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”. Sure, we’re concerned, and in some cases stocking more inventory at local distribution centers. Some people call this “Big Data”.

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BlueYonder

JULY 8, 2014

The meeting touched on some “vision” topics in retailing and an industry analyst that I was sitting next to, Greg Girard from IDC, offered a statement along the lines of “retailers should try to never ship from the store.” It might have been a distribution or fulfillment center where online orders are more commonly shipped from.

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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 second is about controlling and managing the stock of raw materials, semi-finished goods and final products. What is Six Sigma?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

That means that the holiday shipping season is in full swing too. There are five major technologies included in the study: warehouse management systems (WMS), transportation management systems (TMS), distributed order management (DOM), inventory optimization/store replenishment, and demand planning.

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Alloy

AUGUST 20, 2019

This metric is the best indicator of true demand because it measures when an end consumer actually buys a product, not just when a retailer places an orders, or sell-in. Ideally, you want to collect and analyze this data at the store level to gain insight into geographic preferences and allocate inventory accordingly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As companies become more mature, the definition of location changes moving from a ship-from location to a ship-to-location to be more customer-centric.). Monthly demand needs to be consumed into daily schedules based on rules-based consumption. Consumption is managed by rules, policies, and optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 17, 2021

Half of those ecommerce orders are fulfilled using drop shipping. 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. This better forecasting allows NBG to hold less inventory per sale.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. They will aim to have enough stock to avoid stockouts, but not so much that they end up with obsolete stock or high inventory values.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A demand planning team will forecast demand for their stock items so that supply chain and inventory managers can decide what, how much and when they need to order. They will aim to have enough stock to avoid stockouts, but not so much that they end up with obsolete stock or high inventory values.

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Vanguard Software

JULY 2, 2021

And when demand outpaces supply, prices rise. The Wall Street Journal – Chinese Port Logjam Threatens Christmas Shipping Rush. Supply & Demand Chain Executive – Shipping Woes Begin to Unravel, Even as Supply Chain Disruptions Plague the Industry. How Demand Management Enables Supply Chain Resiliency.

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 11, 2016

In earlier posts, I talked about order aggregation , new inventory replenishment policies , why a network model makes so much sense , the all important ASN , and international shipping. Note: This is the last in a series of posts on new developments within the automobile supply chain, with examples of best practices.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Around 69% of companies do not have complete visibility of their supply chains or that 46% of small businesses don’t track their inventory or don’t have an automated method to track it? If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the volatility of the market and how the demand dynamics can change almost overnight.

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Arkieva

JUNE 23, 2016

The purpose of Supply Chain Management (SCM) is simply to keep chaos at bay – steer the ship and have it work in a coordinated fashion. More formally, SCM is a business process that helps keep demand and supply in balance and synchronize the activities the firm at an aggregate level. Demand Management.

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Arkieva

MAY 12, 2020

Arguably the two most important core components of managing the supply chain or demand-supply network are demand management (DM) and Central Planning (CP). Demand Management’s Partner in Crime – Central Planning was first posted on May 12, 2020 at 8:05 am.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Intelligent demand management software is the key technology enabler of lean retail merchandise management.” This may include in-store or curbside pickup of online orders (also called click-and-collect, or BOPIS) or shipping from stores.” ” • Finding ways to limit the handling of merchandise.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 16, 2021

In order to keep up with the unprecedented volume in such a short time span, it’s important you have the right shipping strategy and fulfillment processes in place. In this article, you will learn about the common challenges DTC brands face during peak shipping season, and how you can prepare your online store for success.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CCM has been owned since its inception by the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association, Inc. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies. This includes our October 10, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2016

A Focus on Horizontal Processes to Support Demand Flows. A Focus on Demand Flows. The river of demand has many tributaries. Each demand segment is a tributary forming the river. Learn to navigate the river of demand. Realize that, within the organization, the concept of demand as a flow is not well understood.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 24, 2020

We are seeing things like enormous demand peaks, very tough resupply situations, and some businesses have seen huge demand drops. Inventory imbalance is an issue. Inventory and transport costs are increasing by 1-2 percent as a percentage of sales, which translates into a 10-20 percent increase in supply chain costs.

