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How to support IBP with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

.* When applied to S&OP and IBP, modeling and optimization enable you to balance out scenarios and perform what-if analyses so you can analyze how these different scenarios will affect your inventory and/or cost. Should we increase our inventory? You can do all of this and more with an optimization technology.

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How to support your S&OP and IBP Process with Modeling and Optimization

AIMMS

When applied to S&OP and IBP, modeling and optimization enable you to balance out scenarios and perform what-if analyses so you can analyze how these different scenarios will affect your inventory and/or cost. Should we increase our inventory? You can do all of this and more with an optimization technology.

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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

But growing conditions took “a dramatic turn” in December, with dryness attributed to La Niña setting in across southern Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters market analyst Karen Braun. But those who are best prepared have already taken measures such as building up inventories of sensitive commodities.

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How Product Teams Contribute to New Product Introduction (NPI) Success

Arena Solutions

Sales regions—there are different considerations if you’re selling domestically than there are if you’d like to expand your customer base to Europe, China, India or Brazil). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) —for purchasing, inventory, order administration, and finance. Standard after receipt of order (ARO) requirements.

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Life Sciences: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?

QAD

adopted similar regulations prior to COVID-19 around unique device identification (UDI), and many other countries are now accelerating deadlines, including China, India, Canada, Brazil and others with the ultimate goal of improving patient safety. The post Life Sciences: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?

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Scaling Digital Manufacturing From Pilot To Production

IQMS

Analytics for quality management and inventory optimization are the pilots most likely to progress to production rollouts. You can download the report here (PDF, 24 pp., For additional details on the methodology, please see page 7 of the study accessible here online or download the PDF here. no opt-in).

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Someone remembered they still had inventory of the old bottles, a eureka moment built on human expertise and institutional memory, features that a system doesn’t possess, even when enhanced with AI.