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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

Low volume inconsistent demand. Use this data to understand demand predictability. If demand error is extremely high, traditional demand management techniques are of limited value. To tie the demand analysis to customer service, map products into categories and plot the long tail of the supply chain.

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Vanguard Voice – Issue 105

Vanguard Software

Supply & Demand Chain Executive – Shipping Woes Begin to Unravel, Even as Supply Chain Disruptions Plague the Industry. Forbes – How Traffic Congestion In Chicago Is Backing Things Up In Los Angeles: Pipeline Inventory Is Now A Big Logistics Problem. How Demand Management Enables Supply Chain Resiliency.

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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. Learn more at project44.com. About ThroughPut Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Chicago based Loop was founded in 2021 when many businesses struggled with added logistics disruption brought about be the Covid-19 global pandemic. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and Index Ventures.

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FourKites Visibility 2023: CONNECTED

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended FourKites Visibility 2023 in Chicago, IL. A disruption in one function impacts all other functions across the supply chain, including supplier management, order management, transportation management, warehouse management, and demand management.

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Can Improving Forecast Accuracy Address Our Demand Planning Woes?

Logistics Viewpoints

Algorithm aversion is the term coined by a trio of researchers from the University of Chicago and Wharton, whose studies observe that humans are more forgiving of what they perceive to be mistakes when made by humans than when made by an algorithm. If people think the model is wrong, they lose confidence in “the box” but not in the human.

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For Every Tom, Dick, and Harry

Supply Chain Shaman

In my research of over sixty organizations in consumer manufacturing, no company connects the VMI signal to the demand planning processes. Instead, demand, managed in isolation, is only a signal to order management. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , September 3rd-6th, 2019, at UI Labs, Chicago, IL. I was wrong.