Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2021

Thanks to demand planning innovations, supply chain planners are detecting potential demand spikes before they become global phenomena – even when that data comes from outside sources, like TikTok or Google Trends. Brands don’t have to wait for empty shelves to take action, though.

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Silvon Software

JANUARY 25, 2023

The demand planning process must be easily understood and should convey who does what, and by when. At a minimum, sales should start with a statistical base forecast and historical data provided by the demand manager and make incremental changes each month. Configure your software to your demand planning process.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 27, 2014

Building next-generation supply chains – Supporting growth through innovative and responsive strategies. Key topics that will be addressed at the 16th Annual Supply Chain and Logistics Summit include: Improving demand management planning and customer collaboration. Organisation: WTG Events. URL: www.sclsummit.com.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) Examples Across Industries Retail Industry Retailers leverage third-party service providers, external manufacturing systems (EMS), and supply chain IT services (RFID, IoT, barcoding, etc.), allowing them to shift their focus towards core activities like market share and product management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Let’s take an example. Let me give you an example. 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. Technology change is moving faster than process innovation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I firmly believe that the movement of IT to report to the CFO has slowed progress in supply chain innovation. The number of instances is numerous, but to start the discussion, let me give some examples: Seasonality. Monthly demand needs to be consumed into daily schedules based on rules-based consumption. Reflection. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent. Most companies have applied the regional practices of demand management to global teams. Let me give you an example. Where Will Innovation Come From? Too Many Talking Heads. Too Few Facts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In general, solution innovation lags the industry. Prior acquisitions include: Demand Management, (often termed Demand Solutions) supply chain planning for mid-market, 2004 for $9.5M Halo was a no-nonsense provider of highly-configured supply chain management solutions. Logility is well-funded and managed.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Another approach is to begin to consider new and innovative ways to influence consumer demand in times of supply chain disruptions. This is similar to the concept of “demand management” in procurement, which involves reducing the total volume of usage for a product to reduce overall costs.

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Logility

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I tend to relate most anything to supply chain management and I find many of Yogi’s Berra-isms are quite applicable to supply chain planning. ” The use of product demand profiles for new product introduction is a perfect example how this Berra-ism is applicable to supply chain planning.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

The first element are the comprehensive set of strategies covering all the functional elements of your supply chain, including supply management, procurement, demand management, production, inventory management, distribution, customer service, and reverse logistics. How predictable is your demand and supply?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 14, 2013

F or example, o ne enterprise with which we spoke has moved to a dynamic bidding process wherein c ontracts only go out 180 days, and multiple , highly vetted , competing suppliers are given the opportunity to bid, partner and bundle groups of commodities among themselves to optimize costs through collaboration.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 1, 2015

Senior management must couple each objective with a specific goal that it can measure and act upon. The following are examples of corporate-wide management objectives associated with various supply chain management goals. Another example is “on-time delivery”. innovation perspective). Cost Reduction Goal.

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DynaSys

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

You will ask me, “But what is the connection between swerving a bike and demand sensing and supply chain planning in general?” Demand sensing is the term used to describe the concept of short-term demand management. Here are some explanations I can offer you. This is when we need a person to intervene.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovation and Partnerships are the cornerstones of our growth. From a S&OP perspective this means to be able to quickly simulate product phase in and phase out, innovation gives us a bit more than 250 New Products per year, and we invest every year more than $200 billion for Research and Innovation.

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DynaSys

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Demand sensing is the term used to describe the concept of short-term demand management in the supply chain planning. For example tools developed by QAD DynaSys are able to take into account information from “sensors”, interpret them and provide sensible reactions. This is when we need a person to intervene.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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. Elenjickal said that 35 percent of shippers are using 10 or more systems to manage their supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 16, 2016

We hear the words “innovation” as a source for growth in the economy over and over again. New ideas on how to manage business processes, digital technologies, ways of delivering value to customers, and supply chain linkages are all areas where we are likely to see new forms of innovation occurring.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For example, there are very few planning pilots where Oracle or SAP beat the competition on capabilities. For example, Kinaxis is the best optimizer for material-centric supply chains with complex bill of materials. Here is an example of demand analysis from a recent client. For example. Example of Data Analysis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2019

I shared some examples of how others shared data in a fun way. We discussed a marketing campaign to give the demand planners some love. In my research of over sixty organizations in consumer manufacturing, no company connects the VMI signal to the demand planning processes. Let me give you some examples. What to do?

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Asset management (or asset tracking) is responsible for tracking and managing the items of a company that used to make benefit and operate it. Asset management tracks equipment, vehicles, computers, devices, fixtures, furniture and essential documents. Instead, depreciation is used. With EMERGE, you get an all-in-one solution.

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Logility

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Presented at our Connections customer conference, the SAILS Awards recognize companies who significantly improved their business processes, deployed an innovative solution to address their supply chain challenges, or demonstrated an on-going commitment and leadership role in the expansion of supply chain improvements.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 17, 2015

Take, for example, this one: Reciprocal – Supplier Development + Supply Chain Sourcing: Full lean / agile / agilean supplier collaboration at the first tier + arm’s-length sourcing from within the supply chain, in which neither party maximizes their share of value. A good example of this type of relationship would be……what exactly?

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For example, let’s say you have one system tracking your online sales and another tracking retail sales. Take the tattoo tool company Black Claw, for example. We had 3 ecommerce stores connected to 3 different 3PL warehouse management systems, and I had to work 60 hours a week to keep up.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Those customers who were quick to recognize new conditions, and respond with innovative strategies, have fared far better in the face of continuing uncertainty than companies taking a more reactive stance. But at Blue Yonder, we noticed an interesting phenomenon. Part of the answer lies in making a cultural change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2020

I am sharing an example of three industries moving backward on margin and inventory turns. Management of Complexity. Kudos to Rob Byrne, this remains one of the best pieces published in the industry on demand management practices.) Focus on New Product Introduction Versus Business Model Innovation. My conclusion?

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