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Latest Forecast For Global Trade Not Optimistic

Supply Chain Matters

Today, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its latest forecast update on overall global trade, and the narrative is not encouraging or optimistic. Global trade is reportedly set to contract by 5 percent in 2023 compared to 2002, amounting to upwards of $30.7 percent in 2023 and a forecasted 4.8

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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

In contrast, if the groundhog does not see his shadow, the forecasts is for an early spring. Short of the initial launch of B2B exchanges in 2002, no brand owner drove the adoption of network technologies. In 2002, I was a Gartner analyst covering the evolution of network technologies in supply chains. Brand Owner Vacuum.

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Outside-in planning: a big elephant that needs a bite-size approach

Supply Chain Trend

Lee’s uncertainty framework (2002) shows how segment your supply chain in demand streams and how to define your supply chain response to that. The last Zebra video I saw on Youtube was about a forecasting use case and how FVA improved by using more market influencers in the forecast model. It is not new in strategy.

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The Dark Side of the Forecast: How to Conquer it

The Supply Chainer Report

Following China Chang’e-4 mission landing on the far side of the Moon , let’s talk about the role of Forecast in business and more specifically in the Supply Chain. Everyone needs a Forecast. Any enterprise is capable of having a Forecast. Use a Baseline Forecast. Evolve To Consensus Forecast.

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Tackling Item Complexity

Supply Chain Shaman

The use of a conventional supply chain tool to forecast this demand resulted in the degradation of the forecast by 14%. I worked with the World Kitchen team in the period of 2002-2008. The process helped World Kitchen manage inventories through bankruptcy filing in 2002. The reason? the organizational dynamics were tough.

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Logility Partners with Planalytics to Systematically Address the Impacts of Weather in Demand, Inventory and Replenishment Planning

Logility

to identify, quantify and apply weather-driven demand calculations to business planning and forecasting. Planalytics will integrate directly into the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform®, ultimately increasing forecast accuracy, optimizing inventories and reducing lost sales. “We ATLANTA – Jan. 4, 2022 – Logility, Inc.,

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What Supply Chain Management Should Anticipate in 2024

Supply Chain Matters

contractionary mark for fifteen consecutive months and reportedly the longest sequence of deterioration since the period of December 2000 to February 2002. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® November 2023 report remained below the 50.0 However, report authors indicated a glimmer of hope that a stabilization point might have been reached.