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Editor’s Choice: The TikTok Effect on Demand Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

The social network’s increase in popularity has given rise to viral trends, as user-recorded videos spike in popularity dragging certain products along with them. It’s a dream come true for your business and a nightmare for your supply chain – and you only have TikTok to blame.

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The Next Great Disruption Coming to Supply Chains

Kinaxis

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”. They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations. It’s the consumer.

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ). SCM is the management of a network of all business processes and activities involving procurement of raw materials, manufacturing and distribution management of Finished Goods. Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ).

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Overcoming Trade War Myopia with Supply Chain Leadership!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Sourcing, supply, delivery, materials cost, total cost of acquisition … it’s all Supply Chain! This is a Supply Chain sourcing move for sure! Supply Chain must complete a revised cost analysis for all impacted raw materials, sources, and network nodes (eg. Sourcing Analysis. Sourcing Decisions.

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Is Poor Inventory Performance Holding You Back?

Kinaxis

Successfully increasing your inventory performance requires integration of data from all sources that make up your supply chain network. Check out these other blogs in our series: [Video] Celestica’s Top Priorities for Improving Forecast Accuracy. Forecast Accuracy: Keep Your Demand Management Process Honest.

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Forecast Accuracy: Keep Your Demand Management Process Honest

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater Our partner Celestica recently published the following article, ‘ Are you keeping your demand management process honest? ’ Lange, Director of Demand Planning and S&OP Services at Celestica, examines forecast accuracy and the main components of a demand management measurement tool and process.

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What is SCM and Why is it Important?

Oracle SCM

By giving an organization end-to-end visibility from developing products to fulfilling orders, through planning and managing inventory, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery SCM systems provide the competitive advantage for companies to innovate, connect and simplify their business. Market Study: The Future of SCM in the Cloud.

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