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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Demand latency is the translation of market consumption to an order signal. Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. To accomplish this, the first step is for companies need to align functional metrics to balance sheet goals based on strategy. The public markets struggled today with the plunge in oil prices.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. I hope that this helps.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

I remember December 2007 like yesterday. By building demand management processes to focus on channel movement, companies can cut demand latency and model independent demand–customer purchases. I hope that this market correction can help us to redefine demand management. They are not.