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Three Cool Technologies

Supply Chain Shaman

While I am advocating rethinking supply chain planning, for some consultants, the only path forward is the adoption of DDRMP. No matter what I write on demand planning, the response is to blindly deploy DDMRP. He is a great thinker on inventory planning and demand management.I

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

I also believe that forecasting plays a vital role in determining the rules for inventory buffers, driving market-to-market orchestration, and defining the principles for network design. The disconnects grow with Carol’s recent work on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). (I Focus on managing form and function of inventory.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

In the global fashion and luxury goods market, ever-higher customer expectations, combined with demographic and economic shifts, are making it increasingly difficult to predict consumer behaviour and plan accordingly. Fashion and luxury goods manufacturers are defining their own seasons, which is making the planning of campaigns more complex.