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Demand Planning

SupplyPike

What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Armed with point-of-sales data, knowledge of inventory issues, and accounting for anomalies, you can plan on how much product to manufacture, store in your warehouses, and ship to each region.

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How Demand Planning Influences Supply Planning through Predicting Future Demand Patterns

Vanguard Software

And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. These examples show how imperative a proper process for demand planning and supply planning is to an organization’s overall health and profitability. Demand Planning Forecasting Application.

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Four Strategies for Smarter Demand Planning

Vanguard Software

Organizations cannot underestimate the COVID-19 pandemic impacts and disruptions on-demand planning. Over the past 15 months, disruptive events have exposed the challenges growing over the past decade – SKU proliferation, new distribution channels, shorter product lifecycles, and more demanding customers. Register Now.

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What Manufacturing Supply Chains Should Expect in 2021 

Vanguard Software

Throughout 2020, manufacturing supply chains took a hit because of constraints around the COVID-19 pandemic. Positive momentum indicates pent-up demand since the October and November 2020 Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was higher than any time since 2018. Download Case Study. Local Manufacturing Will Grow.

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7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

ToolsGroup

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. Download our ebook for practical guidance: 8 Winning Strategies for Managing Supply Shortages. Shipping providers also slashed capacities.

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Success Strategies for Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

Download our ebook: Demand Forecast Is Why You Need to Adopt a Service-Driven Supply Chain Strategy. The top four demand forecasting methods for supply chain success. Whether you’re in manufacturing, retail, or another industry, here are four strategies that supply chains just like yours have used to win at demand forecasting.

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Turn a Good Demand Forecast into the Optimum Inventory Plan

ToolsGroup

How do you turn a good forecast into a great inventory plan? This process considers the calendar of manufacturers, the timing of transportation, customs, item processing, order cycles, lot sizes, minimums, and shelf life. A solid foundation can segment demand signals. Demand is not what you shipped in the past.