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Container Freight Costs and Forecasting: Intrinsically Linked & Frustratingly Challenging

Logistics Bureau

Does your supply chain depend on container freight shipping? And are you struggling with cost and forecasting challenges? However, even with a consulting team on your side, it’s crucial to ensure your managers responsible for procuring shipping services understand the current container freight landscape and issues at hand.

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The fundamentals of demand planning and forecasting

EazyStock

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. Many external factors can affect supply and disrupt the supply chain, such as raw material shortages, shipping delays or natural disasters.

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The fundamentals of demand planning and forecasting

EazyStock

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. Many external factors can affect supply and disrupt the supply chain, such as raw material shortages, shipping delays or natural disasters.

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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

About Flock Freight Founded in 2015, Flock Freight is a technology company reinventing the supply chain through smarter, more sustainable shipping solutions. Flock Freight uses proprietary algorithms and machine learning to optimize the shipping process and identify opportunities for consolidation.

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Learning to Speak the Language of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

. <In fact, so much so that I wrote a book about it.> > Unfortunately, companies have invested money in traditional forecasting processes believing that if they make the forecast better that corporate performance will improve. Improving forecasting is not sufficient. Forecastability. Naive Forecast.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level. To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate.

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Maintain Clean Demand Amid Promotions & Supply Chain Issues

Herlitz Inventory Management

When it comes to replenishing inventory, or more generally, inventory optimization, demand forecasting is the first and last most important element. The more important aspect of demand forecasting is WHAT and HOW you feed the forecasting engine as “normal” demand. To know which item was being shipped instead.