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Dave Jordan Supply Chain S&OP Forecasting & Demand Planning Supply Chain HouseThe Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for all the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence. MORE
Traditional demand planning techniques rely on past data in order to forecast the future. This event also invalidated the traditional techniques of demand planning and forecasting since they depend on past data to predict the future. MORE
On the heels of a carbon dioxide (CO2) shortage in the UK that caused some breweries to ration beer production , Germany’s long, hot summer and the revelry surrounding the World Cup have combined with suboptimal demand forecasting to create a significant shortage of beer bottles , causing breweries large and small to plea to customers to return their empties. Taking a closer look at the demand management process. MORE
There is a lot of pressure on planners to improve this important metric and while no plan will ever be 100 percent accurate (that would be an order after all), it is important to get as close as we can to help synchronize the supply chain and satisfy both our financial and service level objectives. MORE
Food and beverage, consumer electronics, life sciences, durable goods all have to deal with product seasonality, lifecycles, assortments, promotions and demand signals across multiple planning horizons and more. Figure 1 : A Single Planning Solution to Span Multiple Planning Horizons. MORE
In our article What is Demand Planning , we asked ourselves why is Demand Planning important? Prosperous businesses are able to plan for the peaks and valleys in their sales cycles. It enables them to manage current business volumes and plan for future growth. MORE
Demand Planning: Improve Forecast Accuracy, Alignment and Accountability. Top Reasons Organizations are Upgrading their Demand Planning Capabilities. Increasing sales adoption in the demand planning process. Demand Change What-If Analysis. MORE
The promise of demand sensing is that we can do a better job of anticipating and planning for short-term changes in demand. For today’s supply chain planner, the art and especially the science of forecasting demand have evolved. The goal of demand sensing. MORE
Demand Planning: Differentiated Forecast Strategy was first posted on January 26, 2021 at 8:15 am. ©2017 Some time ago, I had been trying to help a business improve its statistical forecasting. MORE
When deciding to implement a demand planning cycle , one of the crucial elements of getting your demand plan right is the data you use to create it. How to gather the RIGHT data for demand planning? Your demand plan is only as good as the data it’s using. MORE
Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics should be combined to optimize your demand planning processes. Better forecasting and demand planning processes, which in the past had been beset by low accuracy and poor adoption, were a priority. MORE
Demand planning is difficult in these circumstances. The post Demand Planning Breaks Down During Recessions appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Demand Management demand planningBonds had a yield curve inversion on August 14th. This often often signals a recession within about 14 months. This article discusses how supply chain teams can do better in these circumstances. MORE
We’ve discussed the benefits of gathering data and coming up with a strategy of collaboration when implementing a demand planning cycle. Now it’s time to walk through the importance of Performance evaluation in the Demand Planning Cycle by setting metrics and KPIs. MORE
The demand planning cycle is a supply chain management process that uses forecasting to understand the demand for products. Demand planning strikes the balance between having sufficient stock levels to meet demand without having surplus. MORE
by Alexa Cheater Outplay your competition with a smarter, stronger demand planning strategy. Customer demands are changing. So why isn’t your demand planning strategy? It’s time to level up your demand planning and experience revolutionary breakthroughs in supply chain performance, planning and profitability. Successful demand planning is quick, collaborative and up-to-date – not slow, siloed and full of stale data. MORE
This article is an introduction to a series of three articles intended to help demand planners manage the impact of COVID – 19 on their demand planning process. Another consequence of the emergence of the virus has been the concentration of the demand on online channels. MORE
But speed is not only on the supply side, it is also on the demand side. How quickly do you know about potential shortages and or increase in demand? Monthly demand planning is obviously inadequate. For more information on high velocity demand planning click HERE. MORE
I have just completed a new demand planning project. Before the project, they were using Excel to forecast and plan their business. Now with their Demand Planning solution, three demand planners can calculate and review a new forecast in minutes. MORE
Last month, Chainalytics’ Neelesh Asati moderated a panel discussion on demand planning and forecasting during COVID-19 hosted by Logistics Insider. MORE
