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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.

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Building Blocks of Supply Chain Strategy!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The Importance of a Strong Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy! For a supply chain to run smoothly it needs to be well managed under the right strategy for your business objectives. Below are three building blocks of a well-managed supply chain strategy to help you boost efficiency and lower costs. Demand Planning.

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Navigating The River of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

At the end of a long day of a strategy session on supply chain excellence with a client, I needed to fill up some time in an agenda. The genesis of the River of Demand learning activity. Over the last decade, I find fewer and fewer companies understand supply chain planning. The result? Background.

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Driving An Octopus

Supply Chain Shaman

The current taxonomy (or frame/models) for the engines does not address the issues of the global multinational manufacturing company. In the Global Supply Chain, there are More Constraints To Address Than Just Manufacturing. Companies need a planning solution to analyze the trade-offs between make, source, and deliver.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. Instead, we need to Jump.

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5 Ways Businesses Are Uncovering Success With AI In Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

Automation is at the center of modern manufacturing businesses, with companies exploring the possibilities of artificial intelligence in improving workflows and profitability. Industrial engineers incorporate these technologies in designing and fabricating advanced manufacturing systems. How AI Is Changing the Manufacturing Industry.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. Based on the Supply Chains to Admire analysis, the first question is: Why do the cost reduction strategies not translate into operating margin improvement against peer groups?