Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. 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? The supply chain forecast is a rolling forecast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I We source this data from Y charts.

S&OP 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Spring 2020-February 2021.

Optimal Sourcing 217

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2020

The grim forecast underscored the magnitude of the shock that the pandemic has inflicted on both advanced and developing economies and the daunting task that policymakers face in containing the fallout.”[2] There have been eight official recessions (including the one that began in December 2007) in the last 50 years. ”[5].

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The initiative was officially put on hold in 2007 as a result. The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. In 2020, Walmart tested RFID again in its apparel departments. HAVE QUESTIONS?

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QAD

APRIL 21, 2020

What’s more, during the great recession of 2007-09, only major automakers like GM and Chrysler got bailouts – this time, many expect suppliers will once again be denied bailouts and be forced into declaring bankruptcy. According to LMC – globally, production is now forecasted to drop to 76.9 million units in 2020, down 13.8%

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

My forecast? When the recession of 2019-2020 happens, the whiplash will be higher than the 2007 recession. Most are clueless about driving a better-planned order flow from tactical planning to procurement or transportation planning or how to improve forecast-value-added (FVA) processes. Value Network Work Is Stalled.

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