Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Last week, I shared a preview of the results through a webinar broadcast. Let me share some and see what you think: Does forecast ownership make a difference in outcomes? The best-performing companies measure and analyze Forecast Value Added (FVA), Coefficient of Variance (forecastability), Mean Percent Error (MPE), and Bias.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

As a result, the company, at the end of the five-year implementation, is unable to roll-up data to a corporate level to analyze the forecast or capacity planning. The technologies, implemented by a large system integrator, degraded the forecast by 31%. Register for the webinar using this link. (We Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

S&OP 169

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. In contrast, the traditional supply chain forecasts using historical orders and adjusts based on sales forecasting. The sharing forecasts in supplier relationships is of little value. Use of Channel Data.

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Supply Chain Trend

JUNE 29, 2023

In two articles, based on the webinar “XP&A in action: Enhancing FP&A Agility with Supply Chain Planning” , I will discuss the future of xP&A and supply chain planning. Financial professionals are supported by cloud FP&A solutions to collaborate, budget, plan, and forecast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stuck with inputs from the traditional processes of collaborative forecasting, and traditional definitions of demand planning, demand error and bias are high. These traditional forecasting processes perpetuate the Bullwhip Effect, amplifying and distorting channel pulls. Gain insights and learn from our webinars. The reason?

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Buying behaviors that were predicted to become the norm by 2030 are suddenly a reality. The table above, pulled from historical data in our analytics solution powered by Tableau, shows 2019 mean-peak data, current site data and 2020 peak forecasts for two of our active sites. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world overnight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

My forecast? Most are clueless about driving a better-planned order flow from tactical planning to procurement or transportation planning or how to improve forecast-value-added (FVA) processes. The most commonly deployed supply chain planning module is forecasting. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. The answer?

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