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Demand Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Early in my career, I was head of inventory control for a large retail operation that ran as a co-op. If you’d just butt out and let us run purchasing the way we’re supposed to, we’d have all the inventory we need and we wouldn’t have to keep buying Christmas trees in February!” I know the feeling.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2021

Asian Paints has 8 factories and 143 company warehouses, which directly ship paint to hardware stores. Mr. Lade pointed out that Asian paints needs a strong demand and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process because they are not operating through a large distributor.

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Vanguard Software

JUNE 22, 2021

In the new normal of supply chain disruptions, it has never been more important for planners to strategically manage disruptive events, which create dramatic spikes or dips in demand, shortages in parts or supplies, and unexpected changes in shipping schedules. Ken Miller, Director of Inventory, Fountain Tire.

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

Can you truly say that your processes, systems and organization represent a mastery of demand? If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand! The next basic capability that follows close on the heels of Demand Management is Supply Planning. Do you know where your inventory is in this network?

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

Can you truly say that your processes, systems and organization represent a mastery of demand? If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand! The next basic capability that follows close on the heels of Demand Management is Supply Planning. Do you know where your inventory is in this network?

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Logility

MARCH 28, 2013

Can you truly say that your processes, systems and organization represent a mastery of demand? If no then stop worrying about maturity curves and master demand! The next basic capability that follows close on the heels of Demand Management is Supply Planning. Do you know where your inventory is in this network?

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ThroughPut

MAY 5, 2021

You can maintain a healthy balance of demand and supply in your supply chain by assessing actual capacity against realized demand. It allows you to revisit historical data on demand, initial inventory levels, supply-demand behavior patterns and use the knowledge of asset performance capabilities to this data.

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DynaSys

JULY 20, 2021

It enables them to manage current business volumes and plan for future growth. If your product isn’t available and there is demand for it, you lose out on revenue. Or, you’re sitting on unused inventory, which takes up space and production costs unnecessarily. Optimizing labour management.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 18, 2015

1) Consider S&OP as a Core Commercial Process The pressure to sell one more additional unit is not a product supply challenge; it is a demand management challenge. Based on our research we formulated 3 crucial strategic guidelines for setting up or re-designing a company’s S&OP process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

She worked as a production planner, a master planner, a demand planner, and inventory manager, before leading a team of demand planners in 2015. Following production, Jabil shipped the final products directly to their customer’s retail customers. They had over 100 days of inventory on hand.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions. Finance managers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” Today, I know of less than twenty-five companies that actively sense demand, and while we talk about the use of channel data and the building of demand sensing processes to use channel data, it is still an elite group of supply chain leaders that are perfecting the techniques. And, what will signal an upturn?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

While retailers use the forecast for inventory management and assortment planning, a manufacturer uses the forecast not only to manage inventory but also to align manufacturing capacities to manage constraints. In a ship-from model, the locations are supply-centric by design. Let me explain.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the project: Project goal: SanDisk’s goal was to operate a responsive, best-in-class supply chain for flash memory products that would achieve optimal balance between service level and inventory turns across scenarios to create a better experience for its commercial and retail partners and customers.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

The result is that the forecast accuracy is improved because a demand planner has an additional source data to make a better decision. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal. The answer is that they use the multi-echelon inventory model to solve the problem.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The semi finished lenses are shipped to one of our 490 Rx Labs (prescription labs) where they are finalized based on our consumer’s prescription and needs. The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 10, 2020

What Bio-Medical Devices needed most was a way to allocate its inventory and supplies based on rules, rather than best estimates. The company often found itself on the verge of shipping MAXAIR CAPR units--only to have to halt the process because a key part was on backorder from a supplier. The main problem?

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