Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This is why mature S&OP’s are needed. The more difficult, and mature S&OP, is the value based, where, profit, opportunity, risk, and market share, are balanced. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc The ability to make a trade-off decisions is the most important factor of a mature S&OP.

Supply Chain Planning 100

Supply Chain Planning S&OP Las Vegas Supply Chain 100

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. The ATT forecasting process at that time was best described as a séance. VTech Strategy.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand 150

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] In William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest , Antonio states, “What’s past is prologue.”

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Material Savings Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 100

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Time to products restocking, automating repeat purchases could be made simpler by enabling a customer inventory demand to forecast while big data analytics enable real-time focus and simultaneous analysis of diverse data streams generating valuable information for forecasting and planning. Customer Centricity. Surviving and Thriving.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 230

Arkieva

MARCH 2, 2016

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.” Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”. Take, for example, forecasting improvements.

Supply Chain Planning 60

Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Strategy 60

Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

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.

Modeling 52

Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software 52

Kinaxis

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Avaya has been a Kinaxis customer since 2007 and has generated tremendous value from the use of RapidResponse. Over the past several years we have focused on either configuring RapidResponse to help us manage supply, demand, S&OP, product cost reduction and most recently inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling 100

Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

From our eBook, S&OP in the 21st century , “An audit of 50 corporate spreadsheets in 2007 revealed that 94% had errors… one for $100 million!” An error in forecasting made by one function will almost always have an impact on at least one or more other functions. And, who has final audit control?

Supply Chain Design Software 100

Supply Chain Design Software Forecasting Software Supply Chain Software Demand Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Today’s populist movement is about new winners and losers. Border crossing(s), port unloading, and global visibility are barriers. Today’s global supply chain has positions open that they cannot fill. In today’s economy, where both are under attack, it requires a different level of leadership.

Supply Chain Design Software 191

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design 191

Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

I am hoping to start a discussion by laying down the ABCD(s) of an excellent supply chain. Three Steps to a Better Statistical Forecast Setup. Arkieva COO – Sujit Singh, outlines three essential steps to better statistical forecasting — simulate, measure, refine. The ability to forecast in different time buckets.

Inventory Reduction 61

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Vendor Strategies 61

Arkieva

MAY 12, 2016

From Figure 5 we see a premium gross profit for Company 1 in the period 2004-2007. Figure 9 – Benchmarking product leaders, opex leaders and customer intimacy players in the Supply Chain Triangle. We start with defining the benchmark for a product leader.

Benchmarking 60

Benchmarking Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Strategy Cost Reduction Strategies 60

Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and was 307th in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 ranking. The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities.

Cost Reduction Strategies 54

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 54