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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” I know that your primary focus is procurement. Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning.

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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? Granularity also differs.

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What is Demand Planning and Why Is It Important?

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Introduction We’ve written quite a few articles on specific aspects of demand planning, but we’ve never written an introductory piece for beginners or those looking for a refresher course. We plan to do this for sales and operations planning (S&OP) and some other areas of supply chain planning as well.

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What is a Sourcing Agency and How does it work?

SCMDOJO

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

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Definitions Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

Please note that in the traditional definition of supply chain planning, demand planning does not synchronize with revenue management (they operate as separate entities), and transportation planning has nothing in common with distribution requirements planning. This is the taxonomy used in the testing.

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Editor’s Choice: What Supply Chains Must Overcome to Deliver on the Consumer Promise

Logistics Viewpoints

The following will delve into some of the intricate farm-to-table challenges that supply chains face across sourcing, demand planning, procurement and inventory management, transportation, and warehousing. Sourcing is not only from traditional farms but also from controlled environment agriculture (e.g.,

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Optimize Operations with Accurate Demand Forecasting

QAD

It’s the deviation, or margin of error, between the actual demand figures and the forecasted result in the demand plan. By finding out the forecast accuracy of your demand plan, you can factor this and make the relevant adjustments. What do forecast stats help demand planners do?