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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ThroughPut

JANUARY 6, 2022

As a result, communication gaps have become almost the norm, putting a company’s ability for capacity planning into question. Mismatched capacity during surges makes it near impossible to meet demand. These companies operate in silos, often basing estimates and capacity planning on incomplete data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They source plastic pellets and then use injection, blow molding, rotational molding, and thermoforming to produce their finished products. There was limited demand planning that tied back to our actual manufacturing capabilities,” Mr. Baker explained. They generated revenues of over $750 million in their last fiscal year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Botha that I had recently talked to a company that had implemented a supply chain planning solution, and then abandoned it. The problem was that when the planning solution spit out recommendations, and someone in sourcing or someone on the factory floor looked at those recommendations, they just did not believe them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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QAD

MARCH 27, 2024

So far, we’ve seen how data is an integral part of the demand planning cycle. However, completing this task becomes complex when multiple systems store demand planning data. It’s fair to say that your information is likely not unified in one system offering a single source of truth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Food and beverage companies are experiencing double-digit demand. Most are capacity constrained. For example, Campbells Soup is struggling to keep up with the demand for soup, potato chips, and cookies. There are not enough containers in the world to meet the pending demand. Sales are up 12%. Supply is the challenge.

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ThroughPut

MAY 25, 2021

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) in the food and beverage industry (S&OP) refers to an integrated business management process that brings together all the functions of a business, including sales, marketing, customer service, manufacturing, development, sourcing, and finance. Stage 1: Product review.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

According to experts in our webinar, “ How AI-Driven Insights Can Save Your S&OP Before it is Too Late ,” advanced AI technologies, such as ChatGPT and Narrow AI, have an incredible capacity for translating complexity into informed decisions that drive profit and growth.

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Logility

MAY 26, 2022

. • Demand constraints create financial risks as well as environmental problems. • Effective, strategic demand planning is essential, and that requires implementation of the right supply chain platform with real-time data, reporting, and event automation. Don’t Constrain Yourself!

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Logility

MAY 3, 2021

S&OP integrates plans for every department , combining the needs and opportunities facing customer support, sales, marketing, development, manufacturing, sourcing, and financial into one tactical strategy. Companies can also build consensus between stakeholders on any changes to near-term plans and forecasts.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

From sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, and storage, to transportation and distribution, SCM ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness throughout the entire journey. Planning ensures that resources are allocated effectively and that production and distribution meet customer demand.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions are one string in a wider bow that allows for complete capability and capacity to be analyzed, and therefore responded to. Each of these individual elements tick the parallel KPI boxes of saved money, lower emissions, and improved customer satisfaction.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

Equipped with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) demand planning and forecasting , inventory optimization , and replenishment , ERE can continue its current growth trajectory while optimizing inventory in its distribution network, bolstering the company against challenges like supply disruptions and constantly shifting demand trends. “We

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

Capacity planning drives production plans, cadence, and raw material procurement and has cost-justified an investment in small-batch processing equipment. But Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) managed to avert those risks by implementing Logility’s demand planning and optimization solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

(The planning team was defending the status quo without questioning current practices and how to improve them.) The question was, “How can I redefine demand planning processes to use channel data?” Starting to understand the issue with multi-tier demand planning? Granularity also differs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. The sourcing centers are key to just-in-time, same-day, next-day deliveries. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year. Making refractory products is complicated and challenging.

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QAD

APRIL 13, 2023

As part of evaluating current capacity needs, leading CMOs are implementing digitized workforce solutions, automating manufacturing processes, and streamlining quality control and continuous improvement initiatives.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Introduction We’ve written quite a few articles on specific aspects of demand planning, but we’ve never written an introductory piece for beginners or those looking for a refresher course. We plan to do this for sales and operations planning (S&OP) and some other areas of supply chain planning as well.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2022

.”[4] He went on to explain: “ At its heart, production in the Asia-Pacific region was severely curtailed for a period of time for issues ranging from the COVID impact on worksites to energy shortages, to port capacity limits. And there was no corresponding demand disruption. So, there was supply chain disruption.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

The paradigm is shifting from foundational visibility to real-time decision-making, with positive implications for supply chain teams spanning sourcing & procurement, to production, to yard & DC operations and beyond. Co-Pack Planning and Execution: What is the impact on shippers and MOD? Why is this shift such a big deal?

