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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 Conclusion.

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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.