ToolsGroup

JANUARY 19, 2024

The curtains have closed on the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2024 Retail’s Big Show, and this year’s event has been extraordinary, with a record-breaking attendance of nearly 40,000 participants from around the globe. Inflation, another hurdle on the retail landscape, prompted a shift in focus towards long-term business growth.

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Alloy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Alloy’s strong customer satisfaction and market presence has landed us in the leader quadrant in Retail Analytics and the high performer quadrant for Demand Planning in the 2023 G2 Winter Grid Report. Named a Leader in Retail Analytics and a High Performer in Demand Planning appeared first on Alloy.ai.

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Alloy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Alloy’s strong customer satisfaction and market presence has landed us in the leader quadrant in Retail Analytics and the high performer quadrant for Demand Planning in the 2023 G2 Winter Grid Report. Satisfaction with Alloy’s ease of use was rated at 98% in Retail Analytics. 100% of users rated Alloy at 4 or 5 stars.

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SupplyPike

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Armed with point-of-sales data, knowledge of inventory issues, and accounting for anomalies, you can plan on how much product to manufacture, store in your warehouses, and ship to each region.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

With increasing frequency, I have noticed blog posts touting the position that ‘demand planning is dead.’ Their solution: by sensing and reacting to customer demand at the point of purchase there is no longer a need for projecting demand based on history. ” And so it is with demand planning.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Retailers know firsthand how quickly the market can change. That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs.

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o9 Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Demand Planning: Improve Forecast Accuracy, Alignment and Accountability. Top Reasons Organizations are Upgrading their Demand Planning Capabilities. Increasing sales adoption in the demand planning process. Omni-Channel, Multi-Region, Large Product Portfolio planning made simpler. Demand Planning.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 3, 2022

Retail is detail. And there is a lot of ‘detail’ for retailers to manage and factor into the business every day. When it comes to external variables, nothing is more consistently and directly impactful on demand than the weather. How Weather Influences Retail Demand. It all evens out in the end.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Retail workers are at the heart of the economy, making the continued retail labor shortage a top challenge for retailers–one that appears here to stay. Get the real story on today’s retail worker shortage, as we break down: Retail Labor Shortage Statistics. The Need for Corporate Retail Talent.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 15, 2024

The software company earns Leadership recognition in supply chain planning and demand planning across regions. BOSTON – January 15, 2023 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to be recognized as a Leader in five separate G2 Winter 2024 reports.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The wonderful world of retail. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The retail industry is rich with data. Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail. Retailers can apply cluster analysis techniques in different ways to find groups of customers, products, stores, or suppliers that behave similarly. There are different ways of doing store cluster analysis.

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TradeGecko

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Effective demand forecasting and demand planning are key to the longevity of wholesale and retail businesses alike. We look at some of the major aspects of the demand planning process and how they impact the entire supply chain.

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DynaSys

AUGUST 19, 2021

You’ve decided to implement a demand plan and now it’s time to outline roles and responsibilities. Demand planning bridges the function between commerce and supply chain, so the question of roles and responsibilities isn’t a surprising one. Want to know more about Demand Planning?

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2020

This article has also been published on Business Wire o9 Solutions today announced that LIXIL in the Americas, pioneer of water and housing products across brands including American Standard, GROHE and DXV, will deploy the next-generation AI-enabled o9 platform for demand planning.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 23, 2022

Just when brick-and-mortar retailers thought the so-called “retail apocalypse” was ending, supply chain woes and rising inflation reined in their optimism. ”[2] In other words, physical retailers can’t return to business as usual. What Does a Retail Reset Entail? ”[3]. ”[3].

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 23, 2022

Just when brick-and-mortar retailers thought the so-called “retail apocalypse” was ending, supply chain woes and rising inflation reined in their optimism. ”[2] In other words, physical retailers can’t return to business as usual. What Does a Retail Reset Entail? ”[3]. ”[3].

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ToolsGroup

MAY 1, 2018

Using the Gartner Demand Planning five stage maturity scale, analyst Mike Griswold estimated on a recent call that retailers as a group averaged just 2.3 But, he says, with the right strategic plan, a retailer can make the jump to stage 3 supply chain planning, and greater profitability, in just 12-18 months.

