ToolsGroup

MARCH 26, 2024

Unique Partnership Delivers an End-to-End Network Optimization Solution to Seamlessly Integrate Supply Chain Design, Manufacturing Footprint and Probabilistic Planning and Execution for Leading Building Materials Manufacturer. Two of Cornerstone Building Brands’ business units — Aperture Solutions – U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2023

To be successful in this volatile environment leaders must focus on supply chain planning and more specifically Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Contextualize and quantify event impact and be able to trigger re-plan in an integrated supply chain planning solution to create an executable and feasible plan.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The virus continues to compromise supply chains and disrupt companies at a troubling rate, but a re businesses prepared from a supply chain planning perspective? . As a result , the resilienc e of supply chain plan ning is being called into question. First reaction s to the outbreak . – Tweet this.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

My observation is that the supply chain community perpetuates a number of myths about planning. As discussions full of oxymorons, acronyms, and juxtapositions fill the air, I think that it is time to step back, and rethink planning based on the opportunities that new forms of analytics and data give us. My goal is to drive change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 16, 2022

It started with inconso, and quicky expanded with HighJump, Centriq (voice), Cohesio Group (warehouse robotics implementations), and warehouse facility simulation and design. Of greatest interest to me is Korber’s plan to bring to market its Unified Control System (UCS). WMS and Much More. What’s in-store for 2022?

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 28, 2024

Coffee producer Jacobs Douwe Egberts integrated a user-friendly chatbot into scale up Garvis’ demand planning software in a successful pilot project in mid-2023. With it, random employees get accurate and accessible answers to, for example, the financial and logistical implications of a promotional campaign.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

by Alexa Cheater How concurrent planning can help you take back your time. Why spend hours, days or even weeks waiting for data transfers, analyses or simulations when you can accomplish all of those things in a fraction of the time it takes you today. Concurrent planning isn’t a collection of disconnected functional models.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

Traditional planning processes focus on volume-based decisions, but not the trade-offs of market price shifts and product mix changes. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Growing tensions between China and trading partners.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 30, 2021

Planning & Optimization Community. Webinar Recording: Optimized Logistics Planning Cut logistics-related costs and improve delivery accuracy by minimizing the gap between planning and execution. Hello and Welcome to the Week in Review! But there is a lot more than what is below. See you there! Collaborative Lean Operations.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2021

Many A&D companies are siloed in nature: limited to planning and decision-making separately by organizational disciplines. The Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry is arguably one that was most immediately and severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. This is especially true in the commercial aircraft segment.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

This experience is not only frustrating industry executives – it’s compelling them to reassess their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Capacity planning drives production plans, cadence, and raw material procurement and has cost-justified an investment in small-batch processing equipment.

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Logility

MAY 6, 2021

Dramatic shifts are happening too quickly to reserve strategic planning as a traditionally annual exercise. The True Meaning of What-If Scenario Planning . More importantly, they open the door to a continuous cycle of integrated business planning (IBP). . A Prime Entry Point for Intelligent, Integrated Business Planning .

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AIMMS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Sales and Operations Planning has become the preferred method to facilitate clear and formal communication between the demand and supply sides of a business. To address this, Gartner advises organizations to adopt scenario planning for S&OP. Read on to explore the benefits and how you can apply this in your organization.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

”[3] IBM defines the term this way: “A digital twin is a virtual representation of an object or system that spans its lifecycle, is updated from real-time data, and uses simulation, machine learning and reasoning to help decision-making.”[4] ”[2] What is a Digital Twin?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In our Q&A, Shahzaib discussed predictive AI, which is used for supply chain disruption monitoring, hurricane simulators, commodity predictions, supplier screening, and predictive purchase orders. Learn how Resilinc is using predictive AI and generative AI to innovate supply chain risk management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I flew to Dallas, I worked on this post. Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. The problem?

