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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

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. One of my favorite supply chain leaders has a stack of Palantir reports in black binders on his desk. Evolution is messy.

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American Software Reports Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Company reported operating earnings of approximately $4.5 and Demand Management, Inc., ATLANTA (November 18, 2021) American Software, Inc. million compared to $0.5

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Demand forecasting is the process of making future estimations of how much of a given product will sell by location and time period. Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship.

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. million for the same period last year, reflecting our continued transition to the Software as a Service (SaaS) engagement model. and Demand Management, Inc., Demand Management, Inc. million compared to $0.8

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Supply Chain Metrics: Make Sure They Are Aligned with Your Strategy!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Many people are talking about Key Performance Indicators, Metrics, Analytics, and other indicators of performance. The importance of selecting the right metrics or “measures” as I prefer to call them, is critical as we all know that metrics drive behaviors. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. Managing the Contrarian Deep Inside Of Me It is hard to manage the contrarian deep inside of me. Almost two decades of reporting. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.)

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Future Procurement Capabilities: Supply Managers Need to Think like CFO’s

Supply Chain View from the Field

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.