ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

better customer service), and forecasting/predictability.” better customer service), and forecasting/predictability.” Watch our podcast on how supply chain planning supports sustainability efforts. Data Analytics. Sustainability. The days wherein sustainability was considered a buzzword in the global supply chain are long gone.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 26, 2019

ToolsGroup has a research project in progress to gauge progress in digital transformation of supply chain planning and early findings show that two of the biggest obstacles to transformation are fear of change and skills deficit. It feels like a tipping point is near, and it’s an exciting time to be in supply chain.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. Hardly a recipe for improving planning & decision making. The idea of Intelligent IBP is to close these planning, decision & execution gaps and grasp the opportunities that comes with it. And we sometimes already do.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

… The one issue retailers should we wary of — if this trend tracked by Coresight holds true — is ending up with too much inventory on their hands after the holiday season, if they’re planning to sell more than what ends up being the case. . And Coresight is expecting that percentage to continue to shrink.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

As supply chains become more digital, it makes sense to leverage the massive amounts of data being generated by digital transactions in the planning process. At the same time, planners need to remember that technology doesn’t mean planning fundamentals no longer apply. It drives a supply chain planning gal like me crazy.”[1]

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OptiProERP

JULY 19, 2023

At the core of this transformative wave lies the power of industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). This blog delves into how AI and ML are shaping the future of smart manufacturing. This blog delves into how AI and ML are shaping the future of smart manufacturing.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 12, 2016

It recently gained heightened attention with the movie “Ex Machina,” where an AI creation outsmarts its maker, escapes the closed experimental environment, and enters the real world ( ex machina is Latin for “out of the machine”). I see this broad trend applying to supply chain planning. IBM says we now produce more than 2.5

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While the Flintstones chronicled a stone age family with work powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons symbolized the future. “Lora, you write about cognitive computing often stating that it will usher in the Third Act of Supply Chain Planning. There is a limited vision of what planning could be. I don’t get it.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 28, 2018

To understand the feasibility and the impact of potential jobs loss through the automated machine learning, we need to look no further than what industrial robots did to production line workers. They do not discriminate based on geographic location, age, gender, race, or paygrade. The results are specific and measurable.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There has been a lot of news about driverless cars, and at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit there was also some news about “driverless” supply chain planning when two companies described supply chain planning with almost no human intervention. So what about driverless supply chain planning?

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 24, 2021

Earlier in the day, demand planning was a guessing game that relied more on intuition, instinct, and inclination. Companies that leveraged the data they collected to enable more accurate demand planning, distinguished themselves from their competitors. Why do you need new-age demand sensing to solve modern problems?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2024

Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives 1 , which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. Suboptimal allocation due to disrupted supply and demand. But today’s omni-channel sales environment has created even bigger challenges.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 8, 2021

In the digital age, it’s important to work smarter to add value to your business, not harder. Working with dispersed teams has resulted in increased demand for flexibility, agility, and visibility in all the processes, and inventory management is no exception to this. It’s time to make a change! Looking to reduce inventory costs?

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ThroughPut

MARCH 28, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) within different segments of the Food Industry, including transportation and logistics, production planning, quality control, and others has kicked off revolutionary transformations. The market size of AI in the food industry , including the beverages sector is set to cross USD 9.68 billion in 2024.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. This combined with the COVID-19 impacts on demand and supply uncertainty means that retailers are dealing with a witch’s brew of factors.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

Business challenges like sourcing from Asia with long and uncertain lead times now combine with demand uncertainty, which came to the forefront with the pandemic raging. This combined with the COVID-19 impacts on demand and supply uncertainty means that retailers are dealing with a witch’s brew of factors.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 27, 2019

artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive computing, and machine learning) play a vital role in digital strategies. In our current age of information, knowledge is most powerful when shared between multiple parties to arrive at good decisions. If we get it right, there’s an opportunity to transform the business. ”[4]. .”[1]

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

12 Key Supply Chain AI Use Cases Supply chain AI Use Case 1: Demand Forecasting Market instability is the Achilles heel of demand forecasting right now. With rapid fluctuations and uncertainty, predicting customer demand is like shooting in the dark. Inventory pile-ups. Unsold products on store shelves.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 28, 2020

”[2] The explain, “Traditional supply chains, reliant on manual processes, simply cannot keep up with the pace of today’s market; the processes for balancing inventories and forecasting used ten years ago are quickly overwhelmed. .”[2] Yet many companies underinvest in technologies like supply chain AI and machine learning.”

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QAD

MARCH 16, 2022

So much of what goes into running a manufacturing operation involves planning ahead. One of those areas is capacity requirements planning. Proper capacity requirements planning is critical to manufacturing success, as this process determines if a company can even deliver on orders. What is Capacity Requirements Planning?

