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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. In fact, the teams ignore the forecast. Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. It is systemic.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

As the markets plummet, it is time to remind ourselves that demand is not a forecast. Traditional forecasting approaches are not adequate in a time of market volatility. In the real world, companies operate with a Mean Absolute Forecast Error of 24-60%, and have a bias of 9-40%. Markets drive supply chains.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. source: tradingeconomics.com. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Forecast: Core rate 1.4% source: thebalance.com. Glass-Steagall repealed.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. 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. Supply Chain Design.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver?

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White Paper: Improving Forecast Accuracy - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest

Demand Planning/Forecasting. Inventory Management/Optimizat. Content Being Accessed: White Paper: Improving Forecast Accuracy. White paper from Logility on Keys to Improving Forecast Accuracy. © 2006-2014 Supply Chain Digest - All Rights Reserved.' or Search by TOPIC. Select Topic. Bar Coding/Label Printing.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

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.