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SAPInsider SCM 2017: Two Demand Planning Sessions That You Shouldn’t Miss

Arkieva

From discussions on enabling advanced business processes and improving supply chain visibility, to supply chain technology trends, the SAPInsider SCM 2017 in Orlando Florida, is set to be a fun learning and networking experience for supply chain professionals using SAP systems.

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The ‘Secret Sauce’ to Improving Demand Planning

Arkieva

How do you get the sense of what works for demand planning? Related Webinar: How to Use Predictive Analytics to Drive Sales & Delight Your Customers ] Improving Demand Planning. Related Webinar: How to Use Predictive Analytics to Drive Sales & Delight Your Customers ] Improving Demand Planning.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. They are now on their third implementation of supply chain planning. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer. I have changed the names to provide anonymity.

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How to Perform a Supply Chain Management Assessment for 2017

Arkieva

Is your supply chain ready for 2017? With the end of the year looming, it’s once again that time of the year when businesses plan for the upcoming year. Making a supply chain management assessment takes a more holistic look at the business’ supply chain management practices from demand planning all the way to distribution.

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A pound of apples costs about the same as a pound of steel, yet steel is a complex product produced using high-tech metallurgical and manufacturing processes. Lassen views Anaplan – their connected planning tool – as a cloud-based, business planning platform capable of doing multidimensional planning with very fast solve times.

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Different Strokes for Different Folks (to Yield Better Results?)?

Supply Chain Shaman

They were very proud of their work in planning with a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers. So my question to the presenter was, “Why waste your time trying to improve a traditional demand planning approach when you could do so much more?” Today the order represents three to four months of demand latency.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 13-17, 2017)

Talking Logistics

And you’re doing demand planning with data that is old. By the time you get to the third week of the month, demand has already changed. The world doesn’t stop moving while everybody is having these meetings and producing these [graphs and reports]. This process] doesn’t make any sense, not for the world that goes very fast.