article thumbnail

Essential Technology Capabilities for Supply Chain in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2022, an increase in demand even amid record-high inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war and other disruptions amplified these problems, and they led to many organizations being beset by a demand and supply imbalance. A holistic, unified view of sourcing that brings bills of material, master data management and downstream systems.

article thumbnail

Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies

Logistics Viewpoints

Our lives became more interesting with the onset pandemic, followed by labor shortages, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising oil prices, and the oncoming recession. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. This is how composable systems work. Examples of Composability in Supply Chain Planning Platforms.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. Do we have a demand forecasting tool in place and, if so, how good is that forecast? Moreover, with a pinch of advanced analytics we can start predicting the future events and taking preemptive action.

article thumbnail

Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the following economic sanctions spiked energy prices and created new sourcing challenges for certain agricultural products and raw materials. And future supply chains will rely on effective data collection, advanced analytics, automation, and control towers augmented with AI/ML technology.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. In the survey, 48% of companies were driving digital transformation, but the only element that improved performance was descriptive analytics.

article thumbnail

When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

With the mounting devastation in Ukraine, my heavy heart is a roadblock to writing. Technologies and processes need change. The disruption in Ukraine adds a new layer of variability and complexity to an already complicated world with many levels of disruption. My brain struggles to communicate with my fingers.

Modeling 284
article thumbnail

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

With the crisis in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation, fuel and energy prices are now soaring. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. SUPPLY CHAIN DIVERSIFICATION ENABLED BY TECHNOLOGY WILL BUILD RESILIENCE. GLOBAL CRISES DRIVE PRICES SKY-HIGH. Internal data alone won’t cut it.