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

MARCH 18, 2024

There are various use cases of AI/ML for demand planning of fresh products, from producers to large grocery chains and even small delis in the suburbs. In this blog, we'll discuss the use of AI/ML demand planning for fresh products to help maximize sales and reduce waste.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 28, 2023

BOSTON – August 3, 2023 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been named among ten Notable Vendors included in Gartner’s Midmarket Context: Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions (July 2023).

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ThroughPut

JULY 6, 2021

Thriving In ‘The New Normal’ With 5 Demand Planning & Forecasting Methods. Businesses around the world are pondering upon these questions and each of them leads to a simple answer – effective supply chain demand planning and forecasting. Understanding and predicting demand in unpredictable times .

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 24, 2021

Earlier in the day, demand planning was a guessing game that relied more on intuition, instinct, and inclination. Companies that leveraged the data they collected to enable more accurate demand planning, distinguished themselves from their competitors. Why do you need new-age demand sensing to solve modern problems?

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Bristlecone

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Suddenly, what had been adequate planning tools have now become entirely defunct because of their reliance on historical trends. This has prompted planners to go back to fundamentals and rethink and redesign their demand planning processes. Demand sensing removes the dependencies and delays.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

His name is Ian and he is the VP of Supply Chain at a mid-sized retailer (with vast prior experience at a large retailer). Then I proceeded to describe the differences in skill sets, business relationships and aptitudes between a Demand Planner and a Supply Planner. Who does the Demand Planning group report to?”.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

What your demand planning organization does is key to where it sits and how it needs to be structured. What follows is a high-level look at the processes that a robust demand planning function supports. Demand Planning Supported Processes. And producing the demand plan is a combination of science and art.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 17, 2022

Farm Fresh Demand Sensing Strategies for the Smart Food Retailer. retailers have reported poor demand forecasting accuracy. The food retail industry has witnessed a massive upheaval. Three Strategic Areas of Real Impact For the Food Retailer. Three Strategic Areas of Real Impact For the Food Retailer.

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SupplyPike

JUNE 24, 2020

Learn about: The categories of analytics How they relate to retail and supply chain What suppliers can do with that data. Categories of Retail Analytics. There are different categories of retail analytics: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. It is important to know these three different types of retail analytics.

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SCM Research

MAY 22, 2014

However, if the ultimate business objective of supply chain management is to satisfy the final consumer, it becomes clear that we should not forget about the special and major role the retail industry has in achieving this objective and, thus, consider their perspective. Practice Report Retail Supply Chain Management Trend'

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Valogix

AUGUST 3, 2021

Most product companies understand they have gaps in their supply chain data that hinder their ability to meet critical demand. One of the largest gaps lies between supply and demand planning and a company’s supplier network, making many companies hesitant to adopt supply and demand planning software within their ERP.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 25, 2023

Soon after, ToolsGroup’s probabilistic Demand Planning & Forecasting became the foundation of Lãberit’s Supply Chain & Industry 4.0 About ToolsGroup ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, distributors, and manufacturers to navigate through supply chain uncertainty.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

However, CPG companies need to be careful about competing with their existing retail/wholesale/distributor customers/channels. Consumer-Oriented Demand Planning. Most commonly, the primary channels for CPG companies comprise retail, wholesale, distributors, government contracts, and e-commerce.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

JUNE 23, 2020

an authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Toronto-based Rubikloud, a disruptive, emerging provider of AI solutions that automate supply chain prescriptive analytics and decision-making in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 7, 2023

Attended by an international audience of over 81,000 visitors, the event highlighted the latest retail innovations and boasted best-practice keynotes and presentations on timely and crucial industry strategies. Here are the three key takeaways on retailers’ minds. Read the blog now to discover insights into peer strategies→ 2.

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Crisp helps CPGs on Google Cloud leverage daily retail data to make smarter supply chain and merchandising decisions, all while optimizing their cloud investment. Crisp automatically ingests data from retail portals such as Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Amazon, delivering usable sales and inventory data directly into the cloud.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2020

We have talked about it for years: the importance of supplier and retailer collaboration. Annualized planning on the direction of assortments, trends, SLA’s, planogram development and trade fund management is an important part of the supplier/retailer planning process.

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