Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

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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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

2022 has proven to be both positive and disruptive for the manufacturing industry. Despite the pandemic, recession fears, supply challenges, a tight labor market, and economic instability, manufacturing companies continue to survive and evolve in the “new normal.”. helped transform many manufacturing businesses. Industry 4.0

Trends 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Almost two decades of reporting. 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?

Gartner 351

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges. These low scorers report forecast inaccuracy, and demand planning as their biggest headaches. These are all issues that should be discussed and managed through the S&OP process.

Demand Planning Software 101

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

What caught my eye is that for each report, they do a deep dive on a specific industry and use a mix of financial data, survey research results and interactions with their clients to help get a better understanding of various industries’ supply chains. From a challenges perspective, here are the highlights covered in this report.

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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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 6, 2022

Disruptions that have occurred during the pandemic have shown how many manufacturers have not managed their supply chains appropriately and have reaped the consequences in terms of insufficient inventory. There are ways to manage a supply chain amid disruptions but they require changes in the way the business works.

Inventory Reduction 119

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman reports that, when high inflation raised its ugly head, two camps of thinking arose — stagflationists and soft landers. Correspondent Melissa Repko reports that it might take some time for retailers to figure out how consumers are going to behave over the coming months.

Retail 130

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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. They are impatient that they know more about pizza’s status for lunch before their zoom meeting than the inbound shipment status for their critical manufacturing run. Reflection. The supply chain career is new.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 22, 2024

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. Do not simply pick the cheapest option.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As a part of the organizational redesign attempt to widen the planner’s circle of influence (more experience and reporting at a higher organizational level) to align the power of what is possible from the job that they control with the influence that they can have in the organization. Presentations are hand-picked.

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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. Demand management General News Supply chain management Business Business intelligence Enterprise resource planning (ERP) ERP Friday Lead time Manufacturing Sales and operations planning Supply chain'

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 11, 2021

In essence, supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.”[5] According to Banker, “Manufacturing automation — including 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) — is making it easier to create many, many more product variants. Those trends are: 1.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

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. Demand management General News Inventory management Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Supply chain management' What do you think?

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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. Sadly, I could not find any documented or reported instances of such an occurrence. How ironic would that be?

Indiana 120

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

Before I get ahead of myself, let’s explore what demand sensing is, where the concept came from, and the reported value of implementing it. “ Gartner reports that the predominant inputs to demand-sensing solutions are daily point-of-sale (POS), customer inventory, transactional data, and order and shipment history.

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The Network Effect

MAY 4, 2015

Demand Sensing is really a call to action for every company because now the capability exists to manage the entire process from demand signal capture to both short-term and long-term forecasting, resulting in increased sales revenues and decreased inventory costs. Much More than a Demand Management Revolution.

Supply and Demand 100

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. Sears Manufacturing Co., 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.

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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. In some cases, the e-tailer site is reporting a stock out when that is not the case at all. Improving sales also requires strong fulfillment performance.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Demand Management, Inc., The synergy between Logility, Demand Management, and NGC Software creates the most complete and innovative supply chain planning platform on the market,” said Allan Dow, president and CEO of Logility, “Now, more than ever, the digital economy requires an intuitive supply chain powered by cognitive planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We are therefore excited to announce this ready-to-go integration into project44 as we help C-Suites intelligently optimize their overall working capital and prioritize demand management,” he added. Using project44, shippers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency and sustainability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

This morning, I woke to receive this email in my inbox: Good morning Lora, I have read with pleasure the insightful report related to SC 2020 (race for Supply Chain – April 2013). They need to be designed to enable reporting and discovery by line-of-business leaders. This will often mean the reimplementation of demand planning.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Manufacturing waste is something business owners often overlook, yet left unchecked, it can cost a business a significant amount of money. This article explores the different types of manufacturing waste, and how to reduce them. This article explores the different types of manufacturing waste, and how to reduce them. Pure waste.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. This gives supply chain leaders a false sense of security.

Supply and Demand 150

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

A detailed supply chain planning mechanism can help manufacturers with critical elements for operational success including material management, waste elimination, and working capital optimization. Why do manufacturers need an effective supply chain plan? Supply management. Demand management.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

A detailed supply chain planning mechanism can help manufacturers with critical elements for operational success including material management, waste elimination, and working capital optimization. Why do manufacturers need an effective supply chain plan? Supply management. Demand management.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

The Boston Consulting Group said at the 2015 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Marketing Institute (GMA/FMI) supply chain conference that 22% of polled respondents said less accurate forecasts were one of their top hurdles to improving service. Many CPG companies are at a loss on what to work on to improve these forecasts.

Forecasting 120

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Payne says that “for systematic, repeatable decisions, ranging from transportation to manufacturing and fulfillment, algorithms can offer more scalable and more accurate decision making. This planning response becomes continuous, concurrent, intelligent, self-learning and adapting, event-driven, real-time and automatic.

Supply Chain Planning Software 214

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 18, 2015

Working with different companies as part of our S&OP research, we found that there is often considerable separation between the demand-generating sales & marketing functions and the demand-satisfying supply chain management and manufacturing functions, which are the main functional areas involved in the planning process.

S&OP 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. In 2012, I am proud that we have published 24 reports, completed 14 quantitative research studies and have had over 72,000 views of our work on Slideshare. This week, I will publish four new reports. The Shaman has served me well.

Gartner 184

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DynaSys

AUGUST 19, 2021

This includes upstream management of sales, marketing, finance, sourcing and manufacturing teams to understand what is driving the forecast. Secondly, a demand planner should have the ability to analyze the historical data. It also requires analysis of financial forecasts, reporting and inventory KPIs. Analyzing data.

Supply and Demand 52

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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. Master Supply Planning. Have you mastered supply planning?

S&OP 100

S&OP Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand Scenario Planning 100

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. Master Supply Planning. Have you mastered supply planning?

S&OP 100

S&OP Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand Scenario Planning 100

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. Master Supply Planning. Have you mastered supply planning?

S&OP 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

Supply and Demand 150

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Recommendation: Supply chain is normally a good fit for a demand planning organization, with “pros” based on all three criteria. In fact, the results of a recent survey published in the JDA Demand Management 2015 Report showed that 85% of demand management groups were reporting up through the supply chain organization.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 25, 2017

Recommendation: Supply chain is normally a good fit for a demand planning organization, with “pros” based on all three criteria. In fact, the results of a recent survey published in the JDA Demand Management 2015 Report showed that 85% of demand management groups were reporting up through the supply chain organization.

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