Consumer Goods Demand Planning Sourcing Warehousing 
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.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 30, 2020
The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. The industry planning team expertise lags the consumer goods, and hi-tech industries. They are seldom cross-functional to optimize source, make, and deliver together. Be a good shipper. The impact?
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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 4PLs are not engaged in planning for intercompany shipments between distribution centers.
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.
BlueYonder
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Consider the demands placed on retailers, hotels, restaurants, and the stadiums themselves as they attempt to meet the very specific, time-sensitive demands of millions of tired, hungry, thirsty consumers. Four Keys to Victory During the World Cup.
Elementum
MAY 19, 2022
A few more statistics to give some useful perspective on supply chain’s reach: • In 2020, worldwide, $835 billion of consumer goods were manufactured, a process highly dependent on the global supply chain. • 131 billion parcels were delivered. The US alone houses ten billion square feet of warehouse and distribution space.
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