When formulating a Demand plan , you need to strike the balance between having sufficient stock levels to meet customer demands without having surplus. This means leveraging the right tools and data to build your demand plan from the outset. Real time planning. MORE
Or, why you need demand planning for going viral on social media. Reports of demand spikes and shortages followed each of these instances, and it’s not just affecting food and beverage supply chains. How do you plan for a social media-driven demand spike? MORE
Demand planning helps ensure deliverability and satisfaction of your customers through a supply chain management process of forecasting and predicting demand. Also, there are many factors that influence demand, which are knowns like customer’s sale cycles and seasonal orders. MORE
When deciding to strengthen your supply chain infrastructure, the question of roles and responsibilities of demand planning arises. Should demand planning be placed under supply chain management, sales, or finance? Demand planners. Why is Demand Planning important? MORE
Thriving In ‘The New Normal’ With 5 Demand Planning & Forecasting Methods. Were companies completely unprepared for this sudden surge in demand for these consumer items? Understanding and predicting demand in unpredictable times . Demand sensing method. MORE
We discussed the role of a demand planner in creating and maintaining a demand plan , but what is the role of sales/commercial managers in demand planning? This should occur within the sales operations/ integrated business planning ( IBP) cycle. MORE
Earlier in the day, demand planning was a guessing game that relied more on intuition, instinct, and inclination. Companies that leveraged the data they collected to enable more accurate demand planning, distinguished themselves from their competitors. MORE
You’ve decided to implement a demand plan and now it’s time to outline roles and responsibilities. Demand planning bridges the function between commerce and supply chain, so the question of roles and responsibilities isn’t a surprising one. Demand Planning Key Features. MORE
A demand planning application should generate value that goes beyond statistical forecasts. With the IPO of cloud-based data warehousing company Snowflake, the value proposition of demand planning software has changed. MORE
What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Demand planning helps identify potential expansions to your product line or supply, as well as potential threats to your sales. MORE
Anyone who has done demand planning knows it is extremely complex, with forecasting challenges and rapidly shifting consumer demand, often exacerbated by seasonality, new product introductions, promotions, and myriad causal factors (e.g. The good news is that these characteristics make demand planning a perfect fit for artificial intelligence solutions. The forecast generated by these algorithms degrades as the demand patterns evolve over time. MORE
With increasing frequency, I have noticed blog posts touting the position that ‘demand planning is dead.’ Their solution: by sensing and reacting to customer demand at the point of purchase there is no longer a need for projecting demand based on history. ” And so it is with demand planning. The Fallacy of Basing Production on Actual Demand. What actions is your company taking to improve the ability to predict demand MORE
While sophisticated supply chain planning is a necessity for any industry with complex demand, the fashion industry is particularly tricky due to high variety and segmentation (by type of consumer, sales channel, demographic, etc.), Demand planning for direct and indirect channels. MORE
But now they have started outsourcing supply chain business processes like demand planning, allowing them to focus on other business processes while gaining access to world class capabilities. Here are three common drivers of companies considering outsourcing: Excess time spent on forecasting is sapping resources away from value-added tasks, and planners are spending a huge amount of time cleansing data and doing analyses to get to a plan. MORE
Self-Optimizing Algorithm for Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization. Our underlying assumption is that there is demand but we are not certain about when, where and for what mix of products. This is done by the use attributes and attribute-based planning. MORE
Demand Planning Related Topics 
ToolsGroup
MARCH 3, 2021
While sophisticated supply chain planning is a necessity for any industry with complex demand, the fashion industry is particularly tricky due to high variety and segmentation (by type of consumer, sales channel, demographic, etc.), Demand planning for direct and indirect channels.
Arkieva
JANUARY 26, 2021
Demand Planning: Differentiated Forecast Strategy was first posted on January 26, 2021 at 8:15 am. ©2017 Some time ago, I had been trying to help a business improve its statistical forecasting.
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
JULY 28, 2021
Dave Jordan Supply Chain S&OP Forecasting & Demand Planning Supply Chain HouseThe Enchange Supply Chain House ; the one-stop shop for all the elements you need to achieve supply chain excellence.
DynaSys
AUGUST 5, 2021
When formulating a Demand plan , you need to strike the balance between having sufficient stock levels to meet customer demands without having surplus. This means leveraging the right tools and data to build your demand plan from the outset. Real time planning.