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Logility

AUGUST 22, 2018

To be successful at demand planning requires an in-depth knowledge of your business, experience forecasting your products, and an advanced demand planning solution. Many manufacturers find it extremely challenging to align supply capacity to variable demand, while meeting corporate objectives.

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Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

Extending understanding and insight into market-driven demand planning, your organization and your extended supply network can influence process improvement, operational sustainability, employee engagement, and digital transformation. Data-driven, collaborative supply network. Improved customer satisfaction.

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Logility

JUNE 15, 2021

Demand sensing contracts the time between real-world events, the emergence of a statistically meaningful mix of demand signals, and your response to them. Short-term forecast accuracy can improve by up to 40% or more with demand sensing compared to traditional time-series forecasting. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

They source from approximately 15,000 suppliers with a sourcing spend of over €7 billion. But even multi-sourcing is not enough. A supply chain is mapped, where components are source from, how they flow through a supply chain to factories and out to customers. Their revenues exceed €25 billion.

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Logility

AUGUST 23, 2018

To be successful at demand planning requires an in-depth knowledge of your business, experience forecasting your products, and an advanced demand planning solution. Many manufacturers find it extremely challenging to align supply capacity to variable demand, while meeting corporate objectives.

Supply Chain Planning Software 101

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Our panel delved into the critical theme of “Bridging the gap between network planning and operational execution in production and service parts logistics.” OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers should consider long-term forecast collaboration and capacity cooperation with their Tier-n suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 31, 2022

Like my toilet paper example, families stockpiled baby formula leading to short term spiked demand, followed by a lack of demand leading to production cuts, followed by a rebound in demand for which production capacity has not been restored. This is a recurring story across many commodities. Trade Policy.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 30, 2024

It enables businesses to meet customer demand without the excess cost of overstocking or the risk of stockouts. Demand planning, inventory management, production scheduling, and distribution planning are the components of supply chain forecasting. AI’s ability to process and analyze large datasets is unparalleled.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses can access historical data, market trends, and other external factors and, by plugging in predictive analytics, gain invaluable insights that streamline inventory management, demand forecasting, transportation planning, risk mitigation, and overall decision-making processes. Let’s check out the most common use cases.

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Logility

JULY 4, 2018

To be successful at demand planning requires both in-depth knowledge of your business, experience forecasting your products, and an advanced enabling demand planning solution. With greater forecast accuracy comes greater predictability ensuring downstream supply chain processes run smoother at less cost.

Chemicals 113

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 9, 2018

A single, unified data model depicts the immediate financial impact of plan changes. With a single version of the truth, planners can model scenarios for S&OP meetings, so stakeholders from sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and finance can assess the options and trade-offs.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As the global demands on supply chains intensify, SCM professionals must continuously cultivate new skills and refine existing ones. These include: Capacity Planning: Ensuring timely availability of resources, such as manufacturing capacity and distribution center capacity, to meet logistics and supply chain needs.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Speaking of data, as you collect and analyze more types of data, you get a much richer picture of demand and what influences it. Finally, amid constantly changing markets it’s critical to design contingency into a supply chain plan. Gartner: Preparing Supply Chains to Deal With Hyper Demand Volatility From Viral Social Media Campaigns.

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Logility

JULY 5, 2018

To be successful at demand planning requires both in-depth knowledge of your business, experience forecasting your products, and an advanced enabling demand planning solution. With greater forecast accuracy comes greater predictability ensuring downstream supply chain processes run smoother at less cost.

Chemicals 101

Chemicals Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization 101

Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

You need qualified, vetted suppliers in various global locations who can provide additional capacity when there is a surge in demand or disruption in supply. When this happens, you need alternate sources in different regions that can deliver the parts.

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