SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Therefore, evaluating performance and creating a comprehensive digitalization strategy are essential for a distributor’s success. To maximize efficiency, distributors should adhere to the following set of guidelines for evaluating and planning their supply chain with the strategies mentioned below.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

When compared to the S&OP plan, how did the mix change? How is the baseline for demand shifting with the spread of the virus? How does this compare to the S&OP plan? How did the changing mix of the orders shipped change inventory buffers at suppliers? What was the case fill rate?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 10, 2018

It often employs statistical metrics like MAPE (mean average percentage error), which has hit a wall in recent years due to increased demand volatility and this approach's mostly backward-facing nature. Demand Planning. A multi-step operational supply chain planning process used to create reliable forecasts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

More advanced supply chain leaders model the role of complexity (product and customer), the impact of risk, and opportunity of innovation as well as product shipping and manufacturing locations, and inventory policies. The executive focus should be on the output of strategic planning into the tactical process of S&OP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Let’s look at some of the market trends to understand the severity: Lumber prices skyrocketed 60% in the last six months. For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. Let’s call her Mary. The impact?

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Logility

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Then, as is now, there are certain critical components of building a strong supply chain planning foundation. As Glinda the Good Witch says in The Wizard of Oz, “It’s always best to start at the beginning.” ” In supply chain planning that equates to developing robust demand planning capabilities.

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Logility

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Supply chain digital transformation is all about the effective use of ‘Big Data’ through the application of advanced solutions to simplify, automate, optimize and accelerate supply chain operations while minimizing costs, reducing lead times and increasing agility. White paper: Inventory Optimization – Self-Check for Life Sciences.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 10, 2018

It often employs statistical metrics like MAPE (mean average percentage error), which has hit a wall in recent years due to increased demand volatility and this approach's mostly backward-facing nature. Demand Planning. A multi-step operational supply chain planning process used to create reliable forecasts.

Supply and Demand 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

Demand volatility is escalating, product portfolios are more complex, and supplier networks are harder to manage. Supply teams are being pressured to reduce costs while demand groups are feeling the squeeze to get the “ demand plan right.” 2) Build Strong Horizontal Processes like S&OP.

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ThroughPut

MAY 2, 2022

Agile demand and supply chain planning is key to business resilience. It should be noted that the constraints – and therefore the rules – of production plans or even customer orders are fluid, and can often change in the time between when a material/ component arrives at the production site and when production actually begins.

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs. With predictive and prescriptive analytics, businesses can better anticipate market trends, and respond to demand changes, including near-term demand fluctuations, creating the right opportunities for growth and expansion.

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DynaSys

APRIL 9, 2019

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is critical to the business in keeping up with global regulatory changes, increased efficiency in demand and manufacturing of product, inventory buffers, and shipping and distribution of product. It is difficult to discuss Big Data without seeing the impact on Machine Learning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

There is greater satisfaction with demand planning than supply. The fit of the data model to adequately reflect a feasible plan drives success. This requires an industry-specific data model. I struggle to find both in today’s market. The SAP and Oracle analyst relations groups are big machines.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts. It is the era of digitalization.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 17, 2015

We have more data than ever before, yet we can’t see the inventory.”. Demand is more volatile than ever, Green notes. Managing data should be everyone’s responsibility, says Martin, not just that of discrete departments within the organization. Another problem is the fact that so much data is transactional in nature.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

While the goal can be to automate many of the planning decisions, keep in mind that there will always be tactical and strategic decisions that will not be automated but can still benefit from digital transformation.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 10, 2015

Increased volatility, more complex supply chains, more competition, and big data. Supply chain talent must understand and be able to interpret big data but solving problems still requires people collaborating to evaluate tradeoffs. The supply chain has changed. Today’s unpredictability is less deterministic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

Use technologies like IBM (Logictools), JDA (i2 Strategist), Llamasoft, and Logility (Optiant) to design inventory buffers and determine the right form and function of inventory. Focus less on sales and marketing forecasting and build your demand plan on attribute-based models based on channel data outside-in.

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o9 Solutions

APRIL 11, 2023

Isolated decisions are being made Planning decisions need to be made in a synchronized fashion, but for practical purposes organizations sometimes have to create functional planning departments. For example, the demand planning and supply and operations planning processes are used to manage the supply chain.

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o9 Solutions

APRIL 11, 2023

Isolated decisions are being made Planning decisions need to be made in a synchronized fashion, but for practical purposes organizations sometimes have to create functional planning departments. For example, the demand planning and supply and operations planning processes are used to manage the supply chain.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2023

Isolated decisions are being made Planning decisions need to be made in a synchronized fashion, but for practical purposes organizations sometimes have to create functional planning departments. For example, the demand planning and supply and operations planning processes are used to manage the supply chain.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs. Inventory control. It involves the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs. Inventory control. It involves the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2015

When asked for their top demand management challenges, the clear leader, at over 65 percent, was the disconnect between the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and detailed demand plans. Top among these is integration of a best-in-class S&OP process with their demand planning process.

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Arkieva

JUNE 21, 2016

To understand today’s supply chain complexity … there is no substitute for hard work! Take the sheer vastness of the planning domain. Our definition of Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SiOP) at Solventure contains the following steps: Customer-product segmentation. Demand planning.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Building supply chain resilience isn’t a new goal, but it’s become a primary focus for supply chain leaders in the wake of the pandemic crisis, particularly in the hardest-hit industries, such as food and beverage. It’s also becoming law, from pharmaceutical serialization to US FDA food safety.”

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 21, 2015

We discovered how retailers and manufacturers gradually found better approaches to collaboration, and more significant benefits, as their partnerships evolved, introducing point of sales (POS)data, inventory management (VMI/CMI), and collaborative planning and replenishment protocols (such as CPFR).

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

I am hoping to start a discussion by laying down the ABCD(s) of an excellent supply chain. View the full post or view the snippet below: I was talking to a director of demand planning for a big chemical company at a trade show a few months ago. Plan an Efficient Layout for the Warehouse. Read More ».

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

…for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) It was a long week talking to clients about integrated planning. At each location, the team wrung their hands as they told me their stories of “ Integrated Supply Chain Planning.” To use the Barnes example, in this blog post, let’s focus on simplicity.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

The logistics function becomes more professional and enables planning processes connecting the entire supply chain, from the forecasting department through distribution, production and sourcing. Demand planning and inventory optimization capabilities support Stage 2 objectives.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Cloud & Big Data. « The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities | Main | Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment » Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Human Resources.

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