ThroughPut

MARCH 24, 2024

Demand planning and forecasting in the traditional sense relied heavily on a combination of limited and biased data and gut instinct. Not limiting this ability to just rectifying errors, analytics can also be leveraged into demand forecasting and profit generation. Why do you Need Modern Demand Sensing to Solve Modern Problems?

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Logility

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Process manufacturers in particular, with their reliance on a consistent ingredient mix, have unique challenges that require accurate forecasting to keep up with manufacturing demand. Real-time, actionable business intelligence for process manufacturing planning and production. Is inventory keeping up with demand?

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Introduction I was recently in a conversation about forecasting with a client team, and one individual, whose background was not in supply chain, asked what the value of demand forecasting is. The link between forecast accuracy and corporate goals is less clear. But that doesn’t make forecasting any less important.

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2023

Market-based demand forecasting to help you predict localized demand and placement of inventory Retailers are facing increasing pressure to offer affordable, reliable, and frictionless customer experiences. You can also check out Part 1 of this blog.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. They could also use just-in-time or just-in-case inventory management strategies to help them to balance their stock levels. What is demand planning?

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. They could also use just-in-time or just-in-case inventory management strategies to help them to balance their stock levels. What is demand planning?

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BlueYonder

JUNE 29, 2023

Market-based demand forecasting to help you predict orders and resources Retailers are facing increasing pressure to offer affordable, reliable and frictionless omni-channel fulfillment experiences. This customer example is just the beginning of a whole new way of retail and grocery planning solutions that we call Fulfillment Forecasting.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 12, 2023

Forecasting has forever been at the heart of efficient supply chain operations – driving the much needed predictability to source raw materials, manufacture products and fulfill customer needs at the right time, right place and in the right quantity. Clearly, supply chain forecasting has become more complex.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 25, 2014

‘We already have sophisticated demand forecasting. And that doesn’t just mean risk – that also means [the] opportunity to take advantage when a competitor is affected or when a new market opens up. While I agree that sophisticated demand forecasting and analytics are necessary, they aren’t sufficient. Now what?’.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 15, 2022

I was recently in a conversation about forecasting with a client team, and one individual, whose background was not in supply chain, asked what the value of demand forecasting is. The link between forecast accuracy and corporate goals is less clear. But that doesn’t make forecasting any less important. Introduction.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist. The timing was not great. In addition to working to improve the Franklin Sports supply chain, she needed to cope with the lengthening lead times created by COVID. Pickelball is the fastest growing sport in the US. Jennings’ name.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. My focus was simple.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2020

The key challenge is to not over-produce and stock up on excessive inventory , but at the same time be ready for summer by securing on-shelf availability and fulfillment. However, producers can’t just start food production when the first warm days of summer arrive or when an announcement is made that everything can go back to normal.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 30, 2024

Smart retailers are planning their wholesale channels just as strategically as they leverage storefronts and e-commerce. The challenge for retailers is that many planning tools treat wholesale as just another channel, missing the nuances that effective wholesale planning requires. In ToolsGroup’s latest JustEnough release, JE v2023.4,

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 24, 2021

Conditions of erratic demands, long-period metrics, and unavailability of raw materials have brought forth a plethora of problems, such as – Trouble Managing Capacity : With high peaks and troughs in demand for goods, capacity management has become a key concern. Execute high-performing product mix & sales forecasts with AI.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

What is Logistics Forecasting? Logistics demand forecasting is the process of accurately anticipating the demand for products, services, and shipments throughout the supply chain. Why is Logistics Forecasting a Complex Process? Are you Forecasting Logistics Accurately?

