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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite supply chain leaders has a stack of Palantir reports in black binders on his desk. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management.

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Good People Can Make A Difference In Outcomes

Supply Chain Shaman

I miss the days of Walter Cronkite reporting the news. As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent. Most companies have applied the regional practices of demand management to global teams. The 2017 Gartner Top 25 beauty contest is over.

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2017, when I moved, I bought an old car. Bring up a parallel demand management solution using market data (point of sale, distributor data, and market indicators) and look for trends. Make this demand management an operational desktop tool and don’t tie it into traditional IT systems. Use Channel Data.