Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

The use of a conventional supply chain tool to forecast this demand resulted in the degradation of the forecast by 14%. This case study from 2004 outlines a process to manage complexity and improve agility. In Figure 1, I share a case study from a client engagement. The reason? the organizational dynamics were tough.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 22, 2018

Forecasting and Planning. Steve Banker ( @steve_scm ), Service Director for Supply Chain Management at ARC Advisory Group, notes machine learning has been used in the supply chain field since at least 2004.[3] Forecasts have always relied on data; but big data and cognitive technologies can raise the forecasting bar.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Tale #1: The Billion-Dollar Forecasting Error With Walgreens. billion forecasting error for the 2016 fiscal pharmacy-unit earnings, calculated based on contracts to sell medications under medicare. Due to this, Excel should be used a supplemental (presentational tool) that works with your preexisting forecasting or data analysis tool.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. For example, in many of my clients a well-implemented demand planning solution two decades ago is now degrading the forecast 10-15%. Based on the reference calls, I am not sure that this will be possible. What am I hearing?

S&OP 176

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E2open

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

All you need to start sensing demand are three inputs – your demand planning forecast, orders, and shipments.Conveniently, these all reside in your internal systems. More than three-quarters of demand sensing implementations use just use these three internal signals and on average they achieve a 40% reduction in forecast error.

Supply and Demand 60

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

The origin of the semiconductor shortage can be traced back to automotive suppliers not having effective processes in managing the following five essential supply chain activities: Fluctuating customer demand or inadequate forecasting . The first version of the MMOG/LE assessment was introduced in 2004 and is in its fifth revision today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

I have worked with this client since 2004. Clear understanding that the focus needs to be on the probability of the forecast, and that the focus needs to be outside-in based on channel data. Use of Forecast-value Add techniques to improve the accuracy of the forecast. At that time, they planned on spreadsheets.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 20, 2014

French retailer Chronodrive has been doing this since 2004 and has since gained a steady following of 130,000 customers. First, we establish delivery areas and forecast the deliveries for each area based on data over a period of time, say a year. Based on these forecasts, an optimal route is generated.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Forecast: Core rate 1.4% Fed raised rates. LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. Deflation in oil and gas prices. Core inflation rate 1.7%. Core rate 2.2%. Core rate 2.3%. Impact of COVID.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. What Is a Forecast Anyway? A forecast is not a forecast. Bear with me.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

These companies are using o9’s Digital Brain platform to build a live, digital model of enterprise data and knowledge that helps them detect demand and supply risks and opportunities, forecast demand more accurately, and evaluate what-if scenarios all in real time. office in San Francisco. www.generationim.com.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2018

just accelerated to its best year since 2004 and Amazon could be eyeing Target as its next major retail acquisition, according to one influential tech analyst. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 190,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 165,000 to 225,000.

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Arkieva

MARCH 24, 2016

I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. The breakthrough of internet technologies were assumed to drive the adoption of CPFR, Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment. A research report from the Aberdeen Group reported a 13% adoption in 2004.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2018

just accelerated to its best year since 2004 and Amazon could be eyeing Target as its next major retail acquisition, according to one influential tech analyst. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 190,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 165,000 to 225,000.

Warehousing 40

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AFFLINK

MARCH 6, 2017

You Must Devote Resources to Planning and Forecasting. Originally, the task of forecasting demand and ordering the necessary supplies to cover this demand was left to individual McDonald's restaurant owners. This process was an arduous one that took up a lot of the owners' time and resources.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Originally a demand forecaster and planner for Castrol in the Asia Pacific region, Evan moved to a solution implementation role with Mercia (Supply Chain Planning) and then progressed to sales, pre-sales, marketing and global product management roles with Mercia and then Finmatica (Supply Chain Management).

Supply Chain Network Software 100

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RELEX Solutions

APRIL 18, 2018

Franprix picked RELEX Solutions for fresh produce forecasting and replenishment. That’s why we are constantly innovating and seeking out the best technology to optimize our demand forecasting and store replenishment so we can guarantee that products are at the very peak of freshness for our customers.

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Valogix

MARCH 1, 2023

Celebrating 19 years of our partnership with SAP and SAP Business One.

SAP 52

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. At the end of the 90’s Amoco was acquired by BP, and around the same time I transferred over to what was now BP-Amoco’s Aromatics department within Petrochemicals, where I have been ever since.

AIMMS 120

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 16, 2015

Originally a demand forecaster and planner for Castrol in the Asia Pacific region, Evan moved to a solution implementation role with Mercia (Supply Chain Planning) and then progressed to sales, pre-sales, marketing and global product management roles with Mercia and then Finmatica (Supply Chain Management).

