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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Recession?

Enterra Insights

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].

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

2) Market-Driven Forecasting. Inside-out, traditional processes forecasting processes use statistical methods to predict the future based on order and shipment patterns. So, what are the market signals to model to forecast demand at the cadence of the market? How can you build market-driven forecasting processes?

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The future of emergency management

DELMIA Quintiq

Thunderstorms were forecasted for the metropolitan area but there was no expectation that a major health emergency would be triggered as a result. The number of emergency calls logged during the peak of the event was an increase of 593% on forecasted call volumes.

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Supply Chain Management:SAP acquired Ariba, what does it mean.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Over the past few years, Ive watched Aribas stunning repositioning as a serious on-demand player (yes, cloud hadnt become so fashionanble in 2007-08) with a lot of admiration, though as an SI, this meant a steadily eroding revenue pie. Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (57). Generic SCM (130). January 2014.

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6 WAYS TO MITIGATE COVID-19’S IMPACT ON YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN

Bristlecone

The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. Super-efficient supply chains with accurate forecasting and well-managed inventories worked fine until the virus hit us.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

At conferences, I hear many discussions about risk management and control towers. Risk management concepts are largely passe, and many control towers are futile attempts in the face of spiraling variability. As they bemoaned the fact that upstream trading partners share dismal forecasts. The reason? My question?