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Three Cool Technologies

Supply Chain Shaman

I get the fact that today’s forecasts are not good enough to drive replenishment, and that rules-based consumption to translate monthly demand to daily demand was a mistake. They calculate the buffer based on what is close to a naive forecast based on incoming orders. (In In my simple mind, I think of this as a forecast… ).

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

The Demand-driven Institute under the leadership of Chad Smith and Carol Pak advances a very different definition of demand-driven than the prior models Demand-Driven Models defined by AMR Research (now Gartner). The tactic rectifies the close coupling of the forecast into material requirements (which was sorely needed).

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The Year in Logistics: Most Popular Articles from 2020

Logistics Viewpoints

AI is Changing Everything We Thought About Forecasting Demand ; Vikram Srinivasan (Llamasoft). Chad Collins, the CEO of HighJump, formally announced the transition of HighJump to Körber Supply Chain, and further stated that all of the twelve Körber Supply Chain companies will transfer to the Körber brand by this summer.

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Smart Cities Should Focus on Helping People

Enterra Insights

They are: “Firstly, any technological evolution should be approached with humanity in mind, using AI and algorithms to develop decision-making and forecasting processes to complement human creativity or reduce margin of error. 1] Chad Prevost, “ McKinsey: smart cities are about people ,” Freight Waves, 7 August 2018. [2]

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Smart Cities Should Focus on Helping People

Enterra Insights

They are: “Firstly, any technological evolution should be approached with humanity in mind, using AI and algorithms to develop decision-making and forecasting processes to complement human creativity or reduce margin of error. 1] Chad Prevost, “ McKinsey: smart cities are about people ,” Freight Waves, 7 August 2018. [2]

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Demand Driven: Can We Sidestep Religious Arguments?

Supply Chain Shaman

However, we disagree on the principles of forecasting and the use of demand sensing technologies. 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. 3) Redefine Forecasting. I will stop here.

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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

Chad Bown is well-known as an established economist, a Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and host of the “Trade Talks” podcast. . economic forecaster of the year in both 2003 and 2014. . Twitter: @ChadBown. He also won the Wall Street Journal’s U.S.