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My Take: Let’s Admit Seven Demand Management Mistakes of the Last Decade

Supply Chain Shaman

After two decades of process and technology refinement, excellence in demand management still eludes supply chain teams. Supply Chain Management (SCM) concepts are now thirty-years old. The first use of the term supply chain management in the commercial sector was in 1982. It requires a step for demand translation.

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans. All their coffee packages in groceries have the date the coffee was roasted on their packages; and this date label is centrally placed on the package and it is easy to read. Microsoft purchased Blue Horseshoe’s warehousing and transportation products in 2012.

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Is Your Manufacturing Business Ready for ERP Solutions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Orders are up, business is booming, and your manufacturing operation is expanding. You lack visibility into your finances Inventory management is challenging and you either find yourself running out of material or overstocking your supplies, tying up cash. Be clear on the costs associated with an ERP purchase.

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Bright and Shiny Objects?

Supply Chain Shaman

With the evolution of open source technologies with schema-on-read capabilities, new forms of decision support are evolving to drive insights in the enterprise, and Blockchain is becoming the system of record for B2B. Digital Manufacturing. Redefinition of the System of Record. Digital innovation will make much of the past obsolete.

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

When I began my career there was no such thing as “Supply Chain Management” Supply Chain was not a title to be found anywhere on any organization chart. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ).

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Ann Grackin: Is the Crisis in Demand Management Being Exacerbated by Spreadsheet Dependency?

Logility

Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges. These goals have been supported by more channel-specific offerings and packaging and by increasing product options and selections. These low scorers report forecast inaccuracy, and demand planning as their biggest headaches.

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Surviving an Economic Downturn in the Retail Sector

Enterra Insights

” The Enterra Revenue Growth Intelligence System ( ERGIS ) was developed to help the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector make better choices about pricing, trade promotions, and other activities affecting revenue growth. Customers are in control, and retailers who fail to accurately predict demand are doomed to fail.”

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