Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. Procurement is broadening to include extensive work with spend data. While strategizing , keeping feet on the ground is important, and that's when data comes in especially handy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 20, 2023

My advice is based on the last year of testing new concepts for supply chain planning, quantitative research, and working with business leaders. I focus on learning from history through research to understand what works and does not and then drive unlearning based on insights. Together, we need to figure out the answer. The problem?

Optimal Sourcing 308

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. In this area of research, I find that companies are like dogs chasing cars. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. The reason? Discontinued in 2011.

Procurement Analytics 332

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I am a researcher. Graph technology leverages graph structures to represent and store data. Let’s start here: Data Analysis. We are not listening to what data has to tell us. In today’s processes, we move data into jails (relational databases) and then run optimizers. Improve Sensing with Market Data.

Supply Chain Planning Software 374

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AIMMS

MAY 4, 2016

Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. A Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) can help you start off with the right team structure, engage the right stakeholders and put you on the right path to implementation. Operations Research Skills.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 156

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QAD

MARCH 27, 2024

Having a good Supply Chain Management (SCM) process is crucial for offering excellent customer service. Research from Gartner found that 83% of businesses believe that the supply chain is key to enhancing customer experience. You should then process this data using a well-organized and unified approach.

Supply and Demand 52

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Silvon Software

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the volume of data and requirements for gaining access to it continue to skyrocket, it is becoming vital for organizations to find ways to aggregate their business information and quickly understand it. Today’s modern data hub facilitates this … and here’s how. Why Consider a Data Hub?

Procurement Analytics 94

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

I worked for AMR Research (now Gartner). His position was that the research that I was writing was not being aggressive enough in the definition of global supply chain planning requirements. What defines supply chain excellence? Only one company had backcasted to test the data model and the forecast engine.

Supply Chain Planning Software 251

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2024

Moving data from the enterprise to a trading partner in point-to-point communication is not a network. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) does not meet this definition. Many of these outsourced products have demand latency of weeks and months (shelf purchase through the replenishment cycle for a manufacturer to receive an order).

Supply Chain Network Software 264

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

The research focuses on lessons to be learned from the past thirty-seven months of disruption. We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence. Organizations that embrace and use data outperform. It will publish next week.

Inventory Reduction 241

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Data is a big buzzword across industries, but how about when it comes to logistics? William shares how they transform data into critical actionable information that optimizes and powers operations throughout businesses. Beyond The Data with William Sandoval. Our topic is beyond the data with my friend William Sandoval.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Linkedin Comment Donald Cavin Data Warehousing Consultant at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Use noSQL to build a unified data model across disparate data systems using a rules-based ontology.

Supply Chain Planning Software 321

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be little relief in 2022 unless the factors driving the increased import volumes—a strong economy and the fundamental shift in consumer behavior to purchase more goods and less services—change. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

Predictive Analytics Software 312

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

So, I smile, catch my dinner partner’s eye and ask, “In our prior conversations, you mentioned the lack of clarity on the definition of supply chain excellence in your current deployments and how this is a barrier to implementing supply chain planning properly. Map the data and process latency across the organization.

Supply Chain Planning Software 288

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ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Natacha Tréhan’s comprehensive research offers practical tips to get you on track. – Actions on the products and services purchased. – Actions on the way you buy. This means a significant risk of low commitment rates and low-quality (and therefore unreliable) data. Identify the activity data for each process.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 10, 2022

Several factors contribute to customer loyalty, but providing excellent customer service—and a top-notch experience–is one of the most important in driving retention. 6 Examples of Excellent Customer Experiences. There are plenty of other businesses ready to compete on price and service. Image source: National Retail Association.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Supply Chain Insights Training, 2024 The Opportunity Based on my research, I believe there is an opportunity to reduce the number of planning roles by 80-85%. The second disturbing fact is that business leaders cannot access planning data, so a planner must interpret the data. The dance goes like this. Planners answer.

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AIMMS

MAY 4, 2016

Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. A Center of Excellence (COE) can help you start off with the right team structure, engage the right stakeholders and put you on the right path to implementation. Operations Research Skills. IT Data, UI and Test Skills.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 120

Prescriptive Analytics Software Analytics Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Supply Chain Software 120

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One retail sector that witnessed a dramatic rise in online purchases during the pandemic was the grocery sector. Analysts from Chicory note, “The grocery shopper’s path to purchase from digital to in-store and other online environments has always been obscure.”[2] The Omnichannel Consumer. The Omnichannel Retailer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of companies had a digital supply chain transformation strategy; however, those that were evolving their strategy performed better during the early months of the pandemic than those that were “clear” on the project plan for a digital transformation. I know, a head-scratcher.

Supply Chain Software 393

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Be careful. Models Matter.

Supply and Demand 358

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Although these monikers conjure up slightly different connotations, they all rest on the fact that data is being created at an unprecedented historical rate. Keeping up with and making sense of all this data is far beyond the capabilities of traditional analytic methods. ”[1]. .”[4]

Predictive Analytics Software 264

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

We share this data in Figure 3. I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization. To do this companies need to use channel data to decrease demand latency, and then use pattern recognition and advanced analytics to define buffer strategies. ” Figure 3.

Inventory Management Software 262

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 18, 2022

At the end of a long day of a strategy session on supply chain excellence with a client, I needed to fill up some time in an agenda. The strategy day owner was a global process center of excellence leader. In addition, the company, like most, has a lot of outside-in-demand data that is not used. The result? Background.

Supply and Demand 251

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Lately, as I reflected on my conversations with John (fictitious name) when I was at AMR Research, I yearn to go back in time. AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Each is new and unprecedented.

Optimal Sourcing 217

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Let’s take a look at what happened with the major themes, as well as the research and analysis we conducted in 2022 to help determine what those themes will look like in 2023. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. Theme 1: Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic.

Predictive Analytics Software 199

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2023

And finally, how can retailers and logistics providers accurately capture data and act upon the insights they generate? Research has shown that about 90 percent of online users want to know what the return policy is before they make a purchase, making a customer-centric return policy important.

Cost Reduction Strategies 187

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 228

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crisp

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Walmart’s Luminate platform offers a groundbreaking level of visibility – and a large volume of data for brands to ingest and analyze. This article delves into the hidden costs consumer goods companies face when they opt to manage their retail data pipelines internally. Retail data automation: build or buy?

Negotiating Skills 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra Technology investment is one of what we believe will be a series of purchases to build inter-enterprise cloud-based software platforms to redefine supply chain planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

However, achieving and maintaining visibility poses several challenges, including data availability and quality, technological limitations, and interoperability issues. Supply chain managers require visibility to track the necessary components from a purchase order for production or to fulfill a customer order.

Rail Software 244

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. I also share data to try to convince you to join a guiding coalition to think bigger. Sales data has the greatest bias and error due to bonus incentives. Measure it.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides the second in a multi-part series addressing the renewed importance of production planning and operational excellence in this very uncertain and constantly changing business environment. Refocusing on Operational Excellence In the previous section, we identified a number of drivers for operational efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

Specifically, through modeling and simulation of a digital twin you’re able to ‘virtually try before you buy’ — modelling different scenarios quickly and easily without interrupting operations, or committing significant time and capital. Do they purchase a 3D warehouse simulation and modeling tool?

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