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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

Learn to navigate the river of demand. Realize that, within the organization, the concept of demand as a flow is not well understood. There are many misconceptions that must be challenged: 1) Demand Management Is Forecasting. Client Example of Demand Management Across Time Horizons. It was an ugly color.

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Supply Chain Planning- The Manufacturer’s Guide for Accurate Planning and Forecasting

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This keeps them from creating smooth, synchronized and responsive supply chain plans to achieve the desired operational excellence. – How can it facilitate the best possible manner in which the requirements can be met from the demand plan created? Demand management. into the final plan?

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Supply Chain Planning- The Manufacturer’s Guide for Accurate Planning and Forecasting

ThroughPut

This keeps them from creating smooth, synchronized and responsive supply chain plans to achieve the desired operational excellence. – How can it facilitate the best possible manner in which the requirements can be met from the demand plan created? Demand management. into the final plan?

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Stuck with inputs from the traditional processes of collaborative forecasting, and traditional definitions of demand planning, demand error and bias are high. First- and second-generation supply chain applications defined demand management based on order and shipment data. Orders do not represent market demand.

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Yowza! A Nine-Step Decision Process to Help Guide Supply Chain Planning Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

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Speed in decision-making, speed in reducing cycle-times, speed in operations, and speed in continuous improvement. This has severely affected the smooth supply chain functioning across the globe due to the “panic buying” ripple effect. 5) INVENTORY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT. 3) END-TO-END VISIBILITY.