Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2022

Predictive Analytics in the Supply Chain. There a number of other ways that predictive analytics can be useful for supply chain operations beyond those identified by Bharadaway. Supply chain predictive analytics makes such a thing possible. That is the power of embracing supply chain predictive analytics.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Each year at Supply Chain Insights we study performance and improvement of companies in each industry. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. A Closer Look at Results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In my work with Supply Chain Insights , I immerse myself in learning. I continually question my long-held beliefs on supply chain excellence. . When readers finish a Supply Chain Shaman blog, I want to drive a set of unique takeaways. Figure 1: Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking Methodology Overview.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. If they are directing the demand planning team, forecasts could be biased high. MERCHANDISING.

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CHAINalytics

JANUARY 28, 2015

The post Chainalytics Responds to Market Demand with Upgrade to Demand Planning Intelligence Service appeared first on Chainalytics. Blog Press Release S&OP What''s New DPIC'

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BlueYonder

APRIL 10, 2017

Once you’ve decided your company will create a demand planning group and have determined what processes your organization will support , you can decide how to structure and staff it. As discussed in Part 2, there may be other functions combined with demand planning in your group.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. If they are directing the demand planning team, forecasts could be biased high. MERCHANDISING.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 12, 2019

Many supply chain pundits shake their heads in wonder as companies continue to operate with data locked up in silos. Siloed data and silo thinking are also found within the supply chain. This is much broader vision than the more limited supply chain planning solutions we have today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 10, 2017

Once you’ve decided your company will create a demand planning group and have determined what processes your organization will support , you can decide how to structure and staff it. As discussed in Part 2, there may be other functions combined with demand planning in your group.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. Today, they are looking to expand their use of AIMMS for other planning capabilities. These days, I head up the Supply Chain Planning division at Liberty Global.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2019

.” Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, believes too many supply chain professionals have forgotten the fundamentals of planning in the digital age. It drives a supply chain planning gal like me crazy.”[1]

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ToolsGroup

MAY 10, 2016

What’s wrong with aftermarket supply chain planning really has nothing to do with planning, but with management expectations. Let’s start with one striking example of a company that is “knocking it out of the park” with their aftermarket parts supply chain planning – Lennox Residential Systems.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. million employees without a focus on good supply chain management. When it comes to e-commerce initiatives by Walmart, the Wall Street Journal recently wrote : Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Demand Solutions

JANUARY 8, 2015

In my last article , I explained why I think New Year’s resolutions are important in the supply chain planning sphere—even for people who don’t make New Year’s resolutions in their daily lives. I discussed the importance of putting useful supply chain performance measures in place for 2015.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 31, 2017

The overlooked supply chain model. Companies are increasingly investing in their sales and operation planning (S&OP) process and tools. Gartner, an American technology research and advisory firm, considers demand planning accuracy at the top of the list of key supply chain performance indicators.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. Today, they are looking to expand their use of AIMMS for other planning capabilities. These days, I head up the Supply Chain Planning division at Liberty Global.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 9, 2016

by Dr. Madhav Durbha It is a great time to be a supply chain professional. Emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cognitive computing, and Augmented Reality are creating new challenges and new opportunities for supply chain management (SCM) professionals. But how can one obtain such knowledge?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2018

RFPs and powerpoint presentations are the worst way to buy decision support technologies like supply chain planning. Most consultants don’t know what they don’t know about planning. What is the segmentation of demand patterns by intermittent demand, seasonal demand, phase-in/phase-out.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

In a conference call with investors in February 2015, Macy’s CFO Karen Hoguet summed up the primary objective of most retailers today : “We are making investments in growth, we want to accelerate growth, but it needs to be profitable growth.”. How can supply chain management enable profitable growth?

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 28, 2015

Contents Supply Chain Movement 17 – 2015 Q2. Publishing date: 15 May 2015. – Launch of Supply Chain Professionals Club in Turkey. – Supply chain disruption reported as the fastest rising threat. 12 | Supply Chain Journey: demand driven on command.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2015

How satisfied are users with supply chain planning technologies? In the recent research that we have just completed on supply chain planning benchmarking, we surveyed 430 planners. There are more outliers in the inventory and demand planning responses creating longer ‘whiskers.’

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2016

To be fair, it’s nearly impossible to predict what will turn out to be the biggest challenges supply chain leaders will encounter in the year ahead. Millions of supply chains face unique challenges that vary across industries, geographies and business strategies. Supply Chain Cost Reductions.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In Part 1 of this blog series , we shared a spectacular success story that popularized supply chain collaboration back in the 1980s and laid out the path for all retailers and their suppliers. In Part 3 , we took a closer look at what companies deem to be state-of-the-art supply chain collaboration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The supply chain team was attempting to explain their demand-driven project. I had worked hard to teach the team presenting to talk the language of demand , but it was not understood at the board-room level. Figure 1: Supply Chain Risk Factors. Let’s make 2015 a great year!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Recently it seems that more and more organizations are recognizing that their supply chains are a key component to the organization’s success. So what does this mean for global companies and supply chain strategy? Not everyone has the necessary skills to be a successful supply chain design analyst.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 27, 2015

The Food & Drink Supply Chain Conference – Boosting Efficiency & Collaboration Venue. Date: 30 June 2015. Boosting Forecasting Accuracy, Service Levels & Stock Availability: Improving Efficiency & Collaboration Between Retailers & Suppliers For A Lean, Cost-Saving, End-To-End Food & Drink Supply Chain.

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Arkieva

MARCH 2, 2016

In good economy, you could look to sales and marketing and follow a top line growth strategy effectively, but when the sales tank due to poor economy conditions, there is only one thing that works best: An effective Supply Chain with a laser sharp focus on Cash, Cost, and Efficiency.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The pharmaceutical supply chain requires the right mind-set, real-time communication throughout and clear accountability. He is in charge of the end-to-end global supply chain for Merck Serono, a division of the multi-billion pharmaceutical giant, Merck. What is your responsibility regarding the supply chain? “I

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil. Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil, has an interesting story to tell about how she advanced from being one of hundreds of managers at Jabil to being a senior director at this Fortune 500 company. Jabil is a big company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 27, 2015

Last week, I interviewed Robert Byrne, founder of Terra Technology on his demand planning benchmarking study. This is his fifth year of studying demand processes. In this blog, I share the findings and why I think that they should matter to supply chain professionals in consumer-facing industries. Test and Learn.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 7, 2015

At a fundamental level, full visibility of your supply chain and a responsive planning platform are the cornerstones of the S&OP process. If you’re still planning with spreadsheets, that should be a red flag as it provides none of those features. Sales and operations planning for the metals industry.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

The Boston Consulting Group said at the 2015 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Marketing Institute (GMA/FMI) supply chain conference that 22% of polled respondents said less accurate forecasts were one of their top hurdles to improving service. Most CPG companies have hit a demand forecasting ceiling.

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Logility

AUGUST 28, 2018

The consumer durables industry is experiencing significant supply chain threats, from product proliferation, intense global competition, evolving regulations and constrained supply brought on by a long period of sustained growth as shown in the graph below. Supply Chain Talent Shortage. That followed a 1.0

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