Logility

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI-First Demand Planning eBook Learn “How Human-Machine Collaboration Cuts Costs, Error, and Implementation Time” in this free eBook. It unlocks a realm of possibilities – from continuous improvement through automated data analysis to fine-tuned demand planning and resilient simulations.

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Modeling Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 191

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Companies are clear on the difference between sales-driven and market driven signals, and marketing-driven in comparison to a market-driven process. A Focus on Error in Demand Planning. In mature S&OP processes, the focus is on serving markets. This is so prevalent that it makes my head spin. Fire the Apes.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Forecasting Supply Chain Design Software 321

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Comparison Overtime with Supply Chain Planning Implementations % of Inventory as Safety Stock Forecastablity Leadtime My Experience with Rolling Out Supply Chain Planning in the 1990s 50-55% 85-90% of items were forecastable with a COV less than.3 I was clear. Pete was right. I reflected on my experience as outlined in Table 1.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Forecasting Software Supply and Demand 251

ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

According to Ben, who oversees Chainalytics’s Integrated Demand and Supply Planning practice (which includes their Demand Planning Intelligence Consortium), many companies take last year's forecast accuracy metric and simply add a few percentage points to establish the coming year’s goals. Second, where should you focus?

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Forecasting Forecasting Software Supply and Demand Modeling 214

ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

By comparison, vendors have been investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to enhance their offerings. The company needed to decide: would they rebuild their own demand planning and forecasting expertise, or outsource?

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Gartner Supply Chain Software 214

BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

What your demand planning organization does is key to where it sits and how it needs to be structured. What follows is a high-level look at the processes that a robust demand planning function supports. Demand Planning Supported Processes. And producing the demand plan is a combination of science and art.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Days of Inventory Comparison. So to put the team at ease, I spoke, “Let’s test your demand planning model to see if you can be successful with your current approach.” Throughout the year, I struggled to help the team understand the baseline of how to measure the demand plan’s success.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For this blog post, never mind the comparison. The models are too different to drive a clear signal from sales activity to demand planning in the supply chain. Align Transportation Planning and Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP). This exceeds the 55% previously reported in the Supply Chain Insights surveys.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Comparison of Industry Players Within Consumer Goods for the Period of 2012-2021. For example, a “buy plan” for procurement. Traditionally, demand planning was chopped up into many applications—demand planning, forecasting by finance, revenue management, and sales account planning.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

By comparison, vendors have been investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to enhance their offerings. The company needed to decide: would they rebuild their own demand planning and forecasting expertise, or outsource?

Supply Chain Planning Software 136

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Gartner Supply Chain Software 136

ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

According to Ben, who oversees Chainalytics’ Demand Planning Intelligence Consortium , many companies take last year's forecast accuracy metric and simply add a few percentage points to establish the coming year’s goals. For demand planning, the key drivers to understand are about the behavior of the forecasted demand signal.

Forecasting 120

Forecasting Forecasting Software Supply and Demand Modeling 120

Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

Extending understanding and insight into market-driven demand planning, your organization and your extended supply network can influence process improvement, operational sustainability, employee engagement, and digital transformation. Data-driven, collaborative supply network.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Beverage Optimal Sourcing 130

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 18, 2022

Recently I was part of conversation with a new client demand planning team. If accuracy is trending the other way, the demand planning team can drill into problem areas in more detail to fix the problem. I constantly see such comparisons in surveys and discussions at industry events, with no mention of the forecast level.

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Forecasting Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Supply and Demand 52

Kinaxis

MARCH 20, 2015

by Alexa Cheater Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘ Are you keeping your demand management process honest? ’ Lange, Director of Demand Planning and S&OP Services at Celestica, examines forecast accuracy and the main components of a demand management measurement tool and process.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The answer is yes, there is a difference between the two although trivial in comparison. Traditional S&OP planning often deals with product families or wide-ranging product categories and though providing valuable data, this process delivers results at an aggregate or macro level.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Demand planning or SAP’s S&OP solution are easier to use. At the end of that biweekly period, the variance between the top floor plan and the actual output from the factory floor will be minimized. Mr. Bhalla spoke of one customer that has created roughcut plans in daily buckets.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning 196

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Don’t Confuse Demand Forecasting with Demand Planning The two terms are often used interchangeably, and this is often a source of confusion. Forecasting is a subset – a very important subset – of demand planning. For more on this topic, see my blog post, Corporate Politics And The Right Forecast Level For Planning.’

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Supply and Demand Forecasting Software Modeling 52

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Comparison of these profiles then gives us store clusters with similar demand, and based on these insights, assortment plans can be developed to address the difference. There are different ways of doing store cluster analysis. One way is to create a store sales profile using different product groups’ sales contributions.

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Optimal Sourcing Analysis Procurement Analytics Purchasing Skills 193

Logility

MAY 3, 2018

A forecast is not simply a projection of future demand; it is a request for potentially lifesaving products and resources. Demand planners need to take an active role to improve forecast accuracy: Learn best practices from other industries and applying these learnings to their organization. eBook: The Inventory Optimization Handbook.

