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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Stuck with inputs from the traditional processes of collaborative forecasting, and traditional definitions of demand planning, demand error and bias are high. First- and second-generation supply chain applications defined demand management based on order and shipment data. If this is you, don’t accept the status quo.

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For Every Tom, Dick, and Harry

Supply Chain Shaman

Flow-based replenishment is a corollary to lean theory. In my research of over sixty organizations in consumer manufacturing, no company connects the VMI signal to the demand planning processes. Instead, demand, managed in isolation, is only a signal to order management. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.