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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. In the period of 2010-2018, within the chemical industry, margins fluctuated, largely driven by the price of crude, but inventory turns plummeted.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical. Companies that operate separate systems for revenue management and demand management create a risk in understanding market trends and gauging price elasticity quickly.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management. Traditional demand shaping technologies are inside-out focused on order patterns and do not drive baseline insights across demand management.

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ThroughPut Inc. Announces Partnership with project44 to Unleash AI-Powered Supply Chain Capacity and Profitability?

ThroughPut

We are therefore excited to announce this ready-to-go integration into project44 as we help C-Suites intelligently optimize their overall working capital and prioritize demand management,” he added. Using project44, shippers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency and sustainability.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

They wanted to know, “ How was the market affecting the chemical supply chain?” DuPont as a chemical supplier to the market sits four-to-five levels back in the supply chain with extreme demand latency (about six months) and high volatility of the true market demand signal due to the bullwhip effect.

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Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go?

BlueYonder

Recommendation: Supply chain is normally a good fit for a demand planning organization, with “pros” based on all three criteria. In fact, the results of a recent survey published in the JDA Demand Management 2015 Report showed that 85% of demand management groups were reporting up through the supply chain organization.

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Building A Demand Planning Group: Roles and Skillsets to Consider

BlueYonder

Results from a recent survey published in the JDA Demand Management 2015 Report showed that the average number of demand planners in an organization was 15, but this varies widely by size of company and industry. Here’s a general breakdown: For groups of 1-3, you simply need to give each person all roles.