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My Take: Let’s Admit Seven Demand Management Mistakes of the Last Decade

Supply Chain Shaman

After two decades of process and technology refinement, excellence in demand management still eludes supply chain teams. Companies are the most satisfied with warehouse and transportation management and the least satisfied with demand planning. Supply Chain Management (SCM) concepts are now thirty-years old.

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Gain a Leading Edge in Inventory Management through Digital Transformation

DELMIA Quintiq

For manufacturers aiming to unify their inventory management, digital transformation is the answer. Equipped with DELMIA solutions, you can gain superior control over your supply and demand management and inventory flow. And ultimately, you will gain a competitive advantage in building a future-ready company.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

As a part of this due diligence, I interviewed the Company, participated in briefings, and talked to references and employees to write this article. 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.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

SCMDOJO

Companies with advanced supply chain practices excel in delivering quality third-party logistics management, SKU optimization, efficient transport management, and swift handling of B2B/B2C shipments. According to an article by SCMDOJO, SLAs are an underutilized tool in the supply chain.

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Post Award Contract Management: Soft Skills Differentiate Success

Supply Chain View from the Field

I recently spoke with an oil and gas executive, who shared with me his thoughts on post-award contract management. He noted that “Demand management and specification management are some of the biggest problems encountered in post-award contracting. Most operators aren’t set up to do this.

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Maybe its time for consumers to consume less…Market Satiation as a new supply chain strategy

NC State SCRC

This is similar to the concept of “demand management” in procurement, which involves reducing the total volume of usage for a product to reduce overall costs. Satiation marketing involves marketing efforts to cap demand in the hopes of improving system operations.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. Streamline standards , including in procurement, packaging, and delivery.