USC Consulting Group

JANUARY 12, 2021

Download our eBook Challenges for the Metals Industry: How USC Consulting Group Can Help to learn the strategies USC is applying to help our clients overcome obstacles, like: COVID-19 safety protocol challenges. Demand management decisions. Supply chain disruptions. Excessive cycle time or time for changeovers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. The optimization routines single thread through functions not enabling trade-offs across source, make, and deliver. In Figure 1, I show a Miro board activity that I like to do with groups. Labor Shortages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

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. I also worked in manufacturing during the period of 1978-1992 trying to plan demand. Tactical Demand Planning. The Problems.

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Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

In addition to widely dispersed geographies, our planning processes have to reflect and synthesize different market dynamics,” said Rowan Seccombe, Sales and Operations Planning Manager, iNova. “We We benefited greatly from the industry expertise at Logility and from their local implementation partner Demand Management Systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

To accomplish this goal, I ask a cross-functional group to audit the past year. As a group, we drill into root issues. ” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?” Many times useful data exists in marketing or sales groups, but is not shared with the supply chain team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The supply chain career is new.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

With the evolution of NoSQL–Graph and Cognitive Ontological learning–models can now manage multiple data sources as inputs while driving a forecast to multiple roles simultaneously in role-based views. Evolution of Demand Planning Based on NoSQL. Demand is a tough subject. Traditional Models. The reason?

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations. It’s the consumer.

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QAD

APRIL 10, 2024

As Steve Banker of ARC Advisory Group states: “ Demand management solutions that use machine learning perform better than solutions that don’t. … Machine learning is making it easier to explore whether new data sources lead to improved forecast accuracy.”

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2022

Polar Electro OY, Timex Group USA, Inc., With continued strain on the global supply chain, this past year truly underscored the need companies have for more accurate demand forecasting, inventory optimization and resilient sourcing strategies. Demand Management, Inc. Diversey, Inc.,

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

and Demand Management, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive as recipients of the Top Supply Chain Projects Award 2022. This marks Logility’s nineteenth year and Demand Management’s tenth year of recognition. and Demand Management, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. For this story, I have grouped like competitors together. The source of the data is public reporting of balance sheet information. The evolution sprung from chaos. It is easier to say than to do.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

SPARC Group LLC, Under Armour, Inc. and Demand Management, Inc., each a subsidiary of the Company, congratulated Clark Mitchell, vice president of demand planning at Kontoor Brands, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., Demand Management, Inc. GOJO Industries, Inc., Hasbro, Inc., Logility, Inc.,

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the first quarter include: , Berlin Packaging, Destination XL Group, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized for Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects. Logility, Inc.

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Logility

OCTOBER 22, 2019

IRI – Syndicated Data Source. DSR – Demand Signal Repository. MVDM – Multi-Variate Demand Management. Source: Logility, Inc. The Demand Optimization Maturity Curve starts at level (1) Naïve Forecasting, the lowest level of maturity, and ends at level (5) Demand Optimization, the highest level of maturity.

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Logility

MAY 10, 2022

Recognized for its high-touch approach to customer service, rapid implementations, and industry-leading return on investment (ROI), Logility clients include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin, Sonoco Products and Red Wing Shoe Company. Demand Management, Inc. Clients of New Generation Computing, Inc.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

and Demand Management, Inc., This marks Logility’s seventeenth year and Demand Management’s thirteenth year of recognition. During the quarter, Demand Management announced a strategic partnership with Royal Cyber, a leading IT consultancy and solutions provider. Demand Management, Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status. Separate financing was reportedly provided by funds and accounts under management by BlackRock. All rights reserved. .

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC, Dyehard Fan Supply, LLC, Husqvarna AB, John Paul Richard, Rhone Apparel, Spanx, Stony Apparel Corp, The Echo Design Group, Topson Downs of California, Inc., Demand Management, Inc., Demand Management, Inc. Color Image Apparel, Inc., Diversey, Inc., Huhtamaki, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ARC Advisory Group, the company that I work for, releases a number of market studies on a number of technologies. Distributed Order Management DOM allows an organization to capture all information in the order management process across all relevant channels. A lot of this fulfillment comes in the form of home delivery.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

and Demand Management, Inc., The recognized companies are a select group of companies whose customers recognize them for providing outstanding solutions and services. Demand Management, Inc. Logility, Inc. Customers of New Generation Computing, Inc.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 11, 2021

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) defines supply chain management this way: “Supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities. ” What lies ahead.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment. And complexity creates a challenge of how to forecast accurately when faced with new items, new channels and demand shaping. Most CPG companies have hit a demand forecasting ceiling.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2022

Augusti further indicated to WSJ CIO Journal that the company’s data science teams, having previously dedicated 18 months addressing the collection of high-quality data will now be focused on solving and providing insights to product demand management processes. Additional Insights. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

© Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023 first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management. All rights reserved.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 21, 2021

The shock has shaken up age-old demand patterns and has amplified uncertainty and volatility across sectors. This is truly a stress test for Demand Management Processes. None of our existing demand systems were prepared for the unpredictable pandemic demand patterns and has thrown the economy right on its toes.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 14, 2013

I ndirect sourcing is a particular area in which procurement falls short of its financial charter, as many groups fail to apply rigorous management to tactical buying of indirect spend items. Emerging Issues in Supply Chain Forecasting Procure to Pay Supply chain analytics Supply Chain Economics Supply Chain Management'

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

.” Even though technology can help mitigate or even eliminate some of those cardinal sins, Steve Banker ( @steve_scm ), Vice President of Supply Chain Services at ARC Advisory Group, asserts it would be fallacy to think technology can solve all supply chain challenges. Lack of a Cohesive Network Management Strategy. They are: 1.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 29, 2021

The shock has shaken up age-old demand patterns and has amplified uncertainty and volatility across sectors. This is truly a stress test for Demand Management Processes. None of our existing demand systems were prepared for the unpredictable pandemic demand patterns and has thrown the economy right on its toes.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. Demand planning can work well within a number of organizations as long as they can be incented, connected appropriately and can manage the group well.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important , you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it , here we’ll address where to put it. Demand planning can work well within a number of organizations as long as they can be incented, connected appropriately and can manage the group well.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Decision Intelligence for Demand Sensing This is an area where decision intelligence can really be transformative – it helps understand demand signals in near-term so that businesses can accordingly align production, dynamically price products to maximize sales, and deliver the right product to the right place at the right time.

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Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 11, 2016

By giving an organization end-to-end visibility from developing products to fulfilling orders, through planning and managing inventory, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery SCM systems provide the competitive advantage for companies to innovate, connect and simplify their business. Market Study: The Future of SCM in the Cloud.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 30, 2013

The recent press in the Wall Street Journal and other papers on Walmart’s fire in Bangladesh is raising the ire of corporate responsibility groups and human rights groups alike. This is not only an industry standard, but is now considered an essential element of low cost country sourcing, thanks to the pressure on retailers.

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

I recently read a roundup of all the research Gartner Group has published around S&OP. Master Demand Planning. All sources agree that one of the first steps to prepare for a successful journey up the S&OP maturity curve is mastery of demand. If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand!

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

I recently read a roundup of all the research Gartner Group has published around S&OP. Master Demand Planning. All sources agree that one of the first steps to prepare for a successful journey up the S&OP maturity curve is mastery of demand. If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand!

S&OP 100

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

I recently read a roundup of all the research Gartner Group has published around S&OP. Master Demand Planning. All sources agree that one of the first steps to prepare for a successful journey up the S&OP maturity curve is mastery of demand. If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand!

S&OP 100

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