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Clearly, events change over time. Understanding how an event shapes demand is critical to producing a good demand forecast, which in turn directly influences inventory levels, resource schedules and assortment planning. You wouldn’t know it from what you see today, but the first Jack-o’-lanterns were made from turnips.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Retailers, in particular, realized traditional forecasting models that use historical sales data, were inadequate in predicting sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Market knowledge improves forecast accuracy and explainability. Market knowledge improves forecast accuracy and explainability. down to the store and zip code level?by

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Volatility The concept of supply chain volatility is difficult to measure and even more difficult to forecast, as disruptions are typically surprises. A value above 0 indicates that supply chain capacity is being stretched and supply chain volatility is increasing. The last few years have been anything but typical.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The video was liked, shared, and recreated countless times, creating a social media frenzy for feta. Two months later, the UK’s Guardian newspaper published a story about how Spanish chess maker Recapados Ferrer had become swamped with orders for 40,000 chess sets—twice the small company’s usual annual demand in just a few months.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 19, 2019

Bringing these ideas to life and delivering on commitments made to customers most often requires different but just as impressive skills and effort from the Supply Chain and Operations teams within an organization. The caveat here is that the level of commitment must still be reasonable, not just attainable and overly conservative.

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Logility

MAY 26, 2022

. • Effective, strategic demand planning is essential, and that requires implementation of the right supply chain platform with real-time data, reporting, and event automation. Real-Time Insight and the Right Digital Platform Means More Accurate Forecasts. Conventional statistical forecasting models are no longer accurate.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Severe supplier delays and material shortages have been felt on both the consumer and industry level – just ask any teenager still trying to get their hands on a PlayStation 5. Most supply chains just aren’t built to deal with uncertainty, whether from a once-in-a-generation global catastrophe or a run-of-the-mill material shortfall.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic the global steel industry was navigating significant disruptions that included steep price competition (China has been investigated numerous times for dumping), soft demand, and tariff issues. We don’t spend just to innovate,” Mr. Lassen said, “we need to create business value.”. What does that mean?

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 14, 2022

Coming out of the breakouts felt a little like exiting a nightclub at closing time, and the healthy keynote session attendance and lively expo hall felt almost like old times. It’s time to stop coping and adopt an “offset strategy”. Eighty-three percent of the workforce feel overwhelmed. Unlock your free report ?.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

Sennheiser has discovered that the large majority of its products can be forecast accurately based on statistics, which enables the company to direct its attention towards the critical products. Forecasting is not about predicting the future, but rather about managing risks. By Marcel te Lindert, translation by Lynn Radford.

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QAD

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Your supply chain can also “wear disguises” from time to time. Manufacturers often have to deal with multiple supply chain issues at the same time. Charlie brought up a very common issue where a manufacturer thinks they do not have enough capacity. The supply chain disguises that issue as a lack of production capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In some sort or another, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since 1890, and let’s just say that his record is iffy at best. ” I assume that Phil tries to ignore the pomp and circumstance of how his shadow would determine the upcoming weather pattern, and just wants more sleep (like the rest of us on a cold winter’s day).

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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. Miscalculated slumps, however, can be just as problematic. But this quagmire isn’t the result of silos alone.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a world rapidly running short on resources, businesses are experiencing an increasingly urgent need for real visibility into customer behavior and price sensitivity – not dated forecasts and assumptions – and how pricing impacts production, supply chains, and ultimately the bottom line. This is where AI comes in so handy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? The seeds for this current market were sown in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

There are just a few suppliers that offer both solutions – E2open, Infor, Kinaxis, One Network, and SAP. It is just visualized differently. The plans are made at a daily level, and then rolled up into the time horizon a planner wants to see. There is a vintage television commercial for Reese’s Peanut Butter cups.

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Silvon Software

MARCH 3, 2023

Having a strong Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy ensures that your forecasts, raw materials availability and production capacity all match up and that the factory floor can meet its defined deadlines. Following are just a few examples of how measuring on-time delivery can be difficult: Volume of ordered goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Agility to act on transparency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The key solutions are demand forecasting/inventory optimization, supply planning, and network design. But it is not just service level and costs that can be traded off. Supply chain planning takes place at various time horizon s. Each time horizon usually has its own model associated with it.

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QAD

MAY 31, 2022

Getting the right product to the right place at the right time and in the right quantities is one of the primary goals of any manufacturing organization. Many people just attribute seasonal factors to the finished products. Again, this is just one example of the many disruptions facing manufacturers today. This sounds simple.

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