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Have You Given Your Planner Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

It took six months for supply chain executives to sense the market downturn of 2007 and make adjustments to their supply chain. The unknowing supply chain leader will send demand planners back to their cubicles to “fix the demand plan.” Characteristics of High-Performing Supply Chains. Business cycles.

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Supply Chain Planning and an Uncertain Economy

Arkieva

Dale Davidson, famed economist who predicted the economy collapse of 1999 and 2007 warns, “Don’t imply that a 50% collapse is looming – it’s already at our doorstep.” During uncertain times, a good demand plan and supply chain strategy is the cornerstone that can deliver both cost and asset turnover.

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QAD Solutions Guide: Offering Overview

QAD

The QAD solution offering has expanded beyond the original QAD MFG/PRO (1984-2007) software to now include a full-featured suite of integrated software solutions to manage manufacturing, financials, operations, customer and supply chain processes. Supply Planning. Manufacturing Planning. Financial Planning.

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

GlobalTranz

The operations portion of a supply chain focuses on demand planning, forecasting, and inventory management. Forecasts estimate consumer demand for a product based on historical data, external drivers such as sales and promotions and changes in trends or competition. Gilmore, Dan. “50 50 Years of Walmart’s Supply Chain.”

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. Demand Sensing. Demand Shaping.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

I remember December 2007 like yesterday. It takes both the technology and the organizational DNA to have the right stuff to make a difference… 6) Rethink Traditional Demand Planning. Focus on Sensing using Independent Demand. The focus is on the translation of order demand to a distribution centers.

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Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference

Talking Logistics

Kurt Cavano @GTNexus – The “Buy” button on Facebook, Google, and Twitter will add complexity to #supplychain & demand planning #Bridges2015. Johnsen @GTNexus : Data quality for ocean shipments was 59% in early 2007. #Bridges2015 — Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) June 9, 2015. Bridges2015.