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Want the Best Supply Chain Talent? Offer the Best Technology 

Logility

for corporate and technology jobs In Germany, 780,000 additional technology specialists are needed by 2026 to meet the estimated demand Globally, more than three million cybersecurity positions were open as of 2020. The result: a significant reduction in the amount of time spent manually tuning plus better quality forecasts.

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Outside-in planning: a big elephant that needs a bite-size approach

Supply Chain Trend

“ There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” Most probably he thought it was just too theoretical and too hard a problem to tackle. Desmond Tutu Outside-in thinking in theory Outside-in thinking makes sense. It is not new in strategy. It is not new in supply chain management either.

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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

I am continuing to work on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2026, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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Your Demand Forecast Is Wrong. Here’s How to Fix It.

ToolsGroup

But many supply chain practitioners don’t realize that the most common approach to supply chain planning–using a demand-driven forecast as the primary input to future planning–is just as passé. As I see it, this is a singularly frightening prospect for one simple reason: Your demand forecast is wrong.

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Retail Apocalypse Predicted to Continue

Enterra Insights

Back in 2017, Bloomberg journalists Matt Townsend ( @matt_townsend ), Jenny Surane ( @jennysurane ), Emma Orr ( @emmajorr ), and Christopher Cannon ( @homiedonttweet ), predicted the retail apocalypse was just beginning.[3] “As a result,” Wigglesworth wrote, “many big retailers are shuttering stores across the US.”

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A 2024 Outlook into the Future of Retail Promotions

Cognira

AI isn’t just a tool; it’s becoming the cornerstone of the future of retail promotions, driving efficiency and precise decision-making. The future of retail promotions is being shaped by innovative advancements, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). 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.