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Pharmaceutical Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand 102

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

Does the platform enable scenario planning and comparison when there are different objectives or different constraints at play? Asena Yosun Denizeri is the Head of Retail solutions at Solvoyo and has over 20 years of experience in implementing Planning, Pricing, and Optimization solutions in global companies in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

While every company will agree that this data is VERY important, the lack of standard definition precludes comparison. It is for this reason, that we asked companies participating in our 2015 Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking to share raw data. Figure 1: Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking Methodology Overview.

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Benchmarking Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 150

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

A review of similar comparisons may be informative in an environment of increasing interest rates. My colleagues and I have used past relationships between GDP and investment spending to gauge the potential magnitude of changes to investment spending in a recessionary environment.

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Forecasting Modeling Supply and Demand Scenario Planning 218

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

MAY 4, 2022

Forecasting software has traditionally been the domain of specialty statistical modeling software companies, such as MathWorks, or has been embedded in enterprise demand planning software from companies like New Horizon, Oracle, Blue Yonder, and Kinaxis. Highly seasonal demand calls for different models than for steady demand.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Forecasting Software Supply and Demand Demand Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

While I do not want to give away all of the insights from the report, here, I share a comparison of the best performance in the peer group while sharing the results of a larger, more well-recognized competitor, along with the industry average. The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.)

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 366

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Don’t Confuse Demand Forecasting with Demand Planning The two terms are often used interchangeably, and this is often a source of confusion. Forecasting is a subset – a very important subset – of demand planning. For more on this topic, see my blog post, Corporate Politics And The Right Forecast Level For Planning.’

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Supply and Demand Forecasting Software Modeling 52

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Note the comparison to the larger population. The unknowing supply chain leader will send demand planners back to their cubicles to “fix the demand plan.” Tensions rise as demand planners attempt to do their jobs in an organization that does not want to engage with market data.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand 183

crisp

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

From demand planning to execution, Crisp’s CPG experts offer everything brands need to know for a successful holiday season (and the common mistakes to avoid). Create a demand plan. The first step to a successful holiday season is developing a demand plan months in advance. Communicate with retailers.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Scenario Planning Supply and Demand 52

Logility

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Entering “Machine Learning” and “Supply Chain Planning” into your search engine of choice delivers nearly one million results over the last year alone. This is a topic that supply chain planning people are thinking, talking and writing about. Type “Cost Savings” and “Supply Chain Planning” and you get more than 1.1

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software Scenario Planning 130

Kinaxis

JULY 30, 2018

And when it comes to your supply chain, the last thing you want is a bullwhip effect, as it’s an indication of a disorganized, siloed supply chain, and one that would highly benefit from proper, disciplined demand planning. For comparison: A commercial jet at takeoff comes in at 140 dBA. m (329 ft 7.5 A shotgun blast at 162 dBA.

Indiana 120

Indiana Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning 120

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 25, 2014

This OMP Plus implementation addressed a number of key requirements including a single user interface for manufacturing planning, scheduling and distribution planning, multi-operation network integration and visibility, increased deployment speed and capacity scenario comparison.

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Forecasting Forecasting Software Optimization Software Network Optimization 87

Logility

JANUARY 10, 2023

Plan for true demand On a single platform, supply chain organizations can predict future changes in demand and evaluate their impact across three dimensions: demand planning and optimization , causal forecasting , and demand sensing. Take, for example, a packaged food company looking to relaunch its brand.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 130

The Network Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Prior to today’s advanced capabilities around Demand Driven Value Networks, the prevailing strategy was to implement Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR). In fact some vendors have even published comparisons of the workflows in their systems to the structure of CPFR. What is CPFR?

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Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Software 177

SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain Planning as a Service has emerged as a game-changer, enabling companies to efficiently outsource non-core activities. Why outsource Demand Planning? Demand planning outsourcing is one of the most highly discussed topics when it comes to SCaaS. In a study conducted by Nicholson et al.

Supply Chain Planning Software 89

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 89

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

The goal of this analysis is to understand the value of the current demand planning process by demand stream. Measurement of demand accuracy incorrectly (comparison of units sold versus units forecasted monthly at a high level in the demand hierarchy). Then analyze Forecast Value Added (FVA).

Supply Chain Design Software 250

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 250

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

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 To address the topic, let me digress.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Software 286

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In Figure 1, we outline some of the satisfaction rates with demand planning and S&OP software. The effectiveness of supply planning and production planning software is even lower than S&OP and Demand Planning. In essence, when it comes to planning, success is a flip of a coin. .”

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Logility

APRIL 2, 2020

However, if lead times tend to be very short for some suppliers and longer for others, an average will generate an irrelevant basis of comparison. For example, average lead times may be calculated over time and compared across suppliers. In this case, calculate percentile ranks. 4 Update your data frequently.

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Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Purchasing Skills 157