Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. As demand forecasting accuracy increases, and the standard deviation associated with the forecast decreases, the need to hold “just in case” inventory also goes down.

Forecasting 190

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Logility

JANUARY 13, 2022

Demand Management, Inc. delivers affordable, easy-to-use supply chain planning solutions designed to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service and reduce inventory to maximize profits and lower costs. Customers of New Generation Computing, Inc.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Logility

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Demand Management, Inc. delivers affordable, easy-to-use supply chain planning solutions designed to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service and reduce inventory to maximize profits and lower costs. Customers of New Generation Computing, Inc.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

What inventory book can help you to cut inventory costs? In this article, we will show you 10 best inventory book that readers at all levels can learn from. Inventory Management Overview Many people think inventory management is a clerical task but they're absolutely wrong.

Inventory Reduction 100

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Demand Management, Inc. delivers affordable, easy-to-use supply chain planning solutions designed to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service and reduce inventory to maximize profits and lower costs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The larger the global corporation, the more that the use of functional goals sub-optimizes growth, margin and inventory levels. Today, it is a skewed distribution with only 7% of manufacturing and retailers claiming to be innovators to drive first-mover advantage through technology. Measurement. Innovation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 367

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Kinaxis

MARCH 25, 2015

by Alexa Cheater Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘ Is your company being held hostage by poor inventory performance? ’ Poor inventory performance can create a significant obstacle to growth and profitability. Visibility allows you to see precisely how much inventory you have and where.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Whereas retailers once purchased merchandise largely based on the gut instinct of trend-savvy buyers and the push of whatever manufacturers tried to sell them, nowadays, they need to take a much more customer-focused and data-centered approach. Inventory is retailers’ greatest asset AND liability. Retailers are losing $1.75

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 156

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Vinculum

JUNE 3, 2020

Inventory management plays a vital role in building a sustainable, scalable and profitable eCommerce business. No matter how expert you are, how bigger or smaller your business may be, what products you sell, or who do you serve, lack in your inventory management can bring bigger challenges in your business success.

Inventory Management Software 59

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges. Against this backdrop, it is interesting that many companies still depend on spreadsheets for demand planning and S&OP , as noted in the recent survey by APICS ( see Are Spreadsheets the Answer , SC Digest, September 2013 ).

Demand Planning Software 101

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success? I don’t think so. Learning Stalled.

Gartner 334

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

Serving more than 130 countries, 40 industries and 17,000 customer distributors/dealers, SKF’s vast supply chain includes 94 manufacturing plants in 24 countries worldwide. Create a map of the supply chain network This is a view of how SKF’s items are manufactured, stored, moved, and sold around the world. million (SEK 82 million).

Gartner 248

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ThroughPut

MAY 5, 2021

How AI-Powered Capacity Planning is Changing The Manufacturing Landscape – a ThroughPut Perspective. The consumer demand scene is constantly changing and when you suddenly land in a situation where your product is in great demand, it can turn into a missed opportunity if you’re not prepared.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS will guide companies to achieve strategic value by improving Manufacturing as a Service, Fulfillment as a Service, and Warehousing as a Service. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers. In a study conducted by Nicholson et al.

Supply Chain Planning Software 94

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 9, 2014

In this video hear, Don Gaspari, Director, Materials & Inventory, Global Operations and Logistics, NCR, speak about his time at NCR and their vision to leverage it’s market leadership in self service devices and applications to transform the way that business does business with consumers.

S&OP 171

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. When it comes to distribution, primary distribution involves getting big bulk deliveries by pipeline and truck to their manufacturing sites.

Forecasting 168

Forecasting Forecasting Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling 168

EMERGE App

MARCH 18, 2019

Instead, it refers to a quality management improvement process used by large scale manufacturers. At first glance, there may not be much synergy between Six Sigma and inventory management. The first one is a highly disciplined approach to improving manufacturing processes, products and design. What is Six Sigma?

Six Sigma 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies.

