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DAT IQ: The Metrics that Matter with Samuel Parker

The Logistics of Logistics

Samuel Parker and Joe Lynch discuss DAT iQ: the metrics that matter. DAT iQ provides freight intelligence to inform your budget and procurement strategies so you can navigate market volatility with greater confidence and agility. Network Analytics: Understand past, present, and future market conditions.

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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

I forecast this disruption period as the new normal is not over. At the beginning of the pandemic, the forecasted period of disruption of seven-to-eight months. Examples include projects like control towers, lights-out planning, real-time planning, DDMRP, forecast sharing, and sales forecasting. Forecast Sharing.

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The 10 Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2021

Unleashed

What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.

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Corporate Politics and the Right Forecast Level for Planning

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

If you do a Google search, you can find a huge number of articles providing expert guidance on how to measure forecast accuracy, going into the merits of root-mean-square error and other esoteric topics. Corporate Politics Should Not Drive the Forecast Level. First, a story that prompted this blog post.

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Track the Supply Chain Metrics that Really Matter

Precoro

To monitor supply chain performance, stakeholders of successful companies typically define supply chain metrics that are relevant to the given business and track these KPIs regularly. By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

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How Can I Improve My Forecast Accuracy?

Supply Chain Action Blog

At present, she currently manages a couple of product lines, but has her sights set on becoming a demand planning manager and mentoring others. Her colleague, Jamison, uses the standard deviation of forecast error to plan for safety stock, but there are still a lot of inventory shortages and overages. She was hoping that would help.

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Why Is Promotion Planning Important In Inventory Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

I was excited to place the order right away so my present would arrive in time for Father’s day. This requires using advanced analytics to analyze historical demand patterns, link the demand peaks to the promotional offers, and adjust future forecasts based on planned promotions. To my delight, I found one that was on promotion.