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Three Steps to a Better Statistical Forecast Setup. Arkieva COO – Sujit Singh, outlines three essential steps to better statistical forecasting — simulate, measure, refine. She shared that her business had implemented a statistical forecasting package from one of the leading vendors during the previous year.

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Demand Solutions

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Steve Johnston, who founded Demand Solutions in 1984 and retired in 2004, passed away this past January. Companies of all sizes and personalities paid Steve for his forecasting and planning software so they could save money on their inventory while increasing sales as a result of enhanced customer service. Billy, let's grab a smoke."

Demand Planning Software 100

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

When reading current case studies focused on S&OP, she notes, “[They] sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. And S&OP software with built-in Machine Learning reveals the impact of promotions and the weather, resulting in better forecasts and an inspired S&OP process.”

S&OP 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

The first definition of Demand-driven Supply Chains was pushed into the market by AMR Research (now part of the Gartner Group) in 2004. Demand in the demand-driven network is about much, much more than forecasting. Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. Supply is volatile.

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Provenance

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Until now, breaking a beauty taboo has broadly meant embracing your natural flaws – an idea popularised by Dove’s revolutionary 2004 Real Women campaign. It’s time to break the last beauty taboo: the impact your business has on people and the planet. To tackle beauty’s impact, we need an equally revolutionary approach.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

The authors of this report noted that manufacturing output fell at second-steepest rate since this survey began in early 2004. In its latest forecast, Drewry Shipping Consultants indicated that it expects global freight rates to increase 39 percent this year as logjams impact ports in the second half of the year. in March to 46.0

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). This organization was renamed the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) in 1985 and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in 2004. The entire business cycle of an industrial company (sales forecast, supply, production, storage, shipping, after-sales service, etc.) In Summary. .

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BlueYonder

JULY 24, 2015

Nevertheless, the game has grown in popularity rapidly outside of Japan since The Times in Britain introduced the puzzle in late 2004. So what does any of this have to do with forecasting? One of the key questions any demand planning organization must answer is ‘at which level(s) should I generate forecasts?’

Forecasting 40

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

He was the hero of the curse-reversing 2004 team that came back from a 3-0 deficit to the Yankees in the ALCS with a walk-off homer and another walk-off single. Forecast says US drayage rates will continue to rise in Q1. Walmart makes an investment in vertical farming start-up Plenty. Vaccine mandates could hit fresh produce market.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Here’s what we know so far: FORECASTS. The sunshine state has dealt with much worse, and Irma has already brought forth lessons learned from 2004, the Year of the Four Hurricanes. As the strongest hurricane to hit the Atlantic on record, Irma is set to bring maximum sustained winds of of up to 290 kph. OPERATIONAL BEST PRACTICES.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

v] There are tremendous opportunities to understand behavior patterns and clues to anticipate shopper needs, understand personal preferences, predict purchase paths, forecast demand, estimate returns, anticipate supply disruptions and much more. Learning will improve with the abundance of data. i] Frank Levy and Richard J. iii] [link]. [iv]

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Arkieva

MAY 12, 2016

From Figure 5 we see a premium gross profit for Company 1 in the period 2004-2007. Figure 9 – Benchmarking product leaders, opex leaders and customer intimacy players in the Supply Chain Triangle. We start with defining the benchmark for a product leader.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The results are similar to Schneider’s forecasted 3–4 percent, which was based on predictive modeling and presented as testimony to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in February 2011. . From a press release issued by Schneider National on October 24, 2013: Since the new HOS implementation, Schneider has realized a 3.1

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The second presentation given in 2004, shared the results. In 2001, we were in trouble, but in 2004, we had made a lot of progress. The ATT forecasting process at that time was best described as a séance. We started with Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). It took us three years to right the ship.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Around 2004 we started a project to migrate an existing tool for planning for the BP Petrochemical Aromatics business over to AIMMS. At the end of the 90’s Amoco was acquired by BP, and around the same time I transferred over to what was now BP-Amoco’s Aromatics department within Petrochemicals, where I have been ever since.

AIMMS 156

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It was not something that we had to forecast. I joined McKinsey in 2004 and I’m still enjoying my time there. Everything you’ve spoken about is concerning the avoidance of shortages of supply during operations while demand is increasing. Is that a simplified way of looking at it? Yes, that’s fair. I’m pushing the supply chain agenda.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

For instance, oil prices were relatively low during the period between 1984 and 2004, while labour and technology costs changed more quickly. In the consumer packaged goods sector, this problem is big enough to have prompted the use of collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) between manufacturers and retailers.

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