Supply and Demand 155

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2022

Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the fourth quarter include: Ariela & Associates International, Bemis Manufacturing Company, Bondi Sands Australia Pty Ltd., Demand Management, Inc. Key Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 highlights: Customers & Channels. Diversey, Inc.,

Supply Chain Planning Software 173

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2021

I am constantly surprised how many intelligent manufacturing teams buy software from PowerPoint. My organization does not believe in demand planning. The lack of belief in demand management is a barrier for us. Avoid focusing on building a good demand plan and expect significant issues in service and inventory.

Supply Chain Planning Software 265

Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Training Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Demand Planning Software 265

Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

“We benefited greatly from the industry expertise at Logility and from their local implementation partner Demand Management Systems. To achieve its growth goals, iNova needed to unify and synchronize its strategy for supply and demand planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), and inventory management.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns.

Supply Chain Design Software 250

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. You need to be able to see where inventory exists, what capacity is available and what the issues are. by John Westerveld Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

Modeling 246

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Simplistic thinking of trading-off customer service, inventory and cost became much, more complicated with the shifts in asset strategies. As companies outsourced—greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and transportation—and asset utilization grew from 10% to 35% ROIC the management of the supply chain became more complex.

Supply Chain Design Software 287

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

It has about 6 million components which are manufactured in 30 countries by 550 unique suppliers. The challenge is balancing reduced material delays with rising inventory levels and longer Days of Inventory. The obvious challenge is the complexity in the A&D industry. No registration required.).

Supply Chain Planning 224

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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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. So a scheduler at one plant has no visibility as to the inventory position, capacity or material supplies at another plant. by John Westerveld. Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility.

Supply Chain Planning Software 263

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 17, 2021

NBG Home is one of the largest home decor manufacturing companies and importers in the world. The company combines domestic manufacturing with global sourcing. The inventory that needs to be held for an e-tailer is based on the forecast. Based on the retailer’s forecast, inventory needs to be held to meet the expected sales.

Demand Planning Software 159

Demand Planning Software Modeling Supply and Demand Forecasting 159

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”. 3PL’s, Contract Manufacturing, Suppliers, Logistics providers…. how they ever already impacted retail and brand marketing.

Modeling 263

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Will IoT design enable us to get demand signals from the products and sensory information from the entire set of physical infrastructure for planning? It is evident that this is crucial, as most manufacturers are still citing incidents of supply chain disruptions resulting from the lack of information visibility. What do you think?

Internet of things 236

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery. Demand data is not a finite set of well-defined time-phased numbers.

Supply and Demand 167

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 29, 2018

For him, this meant growing top-line revenue with less supply chain inventory. Ajay works in the Custom Fabrics division that manufactures and markets premium performance textiles, including Sunbrella and Dickson branded products. 2X longer than demand planning.) Leib Oehmig, the CEO of Glen Raven, Inc. had a goal.

Supply Chain Planning Software 0

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2021

I am constantly surprised how many intelligent manufacturing teams buy software from PowerPoint. My organization does not believe in demand planning. The lack of belief in demand management is a barrier for us. Avoid focusing on building a good demand plan and expect significant issues in service and inventory.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Training Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Demand Planning Software 195

Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2015

Even with the outsourcing of manufacturing, it has vowed to maintain high levels of service and customer satisfaction. Make informed decisions, and start taking control of demand itself.”. The answer lies in a more strategic approach to inventory and supply. Teradyne can’t just build to a forecast supplied by marketing. “We

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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Kinaxis

JULY 30, 2018

A small shift in customer demand essentially cracks the whip, and the further a supplier is from the demand, the more significant the impact, which inevitably leads to increasing swings in inventory for suppliers. How ironic would that be?

Indiana 120

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Logility

MAY 10, 2022

Demand Management, Inc. delivers affordable, easy-to-use supply chain planning solutions designed to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service, and reduce inventory to maximize profits and lower costs. Clients of New Generation Computing, Inc.

Supply Chain Planning Software 39

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ToolsGroup

MAY 15, 2018

You may have added some best-of-breed add-ons for specialized applications such as multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO). I t starts with horizontal alignment , connecting Demand and Inventory Planning with downstream demand sensing and upstream factory and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Supply Chain Planning Software 191

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