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Materials shortages , demand fluctuations and plan t closures have led many organizations to revisit their supplier relationships, as well as distribution and production locations. The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2024

The survey found, “90% of IT decision-makers plan to deploy more automation, including AI, in the next 12 months.”[1] It will help the knowledge worker plan, simulate, decide, and act if required. ”[1] These trends are not new. These numbers account for 84% of the workforce.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Supply Chain Insights ASCM defines resilience in the SCM Supply Chain Dictionary as the ability of a supply chain to anticipate, create plans to avoid or mitigate, and to recover from disruptions to supply chain functionality. Here I share some insights from my research. Improve cross-government data sharing and analyze resilience.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

According to the Venture Beat staff, “Sixty-nine percent of global enterprises have already adopted or plan to adopt quantum computing in the near term, according to a new survey of enterprise leaders commissioned by Zapata Computing. However, IBM plans to deliver a 1,121-qubit computer by 2023, and others have shared similar plans.”[4]

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CHAINalytics

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This blog post is the third and final instalment in Chainalytics’ Integrated Demand and Supply Planning competency’s three-part series on improving inventory. This post covers using advanced simulation techniques to understand how optimised inventory helps you meet desired service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even if you’ve implemented the most sophisticated process and technology for your S&OP process, there’s a hard truth you need to hear: a supply chain not designed to be in tune with the rapid market shifts will leave your best-laid plans exposed and make them unreliable. How often do you revisit and update your supply chain designs?

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 4, 2021

Our DELMIA Quintiq supply chain planning solution will provide Viterra with data-driven information to make and apply decisions throughout its entire supply chain and support its business objectives moving forward. “Our Impact of all the resources in its network, quickly and in a transparent manner, and identify how to create efficiencies.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Over the last fifteen years,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, “Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) enjoyed a renaissance.”[1] ” According to Cecere, the time for simulation analysis and cross-functional orchestration has finally arrived.

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River Logic

MARCH 4, 2020

Simulation and modeling software allow organizations to create realistic and verifiable supply chain digital twins of their supply chains. They can monitor and determine what's happening in the real world and plan the appropriate corrective action. A lot has changed.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 13, 2020

High Tech remains one of the most vibrant, innovative and fast paced industries in the world. Even with global disruption from COVID-19, demand for products has remained positive, albeit with far less predictability! Every analyst on the planet has scrutinized what this “next normal” will actually look like. We are now a connected society.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2023

Eisenhower once stated, “In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” Over the years, there has been a lot written about why planning is indispensable, even if plans are useless. First of all, it links planning and decision-making. Here’s my two cents.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Better yet, they can proactively plan for potential disruption internally and throughout their supply chain, able to predict responses and recover quickly. Simulating efficiency with digital twinning. By Dan Mitchell , Global Director, Retail and Consumer Goods Practice, SAS. This can be achieved through digital connectivity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

“An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.” This includes digital supply chain transformation and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) upgrades. The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. The other issue?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 24, 2021

Paul, Jim, and Anne work together at a supply chain planning technology company. The concept of an application to assess the plan’s quality, the organization’s execution of the plan, and the identification of opportunities appealed to Jim. Anne looked at Paul, and asked, “Where are we on Lora’s request?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My first focus was on China sourcing. Then it was the redefinition of the supply chain for the global shutdowns Sick with the virus; I spent my energies writing and moderating podcasts. My goal was to drive insights for business leaders on Forbes and LinkedIn. As the economy shut down, I sunk in a pit of despair. Swimming Up Stream. Time to Know.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 7, 2023

Probabilistic Bill of Materials delivers more comprehensive inventory planning for raw materials, assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and components, while allowing for flexible planning based on the probability of a component being used. We call this dynamic planning. Version 8.60 Version 8.60

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Logility

JULY 21, 2020

In study after study there is evidence of the growing use of AI & ML across all business functions, including supply chain planning. In study after study there is evidence of the growing use of AI & ML across all business functions, including supply chain planning. trillion in business value and recover 6.2

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

Supply chain planning t echnology can be used to evaluate these different scenarios, address many of the possible impacts and help businesses recover quickly from losses. Demand Simulation in Network Design Navigator. Just like you, we’re taking the news day by day and continuously brainstorming ways to serve our community.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A recent survey of demand planners’ concerns and day-to-day experiences sheds light on the challenges faced by planning teams today and highlights the pressing need for innovative solutions to solve for them. Overall, time is of the essence when it comes to scenario planning and traditional methods are simply falling short.

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Logility

MARCH 6, 2024

Prescriptive analytics considers the present situation, meshing current data with simulation algorithms to answer, “What should we do?” In an ever-evolving technological landscape, new potential explodes in the supply chain space daily. But how can you incorporate advanced analytics into your supply chain flow?

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