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What is Supply Chain Planning Software and How Can it be Used Effectively? Part 1

DELMIA Quintiq

Referring back to the planning topics contained within the ASCM definition, each one is covered with a fully integrated planning suite including: Demand planning Often considered the gateway to improvements in supply chain planning, demand planning has the objective to better predict the demand in the market place.

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My Busy day at the Richmond Supply Chain Forum

DynaSys

For this event we also took the opportunity to run a 1 hour workshop which everyone had the option to attend. Let’s talk about the future of Demand Planning” and it obviously struck a chord with many people as it was standing room only at the back! It was titled “Is forecasting really dead?

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

Our inventory levels on this side of the business tend to be quite high, with a rotation going to 1 year. We are now 9-months into the process of improving our forecast levels and consolidating our demand plans and are now at a point where we can start optimizing. What did this POC Workshop look like?

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Inventory management is the key. Inventory management is the key to quality of service and competitiveness,” emphasises Coltat. “To NEWS RELEASE.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

Our inventory levels on this side of the business tend to be quite high, with a rotation going to 1 year. We are now 9-months into the process of improving our forecast levels and consolidating our demand plans and are now at a point where we can start optimizing. What did this POC Workshop look like? This is step 1.

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Step Two: Stage Five Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR)

Kinaxis

There are specific functional requirements necessary for supply chain planning. The short list includes: Sales and Operations Planning. Demand Planning. Supply Planning. Demand Management. Capacity Planning. Inventory Management. Production Planning. Customer Co-planning.

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Where Is Your Company on the S&OP Maturity Curve?

BlueYonder

Ask several companies about the focus of their sales and operations planning (S&OP) meetings, and you’ll likely receive very different responses, depending on a company’s S&OP maturity level. Very few think of S&OP as an integrated business planning process that can drive gains in revenue, margin and operating performance.

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