2022 Analytics Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing 
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 26, 2023
Current Familiarity with Analytic Concepts (Fall 2022 Snapshot) Preamble Supply chain leaders love their rows and columns. Like Linus clinging to his blanket, supply chain teams make most of their decisions on Excel spreadsheets. Most current spending is focused on deploying traditional optimization on relational databases.
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Enterra Insights
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Keeping up with and making sense of all this data is far beyond the capabilities of traditional analytic methods. He explains, “Machine learning excels at rapidly organizing, analyzing, and making intelligent decisions and recommendations based on large quantities of data. Tech journalist Christian Rigg agrees with Wang.
Unleashed
MAY 15, 2023
Wholesalers and manufacturers need effective B2B strategies to sustain business growth and beat the competition. Wholesalers and manufacturers face unique operational challenges that require more than a spreadsheet to manage. That’s where a quality CRM system comes in. Looking for a complete CRM + inventory management solution?
Unleashed
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. The question is: Where to from here?
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 18, 2022
At the end of a long day of a strategy session on supply chain excellence with a client, I needed to fill up some time in an agenda. This large food manufacturer used a popular technology to forecast monthly using orders as an input. The strategy day owner was a global process center of excellence leader. The result? Background.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. Bullwhip Effect at LKQ Europe Summer 2022 Testing So, why do we not measure it? Or planned orders to purchase orders?) Only 2% of companies are pushing forward in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis. And how do we measure it? (Is
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