Agility and accuracy don’t necessarily need to be at logger heads. In-fact, anticipatory agility enabled by AI and Machine Learning can move the accuracy frontier forward in terms of validity and consistency driving significant business value.
Adexa
JUNE 1, 2021
Traditional demand planning techniques rely on past data in order to forecast the future. This event also invalidated the traditional techniques of demand planning and forecasting since they depend on past data to predict the future.
DynaSys
JULY 13, 2021
The demand planning cycle is a supply chain management process that uses forecasting to understand the demand for products. Demand planning strikes the balance between having sufficient stock levels to meet demand without having surplus.
DynaSys
JULY 6, 2021
Demand planning helps ensure deliverability and satisfaction of your customers through a supply chain management process of forecasting and predicting demand. Also, there are many factors that influence demand, which are knowns like customer’s sale cycles and seasonal orders.
SupplyPike
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Demand planning helps identify potential expansions to your product line or supply, as well as potential threats to your sales.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 6, 2021
Or, why you need demand planning for going viral on social media. Reports of demand spikes and shortages followed each of these instances, and it’s not just affecting food and beverage supply chains. How do you plan for a social media-driven demand spike?
Speaker: Jim Tompkins, Chairman and CEO at Tompkins International
We are fortunate to have Dr. James A. Tompkins, one of the world’s leading supply chain thought leaders, to address the impacts of VUCA on today’s supply chains and commerce. Jim recently stated that “the impacts of digital commerce on supply chains and commerce are far greater than the ending of the Cold War in 1991. The lifting of the Iron Curtain was minuscule when compared to the impacts of VUCA on how business works and how people live.”
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CHAINalytics
DECEMBER 15, 2020
A demand planning application should generate value that goes beyond statistical forecasts. With the IPO of cloud-based data warehousing company Snowflake, the value proposition of demand planning software has changed.
Logility
APRIL 22, 2020
Food and beverage, consumer electronics, life sciences, durable goods all have to deal with product seasonality, lifecycles, assortments, promotions and demand signals across multiple planning horizons and more. Figure 1 : A Single Planning Solution to Span Multiple Planning Horizons.
DynaSys
JULY 20, 2021
In our article What is Demand Planning , we asked ourselves why is Demand Planning important? Prosperous businesses are able to plan for the peaks and valleys in their sales cycles. It enables them to manage current business volumes and plan for future growth.
ToolsGroup
APRIL 2, 2019
But now they have started outsourcing supply chain business processes like demand planning, allowing them to focus on other business processes while gaining access to world class capabilities. Here are three common drivers of companies considering outsourcing: Excess time spent on forecasting is sapping resources away from value-added tasks, and planners are spending a huge amount of time cleansing data and doing analyses to get to a plan.
Speaker: David Blonski, Chief Operations Officer of Elementum
Stop the insanity and get your operations in order. Eliminate the one-offs, the firefighting, and the finger-pointing. Get the fundamentals rocking, so your operations can meet their full potential. After all, the best engine in the world is useless with four flat tires. Join this amazing webinar with David Blonski, COO of Elementum, to discuss why you should never have to worry about the basics again.
ToolsGroup
APRIL 25, 2019
Anyone who has done demand planning knows it is extremely complex, with forecasting challenges and rapidly shifting consumer demand, often exacerbated by seasonality, new product introductions, promotions, and myriad causal factors (e.g. The good news is that these characteristics make demand planning a perfect fit for artificial intelligence solutions. The forecast generated by these algorithms degrades as the demand patterns evolve over time.
Adexa
JULY 13, 2020
But speed is not only on the supply side, it is also on the demand side. How quickly do you know about potential shortages and or increase in demand? Monthly demand planning is obviously inadequate. For more information on high velocity demand planning click HERE.
DynaSys
AUGUST 17, 2021
We’ve discussed the benefits of gathering data and coming up with a strategy of collaboration when implementing a demand planning cycle. Now it’s time to walk through the importance of Performance evaluation in the Demand Planning Cycle by setting metrics and KPIs.
DynaSys
AUGUST 10, 2021
When deciding to implement a demand planning cycle , one of the crucial elements of getting your demand plan right is the data you use to create it. How to gather the RIGHT data for demand planning? Your demand plan is only as good as the data it’s using.
