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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The supply chain career is new. Let me explain.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. I hope that this helps.

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The Fight of the Titans

Supply Chain Shaman

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. The source of the data is public reporting of balance sheet information. ” The company lacked resiliency through the recession losing ground on margin and regaining margin control in 2014-2017.

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Why CPG Demand Forecasting Has Hit a Ceiling

ToolsGroup

Across the CPG industry, demand forecast errors increased in 2014 and were unchanged in 2015, according to Gartner analyst Steve Steutermann. Identifying the sources of error in the forecast builds greater accountability for the forecast. Most CPG companies have hit a demand forecasting ceiling.

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Logility Buys Halo BI

Supply Chain Shaman

A significant source of revenue for the company is maintenance renewals. Prior acquisitions include: Demand Management, (often termed Demand Solutions) supply chain planning for mid-market, 2004 for $9.5M MID Retail, 2014, assortment planning, price undisclosed. In general, solution innovation lags the industry.

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Essilor – The secret of a global & robust S&OP process

DynaSys

Zone’s demand management team entered the volumes with different “ what if ” scenarios in several SpreadSheets “ what if we lost 30%, or 40% or even 50%… of the sales versus 2019 ”. Does it mean you have included the sourcing and procurement departments in your global S&OP meetings? On one hand we have markets.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

There is more in-transit inventory–sitting on the water in larger ships, in-transit through international sourcing strategies, or work with contract manufacturers–as a result, to avoid inventory write-offs, the foot needs to hit the brake faster. This is all about demand sensing and organizational alignment.