Consumer Goods Demand Planning Metrics Sourcing 
Unleashed
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The onset of COVID and the rapidly changing environment of a pandemic-hit world has meant demand planning has become more difficult – and as a result, more critical – than ever. What is demand planning? Demand planning is the process of predicting what customer demand will be for a certain product.
ToolsGroup
AUGUST 20, 2019
Gartner says that the most common outsourced SCP processes are inventory management, statistical forecasting and service parts planning. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. Those companies also reduced planning spend.
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ToolsGroup
AUGUST 20, 2019
Gartner says that the most common outsourced SCP processes are inventory management, statistical forecasting and service parts planning. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. Those companies also reduced planning spend.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 26, 2023
Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. Kinaxis is a proponent of using network planners for both supply and demand planning rather than having the planners operate in silos. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 2, 2023
(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.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. ” According to Nimrod Kaplan, CTO and Co-Founder at Water.io, consumer data might not be as abundant as people think.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 26, 2015
There is more in-transit inventory–sitting on the water in larger ships, in-transit through international sourcing strategies, or work with contract manufacturers–as a result, to avoid inventory write-offs, the foot needs to hit the brake faster. This is all about demand sensing and organizational alignment.
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