ThroughPut
JULY 6, 2021
Thriving In ‘The New Normal’ With 5 Demand Planning & Forecasting Methods. Were companies completely unprepared for this sudden surge in demand for these consumer items? Understanding and predicting demand in unpredictable times . Demand sensing method.
DynaSys
JULY 29, 2021
When deciding to strengthen your supply chain infrastructure, the question of roles and responsibilities of demand planning arises. Should demand planning be placed under supply chain management, sales, or finance? Demand planners. Why is Demand Planning important?
DynaSys
JUNE 9, 2020
This article is an introduction to a series of three articles intended to help demand planners manage the impact of COVID – 19 on their demand planning process. Another consequence of the emergence of the virus has been the concentration of the demand on online channels.
ThroughPut
AUGUST 24, 2021
Earlier in the day, demand planning was a guessing game that relied more on intuition, instinct, and inclination. Companies that leveraged the data they collected to enable more accurate demand planning, distinguished themselves from their competitors.
Logility
JANUARY 14, 2020
There is a lot of pressure on planners to improve this important metric and while no plan will ever be 100 percent accurate (that would be an order after all), it is important to get as close as we can to help synchronize the supply chain and satisfy both our financial and service level objectives.
o9 Solutions
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Demand Planning: Improve Forecast Accuracy, Alignment and Accountability. Top Reasons Organizations are Upgrading their Demand Planning Capabilities. Increasing sales adoption in the demand planning process. Demand Change What-If Analysis.
DynaSys
AUGUST 24, 2021
We discussed the role of a demand planner in creating and maintaining a demand plan , but what is the role of sales/commercial managers in demand planning? This should occur within the sales operations/ integrated business planning ( IBP) cycle.
Adexa
JULY 26, 2021
Self-Optimizing Algorithm for Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization. Our underlying assumption is that there is demand but we are not certain about when, where and for what mix of products. This is done by the use attributes and attribute-based planning.
CHAINalytics
JULY 30, 2020
Last month, Chainalytics’ Neelesh Asati moderated a panel discussion on demand planning and forecasting during COVID-19 hosted by Logistics Insider.
Logility
MARCH 12, 2021
Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics should be combined to optimize your demand planning processes. Better forecasting and demand planning processes, which in the past had been beset by low accuracy and poor adoption, were a priority.
DynaSys
AUGUST 19, 2021
You’ve decided to implement a demand plan and now it’s time to outline roles and responsibilities. Demand planning bridges the function between commerce and supply chain, so the question of roles and responsibilities isn’t a surprising one. Demand Planning Key Features.
Logility
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
With increasing frequency, I have noticed blog posts touting the position that ‘demand planning is dead.’ Their solution: by sensing and reacting to customer demand at the point of purchase there is no longer a need for projecting demand based on history. ” And so it is with demand planning. The Fallacy of Basing Production on Actual Demand. What actions is your company taking to improve the ability to predict demand
Kinaxis
JULY 26, 2018
On the heels of a carbon dioxide (CO2) shortage in the UK that caused some breweries to ration beer production , Germany’s long, hot summer and the revelry surrounding the World Cup have combined with suboptimal demand forecasting to create a significant shortage of beer bottles , causing breweries large and small to plea to customers to return their empties. Taking a closer look at the demand management process.
Kinaxis
DECEMBER 14, 2017
by Alexa Cheater Outplay your competition with a smarter, stronger demand planning strategy. Customer demands are changing. So why isn’t your demand planning strategy? It’s time to level up your demand planning and experience revolutionary breakthroughs in supply chain performance, planning and profitability. Successful demand planning is quick, collaborative and up-to-date – not slow, siloed and full of stale data.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 26, 2019
Demand planning is difficult in these circumstances. The post Demand Planning Breaks Down During Recessions appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Demand Management demand planningBonds had a yield curve inversion on August 14th. This often often signals a recession within about 14 months. This article discusses how supply chain teams can do better in these circumstances.
DynaSys
MAY 12, 2020
I have just completed a new demand planning project. Before the project, they were using Excel to forecast and plan their business. Now with their Demand Planning solution, three demand planners can calculate and review a new forecast in minutes.
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