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Balance and Segmentation – What the Election Can Teach Supply Chain

Kinaxis

I have to admit, it was cool to see the MUTO walk down the Las Vegas strip and knock down the casinos. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc. | Page 5. Figure 2: Forecast Accuracy vs Sales Volatility. Source: Gilliland, Michael; Sglavo, Udo; F ocus on Forecasting: Worst Practices in Business Forecasting , 2010.

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Supply Chains Can’t Handle the Heat

Elementum

These aren’t cities like Las Vegas or Phoenix, prepared-for and accustomed to three digit temperatures, but now they’re experiencing them nonetheless: London reached 104.5 The current 77 centimeter (30 inches) water level at the bottleneck, called Kaub, is the lowest seasonally since at least 2007.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. Whatever maturity model or consultancy support companies use, S&OP seems to get stuck.

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