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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning. In the industry, supply-centric techniques reign with lots of bravado and messaging on control towers, Demand-driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP), and generative AI. Or planned orders to purchase orders?)

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How Do We Stop Buying Planning Software the Wrong Way?

Supply Chain Shaman

“We are considering the purchase of Blue Yonder, Logility, Kinaxis, o9, or OMP. For you, what defines a feasible plan? How do you define excellence in planning? Companies that buy technologies from an RFP process have a high likelihood of ending up in this predicament. I question, “How is this possible?”

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How Do We Stop Buying Planning Software the Wrong Way?

Supply Chain Shaman

“We are considering the purchase of Blue Yonder, Logility, Kinaxis, o9, or OMP. For you, what defines a feasible plan? How do you define excellence in planning? Companies that buy technologies from an RFP process have a high likelihood of ending up in this predicament. I question, “How is this possible?”

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The answer is not as simple as connecting Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to Advanced Planning (APS). Or gradually introduce outside-in signals to conventional demand planning. The shifts over the last decade are profound: Is the answer a Supply Chain Center of Excellence? Lack of executive buy-in.

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Dancing in the Ring of Fire

Supply Chain Shaman

Each executive has a different perspective on the definition of supply chain excellence, but they are never discussed and aligned. His organization purchased an advanced planning technology from well-known best of breed provider, and the implementation should have been successful, but it was not. What Is The Ring of Fire?

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Of the twenty companies interviewed, only one can answer the question, “Do you have a good inventory plan?” ” We have implemented conventional demand planning technologies and processes, yet, in eight out of ten companies that I work with, I see a negative Forecast Value Added (FVA) measurement.

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Meet The New Normal With 5 Demand Planning & Forecasting Methods

ThroughPut

Thriving In ‘The New Normal’ With 5 Demand Planning & Forecasting Methods. Do you remember the time when the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns were announced across the world, followed by the panic purchase of essentials to the point where supermarkets and grocery stores were left with empty shelves? Demand sensing method.