowing and performing.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction After receiving numerous comments on my recent blog about sales and operations planning (S&OP), I’ve been inspired to delve deeper into the subject. I’ve decided to create a series of follow-up blogs regarding the intricacies of executing an S&OP process and utilizing related software.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction After receiving numerous comments on my recent blog about sales and operations planning (S&OP), I’ve been inspired to delve deeper into the subject. I’ve decided to create a series of follow-up blogs regarding the intricacies of executing an S&OP process and utilizing related software.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each function, from planning to delivery, had its place. What wasn’t accounted for is that our world today looks pretty different than it did in 1905. Businesses leaders across industries know they need something different. And if everyone did their part, just like a well-oiled machine, you could expect high margins and growth.

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QAD

JUNE 6, 2023

Many businesses today still allow internal departments to work independently of each other, causing daily functions to shift into silos and creating disconnects in processes and, inevitably, the supply chain. This is especially true for sales and operations planning (S&OP) and financial planning.

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