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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management. Traditional demand shaping technologies are inside-out focused on order patterns and do not drive baseline insights across demand management.

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Apparel and footwear: At what point is missed sales better than excess inventory?

Kinaxis

In adidas’s recent earnings call, CEO Kasper Rorsted warned that adidas would miss its 2019 growth target because its supply chain was unable to meet the huge demand for its mid-priced apparel, especially in North America. For a company operating at almost 52 percent gross margin, that’s not an insignificant amount.

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American Software Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Results

Logility

and Demand Management, Inc., each a subsidiary of the Company, congratulated Clark Mitchell, vice president of demand planning at Kontoor Brands, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., each a subsidiary of the Company, congratulated Clark Mitchell, vice president of demand planning at Kontoor Brands, Inc.,

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

Electrical Home-Aids Pty Limited (Godfrey’s), Fantastic Furniture Pty Ltd, Herbalife International of America, Inc.,Omega and Demand Management, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized for Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects. Demand Management, Inc.

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions: Are the Benefits Real? Really Real?

Demand Solutions

Additionally, Demand Solutions works with Lora from time to time, and she was even a keynote speaker at our last Global Customer Conference. In a 2013 pos t on the blog site for her book, Lora highlighted seven demand management mistakes of the last decade. Here’s an excerpt: “….[M]ost

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How to Manage for Supply Chain Success During Major Weather Events

TMC

Delhaize America Shares Best Practices that Achieved Goals During Record-Breaking Storm. For perspective, Delhaize America operates more than 1,100 Food Lion supermarkets in the U.S. This January, the U.S. Began four days prior to the forecasted storm. Brought a cross-functional team to the table.

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Good People Can Make A Difference In Outcomes

Supply Chain Shaman

The first session has sixty participants across Europe, Asia and Americas. As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent. Most companies have applied the regional practices of demand management to global teams.