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And now, in the Transformative Age, such a state-of-the-future supply chain has become vitally important. Disruptive technologies such as machine learning, the Internet of Things and blockchain are leading to super-fluid markets: fast moving, fast changing and frictionless.” ” Those criteria are: 1.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 23, 2019

We all know planning is important. While that concept seems straight forward, supply chain planners are faced with a constellation of articles talking about sales & operations (S&OP) planning, demand planning, integrated business planning, periodic planning, continuous planning, concurrent planning, and the list goes on.

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BlueYonder

JULY 31, 2020

Blue Yonder and WMG, University of Warwick recently released a report exploring the digital readiness of today’s retail supply chains with only 15% of global retailers reporting prescriptive or autonomous supply chains driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

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ThroughPut

JUNE 8, 2021

In the digital age, it’s important to work smarter to add value to your business, not harder. Working with dispersed teams has resulted in increased demand for flexibility, agility, and visibility in all the processes, and inventory management is no exception to this. . It’s time to make a change! Looking to reduce inventory costs?

Inventory Reduction 52

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BlueYonder

JUNE 14, 2021

IHL’s latest report on the future of grocery shows some hard lessons learned from the 2020 disruptions, especially when it comes to inventory accuracy. As online shopping grew significantly, the age-old OOS problem was magnified. It’s not enough to have accurate demand predictions. Online’s a completely different story.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 10, 2019

and China has been a ping-pong-like match for the ages, sending tariffs flying back and forth. To help shed some light on the situation, you can read our previous blog where we outlined a recent timeline of events and talked about what uncertainty around tariffs means for retailers. Consumers plan to spend less this holiday season.

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a continuous business process that enables firms from hospitals to chemicals to respond to emerging situations intelligently. To learn more, please read my previous blog ‘ A Guide to Supply Chain Management: Making Intuition More Valuable ’. What is analytics?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been around for three decades. ”[1] Corporate alignment and planning remain important goals. ”[1] Corporate alignment and planning remain important goals. Cecere writes, “Companies, [on] average, [have] ten ERP and five Advanced Planning Solutions.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 10, 2019

and China has been a ping-pong-like match for the ages, sending tariffs flying back and forth. To help shed some light on the situation, you can read our previous blog where we outlined a recent timeline of events and talked about what uncertainty around tariffs means for retailers. Consumers plan to spend less this holiday season.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

And according to a recent survey of logistics professionals, reported by Supply Chain 24/7 , “A combined 61% of research participants indicated that improving forecast accuracy is either ‘important’ or ‘extremely important’ for their organizations. What’s the Difference Between Freight Management and Logistics Management?

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American Global Logistics

JULY 5, 2023

That means it’s time to recommend some relevant books, articles, blog posts, podcasts, and videos to make the most of your summer. provide useful analysis, interpretation, forecasts, and perspectives covering industry news, business global affairs, economics, and policy/regulatory issues. These books, articles, etc.,

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

”[1] She adds, “To meet the demand of this ‘omnichannel imperative’, retailers will have to redesign their supply chains, as well as focus on demand driven processes to deliver the needs of the new consumer.” Consumer buying habits have become increasingly focused on ecommerce for a few years now. ”[3].

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JDA software

JANUARY 8, 2019

A unified commerce environment, an on-demand marketplace, social media, growing competition and new technologies mean an evolution in the way we shop. Everything is changing – from pricing and planning the just right product assortments to forecasting demand and creating an unforgettable in-store experience.

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Bristlecone

JULY 1, 2020

Because customers are more demanding, organizations are now forced to produce more personalized products (made to order), rather than rely on traditional manufacturing models, where different variants are produced and then sold into the market (made to stock). BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION. HOW DDMRP BENEFITS BUSINESSES.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 27, 2022

Necessity of Supply Chain Planning Software in Vertical Integration. In this article, we’ll break down what vertical integration is, its benefits and disadvantages, its application in supply chain, and the factors to consider when deciding whether it’s the correct strategy for your company. Types of Vertical Integration.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

He is the founder of the SCMDOJO blog, podcast and educational platform , and is a widely celebrated thought leader with a large following. My professional history in supply chain has mostly been in manufacturing and sales and operations planning. The people I want to talk to are aged 22 to 35. Highlights from the conversation.

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OptiProERP

MARCH 4, 2019

In our blog, “What is Intelligent ERP?” , we looked at the enablers of digital business: cloud, mobile technologies, analytics, the internet of things (IoT), big data, and machine learning, all leading to smart factories. Imagine you have 50 different products, all made on various machines, of which you have 12.

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