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Surviving an Economic Downturn in the Retail Sector

Enterra Insights

But for anyone harking back to the last major recession in 2008, the stakes are far different this time around for consumers and retailers.”[4] ”[4] On a more positive note, Lacy points out that retailers are better equipped to deal with a downturn than they were in 2008. The reason, she explains, is digital technology.

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Forecast Accuracy: Keep Your Demand Management Process Honest

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘ Are you keeping your demand management process honest? ’ Lange, Director of Demand Planning and S&OP Services at Celestica, examines forecast accuracy and the main components of a demand management measurement tool and process.

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Supply Chain Management:The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

For those who practice supply chain fulfillment, that statement equates to inventory and proactive demand management issues, either not having the inventory allocated at the time of order booking, or hoping that suppliers or manufacturers could augment any inventory shortfall in a rather quick period. December 2008. April 2009.

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Supply Chain Management:Adding intelligence in the Forecasting.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

This also includes Demand Management process, which will be the focus of my discussion in this blog. The Demand Planning Organization which is responsible to sense, plan, manage and communicate demand needs to factor in the different Supply chain strategies that are to be employed for different segments.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Overall,retailers performed a decent job in forecasting holiday demand,managing promotions and overall inventory in the 2010 season. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Retailers themselves have shifted more investments toward their online presence.As November 2009. October 2009.

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Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire from the Supply Chain Insights Conference

Kinaxis

Some would call this “demand shaping”. There’s been many views on the Apple supply chain. They’ve ranked #1 in the AMR/Gartner list for 7 straight years, since 2008. From cash, to product, to dates, to future business, they align end-to-end very tightly to leverage their supply chain network. Answer: Nokia.

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Andrew Cox’s “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis”: More of the Same

Supply Chain View from the Field

Unfortunately, the most up-to-date reference apart from his own that are cited are from 2008, and it is clear that there is a major gap in Cox’s use of more modern research paradigms that are related to relational contracting and negotiation.