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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. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The Rubikloud acquisition was a $60M cash purchase.

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How to Select Supply Chain Planning Software

ToolsGroup

Gartner’s report, “10 Steps to Select Supply Chain Planning Technology Effectively” offers advice for how to select supply chain planning software by understanding how all the different pieces of technology fit together, and following steps to ensure your SCP technology works for you and doesn’t become “shelfware”. Run Light Demo Sessions.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. During 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meatpacking Company places a hold on the project. Maximize the value of your purchase. Avoid Custom Code.

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Revenge Festivities: How To Power Up Your Retail Last-Mile Fulfillment To Meet Soaring Demand

Locus

According to McKinsey’s latest consumer pulse survey, Spending in March 2020 was down by 18% as compared to two years later. To provide consumer experiences for your online shoppers after they make their purchases, click here. Schedule Demo. Talk to Our Experts. What to anticipate during year-end festivities?

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Explaining the Bottleneck: The Champagne Shortage of 2021

o9 Solutions

As reported in Fortune : “Champagne sales were up 88.5% Moët Hennessy—which includes Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Ruinart, and Veuve Clicquot within its Champagne portfolio—reported a 22% rise in Champagne sales for the first three months of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2020.”

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How Opna Bio SA Built a Successful Procurement Process as a Biotech Startup

Precoro

Their dedicated teams are driven by four core values: Commitment to patients Scientific curiosity Integrity Teamwork Opna Bio SA’s team decided to implement purchasing software during the company formation to ensure smooth operations. Odallo also processes all purchase orders and sets up new suppliers in the system. She and Ms.

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Thriving In ‘The New Normal’ With 5 Demand Forecasting Models

ThroughPut

With COVID-19 shattering most of the old ways of predicting demand and inventory management challenges and uncertainty persisting across several dimensions along with deep changes in consumer behavior, it has become crucial for businesses to understand these new patterns. Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands.