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.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 14, 2013

In this first of a series of blogs, I will be exploring many of the key themes that emerged in the recent Future of Procurement study I co-authored with KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Council. The first of the themes we will explore is the procurement manager’s role as a support to the Chief Financial Officer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. At that time, the demand processes were largely regional. Here I share my world view.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The report recommends shifting toward a new approach of piloting automation tools over mere visibility and analytics, which will be powered by AI. Finally, decision intelligence can help select alternate suppliers to ensure more sustainable procurement of material. Let’s look at the example of a US-based agribusiness.

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

This is especially true for those that work in and manage the demand planning process. Sometimes demand planners focus too much on forecast accuracy and miss seeing the forest for the trees. This sounds a lot like the definition for demand planning to me. And now back to that crux.

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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. This is the work we are doing in the Network of Networks group. Where Will Innovation Come From?

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Demand forecasting helps the business make better-informed supply decisions that estimate the total sales and revenue for a future period of time. Demand forecasting allows businesses to optimize inventory by predicting future sales. Importance of demand forecasting for ecommerce. Types of demand forecasting techniques.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 7, 2018

It is essential to get your demand predictions as accurate as possible – doing so gives you the best chance possible to capitalise on stock through sales and removes much of the risk of ordering too much stock which won’t sell. Predicting demand. Different groups of people can have different sales trends too.

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Analytics is a portfolio of loosely coupled methods for quantitative analysis that historically had “separate” disciplines or neighborhoods with common ancestors and occasional visits between groups. The credit card company wants to identify purchase transactions that are fraudulent well before the customer receives their monthly bill.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

A few years ago I purchased a sofa from a well-known furniture store. Supply Chain Software is Not the Solution. Many companies try to overcome this problem using ERP systems, demand management tools and other advanced software. I was shocked and asked why it took so long. “We Define the value stream.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 18, 2015

Indeed, a 2012 survey by the Aberdeen group found that reducing supply chain costs is no longer the biggest operational challenge faced by supply chain professionals. This conclusion was confirmed in a recent S&OP benchmarking survey, conducted by our research partner, Meridian Consulting Group.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Let us take a look.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Let us take a look.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Let us take a look.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. Designed to make the traditional supply chain more efficient, today’s IT investments struggle to balance demand and supply, and drive profitability. Orders do not represent market demand.

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BlueYonder

JULY 8, 2014

JDA’s annual user group conference was just two months ago, and at this event I had the opportunity to sit in on a particularly interesting breakfast meeting. It is a good tool to have from an exception management standpoint. This isn’t to say that having the capability to ship-from-store is all bad.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Managing transportation at this scale is the absolute challenge. In order to streamline the delivery, Coca-Cola implemented a vehicle routing software. The reason is that is the software vendor has a very good relationship with Coca-Cola''s legacy ERP software vendor. Detailed plan is usually presented on A3 sized paper.

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