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5 Reasons Why You Need Procurement Planning Software

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Introduction: Procurement Planning for Distribution-Intensive Businesses Procurement planning is not a widely recognized category of supply chain software, but it should be. The resulting plan should maintain adequate safety stock levels for each purchased item while reducing inventory costs.

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ToolsGroup Acquires Onera to Extend Retail Platform from Planning to Execution

ToolsGroup

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.

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POOLCORP Selects ToolsGroup to Improve Supply Chain Resilience

ToolsGroup

Joint Microsoft and ToolsGroup planning solution will support POOLCORP’s goals of improved service to customers and increased profitability amid demand and supply volatility. ToolsGroup is how organizations improve product availability while right-sizing inventory, no matter how complex their supply chain is or how much demand changes.

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ToolsGroup’s Robert Kaufholz and Mauro Adorno Named Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pros to Know” for 2022

ToolsGroup

They’ve inspired their teams with their persistent drive to deliver excellence and helped our customers keep service levels high despite demand and supply irregularities. In the midst of the pandemic and other events that remind us uncertainty is a constant, Rob and Mauro have shown their mettle,” said ToolsGroup CEO Joseph Shamir.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Two MIT professors, Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah, founded Celect in 2013 based on research they had done around how to model the purchasing choices consumers make. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Popular Beliefs on Supply Chain Excellence Do Not Align With Results. . The reason?

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. The answer: Both teams illustrate that past performance is no guarantee of future results.