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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The budget is not sufficient and is often a detrimental input for supply chain forecasting. Why Is the Financial Forecast Not a Good Proxy for a Supply Chain Forecast? There are many reasons why the budget cannot be used as a supply chain forecast. The supply chain forecast is a rolling forecast.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Time to products restocking, automating repeat purchases could be made simpler by enabling a customer inventory demand to forecast while big data analytics enable real-time focus and simultaneous analysis of diverse data streams generating valuable information for forecasting and planning. billion (based on 2018 sales).

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The Transportation Industry Report: Winter 2018-2019

Freight Plus

With 11 out of 12 months of the year reported, the Cass report indicates that the realized contract pricing forecast for 2018 of 6 – 12% is “essentially in the books.”. 2018 is shaping up to be the highest level of production since 2007, and 2019 should be the highest on record.” annually in November but was down 0.5%

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Forecast: Core rate 1.4% Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration. Deflation in oil and gas prices. Core inflation rate 1.7%. Core rate 2.2%. Core rate 2.2%. Core rate 2.3%. Impact of COVID. source: thebalance.com.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

The company expects to open four such giant facilities this quarter, as it aims to triple online sales by 2018, to $35 billion from $12 billion last year. Benefits from its supply chain efficiency result in time savings, more cost-effective inventory management and improved product forecasting, the article said. Decades in the Making.

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Why Your Approach to MDM Matters: Single Domain MDM Versus Multidomain MDM

HICX Solutions

Underlining its importance, a Market Study Report forecasts that the total MDM market will reach USD 57.7 billion by 2025, representing an increase of over 20% from 2018. McGraw Hill, 2007. Why Master Data Management (MDM) matters. A definition of MDM also illustrates why it matters. Single version of truth.

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Becoming a High Performing Sense and Respond Enterprise: End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility is Key

Talking Logistics

According to industry analyst group Gartner, end-to-end supply chain visibility will increase by 50 percent by 2018. Increased forecast accuracy of about 25%. Since November 2007, Ed’s contributions in the advancement of technology and business networks are delivering many impactful outcomes for clients.