Demand Planning Innovation Procurement Solutions 
ivalua
MAY 29, 2025
Procurement and supply chain management are often used interchangeably—but in practice, the lines between them can blur in ways that create real friction. Misaligned priorities, siloed systems, and unclear ownership can directly impact key performance indicators like cost savings percentage and procurement cycle time.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” I know that your primary focus is procurement. Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning.
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ToolsGroup
MARCH 31, 2025
Probabilistic forecasting is revolutionizing demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization by significantly improving forecast accuracy and decision-making across distribution networks. However, this approach ignores real purchasing behavior, such as customers buying complete sets of four tires. The result?
ToolsGroup
MARCH 31, 2025
Traditional supply chain planning tools rely on deterministic forecasting, generating single-point estimates that often misrepresent real-world complexities. However, this approach ignores real purchasing behavior, such as customers buying complete sets of four tires. The result?
ToolsGroup
MARCH 3, 2021
Demand for fashion products also has complex characteristics, with hard-to-predict, sporadic demand, high volatility and impulsive purchases. This article will explore the different retail channels and reveal tips for finally mastering demand forecasting for the fashion industry. 1) [link]. (2) 2) [link].
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. Lessons Learned.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 28, 2021
The group needed a clear market signal on consumption patterns and the translation of demand with minimal latency to optimize price, mix, and schedule the factory to manage margin. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat.
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