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It is about time that we leveraged supply chain analytics

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

It turns out “insiders joke about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets” according to Requis. Eventually, quality of demand forecast gets improved, change requirements and corresponding setup costs are reduced. 2) Lack of access to real time data.

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Saving Supply Chain Planners from Chaotic Spreadsheets

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

It turns out “insiders joke about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets” according to Requis. . Eventually, quality of demand forecast gets improved, change requirements and corresponding setup costs are reduced. 2) Lack of access to real time data.