Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price Index Elasticity for Pricing and Promotion Planning: As we are going through global price inflation and facing a recession, consumers and businesses are becoming more conscious of their spending and looking to minimize costs when shopping for goods and services. These metrics can also be used in inventory planning decisions.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Supply chain challenges faced by manufacturers of delayed deliveries and stockouts take on additional urgency in the medical device arena, where patient well-being depends heavily on timely and accurate delivery. Implementing digital demand planning and forecasting solutions. Expanding supplier relationships.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Gartner says that the most common outsourced SCP processes are inventory management, statistical forecasting and service parts planning. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. Those companies also reduced planning spend.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. This guide for manufacturers explains how it works and explores the most effective ways to manage inventory in manufacturing.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

This might involve optimizing inventory levels, negotiating better deals with suppliers, or implementing just-in-time manufacturing techniques. Improved Customer Satisfaction A structured department is better equipped to handle customer demands. Analyze performance metrics and implement improvements to enhance efficiency.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 24, 2023

Manufacturers as well as consumer-oriented businesses need to embrace better fulfilment experiences for their customers. By using the SCOR model, manufacturers have a tested and comparable framework for assessing their order fulfilment processes and performance. Order fulfilment is becoming increasingly important.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Gartner says that the most common outsourced SCP processes are inventory management, statistical forecasting and service parts planning. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. Those companies also reduced planning spend.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

They source from approximately 15,000 suppliers with a sourcing spend of over €7 billion. It started in manufacturing and spread, step by step, to improvements in the way the company runs its supply chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place. But even multi-sourcing is not enough.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The question was, “How can I redefine demand planning processes to use channel data?” Starting to understand the issue with multi-tier demand planning?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Manufacturing is designed and planned in isolation. Focus is on a feasible plan. Management and planning of the entire network against a value network strategy. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Kinaxis is a proponent of using network planners for both supply and demand planning rather than having the planners operate in silos. Mars Wrigley was particularly interested in working with a SCP supplier that could integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to support demand sensing. Mars took that recommendation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. and Europe.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 9, 2018

A single, unified data model depicts the immediate financial impact of plan changes. With a single version of the truth, planners can model scenarios for S&OP meetings, so stakeholders from sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and finance can assess the options and trade-offs.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Every manufacturer knows the importance of raw materials – without them, there’s no final product. It ensures you maintain optimal raw materials inventory levels, and therefore plays a crucial role in optimising your manufacturing processes. Let’s dive in. In this guide: What is raw material inventory management?

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Step Up Demand Planning Efforts with a Robust Forecasting Model . A definite “no-no” for demand planners. Understanding and predicting demand in unpredictable times. Modern businesses have access to huge amounts of data so demand planning and forecasting should be easier.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Of all the most common metrics used to measure supply chain performance, forecast accuracy is the most difficult for colleagues outside of the supply chain function to relate to corporate goals like customer satisfaction and profitability. Inventory metrics are less intuitive, but ever since U.S. Adrian Mitchell, CFO, Macy’s, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. At that time, the demand processes were largely regional. ” I am in the middle. Moving Forward.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Additionally, 54% are seeking improved service levels in the coming year, and only 14% have a machine learning project underway, meaning for many AI-augmented planning is still more hype than adoption. Because digital transformation can involve selecting and implementing several different solutions, the early stages are often protracted.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

You may be surprised how much of this data can be used as part of short-term supply planning and execution via the sales and operations execution (S&OE) process. Examples are: customer experience metrics, feedback on new product features and pricing, customer satisfaction and loyalty, and competitive intelligence. November 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. For clarity, the definitions are: -Strategic Planning: The frequency is either monthly or quarterly and the focus is on long-term planning. Metrics Alignment. They lack cohesion.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 27, 2017

While it is nice to envision supply chains in 2020 or 2030 the truth is; for many manufacturing businesses, discussions about future supply chain innovations, often leads to a “yeah.right,” smirk by supply chain executives – this with good reason. This looks at all the businesses’ current manufacturing and supply chain processes.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 15, 2022

Of all the most common metrics used to measure supply chain performance, forecast accuracy is the most difficult for colleagues outside of the supply chain function to relate to corporate goals like customer satisfaction and profitability. Inventory metrics are less intuitive, but ever since U.S. Adrian Mitchell, CFO, Macy’s, Inc.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. It encompasses all of the supply chain costs associated with your products such as sourcing, producing, transporting, storing (etc).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In most ‘benchmarking activities’, self-reported data is the most common source. It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When companies leverage data from various sources such as sales history, market trends, and external factors, predictive analytics paired with supply chain intelligence provide valuable insights that enable better decision-making and proactive planning – like never before. Let’s check out the most common use cases.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 30, 2017

So as a consumer, you have a lot more channels through which you can engage with the manufacturers. ” That’s causing a lot of SKU proliferation amongst the manufacturers and suppliers of these products. The data sources and the types of data are exploding, if you look at it. Think about personalization of products.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. He explains, “Big data essentially has three sources: social data, machine data and transactional data.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

As defined by the source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, “glocalization is the adaptation of globally marketed products and services to local markets.” There needs to be an effective system in place to manage demand across multiple global and regional locations, as well as across product hierarchies. And optimizing inventory.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

ThroughPut helps companies achieve this quickly by leveraging our Supply Chain AI on their existing disparate data sources”. . Listed below are key improvements for demand planning, inventory management, supply chain operations, and logistics management that the ThroughPut platform focuses on. Key Financial Capabilities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

On the supply side, however, there is less and less room for manufacturers to absorb additional costs as volatile input prices put the squeeze on margins and the marketing investment required to differentiate branded products from private-label competitors continues to rise.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this supply chain planning guide: What is supply chain planning? Supply chain planning is the process of optimising the delivery of goods and services from manufacturer to consumer. It aims to balance supply and demand through accurate forecasting, ensuring maximum revenue and minimal spending.

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Taulia

JULY 5, 2021

This provides some elasticity in the supply chain to ensure that variances in production demand can be accommodated and that the delivery of goods is not subject to transit delays since they are co-located near the production site. Suppliers also have their own balance sheet metrics to worry about.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While traditional forecasting approaches use statistics to model history assuming that historic shipments and order patterns represent future market patterns, in the times of market volatility, especially for manufacturers two-five levels back in the supply chain, traditionally forecasting is not adequate. We hope to see you there! _.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing.

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