Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium, sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. Can Improving Forecast Accuracy Address Our Demand Planning Woes?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2021

Selecting and implementing a new supply chain solution is a risky career move for any supply chain manager. The wrong solution can cost the company millions and cost the manager their job. You may be smirking right now wondering about the validity of a supply chain software company singing the praises of a POC.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 3, 2020

There are a few solutions to this phenomenon. Increased replenishment frequency in smaller quantities can smooth out the flow, as can just-in-time ordering, integrated multi-level supply chain optimization and–in an ideal world–orchestrated demand signal sharing between retailers, distributors and manufacturers.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 30, 2024

MILAN, ATHENS, and BOSTON – 29 July 2024 — ToolsGroup and its Greek partner, THellas, announced that SLF Greece -a distributor of KIKO MILANO products in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Romania- has implemented ToolsGroup SO99+ software.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When COVID-19 hit, manufacturers scrambled to meet demand, but there was a nasty surprise in store in the form of a radical shift in consumer buying patterns and behaviors. This demand shift presents a unique opening to rethink your product portfolio and rationalize it to ensure you’re focused on the more critical subsets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

In the period of 2005-2010 I created research on the topic of demand-driven value networks as an analyst at AMR Research. This ended when Gartner purchased AMR Research in 2010. After reflection, I broadened the demand-driven concepts and started writing about Market-Driven Value Networks in 2012. Reflections.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 6, 2025

In Xfinity Mobile, the team began with demand planning but paused the broader rollout when user requests became overly customized and misaligned with best practices. “We After refining the scope, Comcast implemented purchasing and replenishment, resulting in greater planner productivity and more proactive decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

They were very proud of their work in planning with a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers. So my question to the presenter was, “Why waste your time trying to improve a traditional demand planning approach when you could do so much more?” Today the order represents three to four months of demand latency.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network. . Keep it Simple : It’s important to not over complicate things.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Yesterday, I presented to 700 global attendees on an APICS webinar. In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. The use of best-of-breed planning technologies was small at 15%. We have validated each respondent as a user of supply chain planning.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Overlooking sustainability can present substantial revenue risks, while embracing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles can unlock a $2.1 See how a manufacturing giant revamped their demand planning with AIMMS. trillion opportunity. Here are a few recommendations we’ve seen in practice.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

As I read the literature, I felt out of touch and old-fashioned. “How could I not know about supply chain planning software?” On the plane to my interview, I read everything I could about planning software and thought about the simple spreadsheet challenge that was the genesis of my journey. I was a skeptic.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The article states that “presently, there are nearly two open jobs for every unemployed worker.” Moreover, the new policy of purchasing online and picking up in-store adds to the already high-stress environment for in-store employees. When customers arrive curbside to collect their purchase, they have no intention of waiting.

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Logility

JULY 21, 2022

As the dynamics of supply and demand continue to evolve, businesses need to find ways to adapt quickly and pivot resources intelligently. And solutions and systems are part of that change. . Despite all these differences, Johnson Controls chose to integrate supply chain planning.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 3, 2022

Science Direct ) Predictive demand analytics gives retailers the visibility they need to proactively adjust planning, allocation and replenishment decisions based on when, where, and how much changes in the weather will influence purchasing. Proven Retailer ROI: The Business Case for a Comprehensive Retail Planning Solution.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Demand planning is crucial for companies to determine the figures they need in different areas of operations, such as production planning, purchasing raw materials and inventory investments. To deal with trend fluctuations, your forecasting solution must be able to generate a number of scenarios.

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Logility

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Just 10 years prior, I remember purchasing my first Motorola Flip phone, which looked like the picture here. If you could transport a supply chain professional from 20 years ago to the present day, they would not recognize today’s supply chain operations or the technologies we apply to try to solve supply chain challenges.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2019

Girzadas points to three ongoing business trends, each of which builds upon historical precedents, to make his case about the importance of understanding the past in order to maximize benefits from future planning. New tools to augment and automate human activities. Short-term planning. Those historical trends are: 1.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Now that we’ve defined demand forecasting and described how accurate demand forecasts benefit your supply chains, let’s talk about the 5 techniques that will bring your demand forecasting to the next level. Bonus tip – leverage an AI-powered tool to help you get this baseline in minutes.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Key Points.

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Logility

JUNE 2, 2023

They help minimize inventory, streamline purchasing, optimize distribution, and enhance production efficiency while ensuring the highest level of customer service. Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) MAPE measures the average absolute percentage difference between the actual and forecasted demand.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

A series of cross-functional consensus meetings must be coordinated to synchronize the plan and possible scenarios. I was told, “You don’t need a software system to run an S&OP process.” It takes a dedicated S&OP solution with embedded collaborative workflow and rules-based exception messaging.

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QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

Miscalculations regarding the amounts and locations of inventory and raw materials needed present one of the most significant risks to a life science firms profitability. Make it easier to onboard and communicate with new suppliers as you expand and diversify your supplier network using digital QAD Supplier Management tools.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 11, 2017

The evidence is in; and it appears that consumer products manufacturers now have a wide range of choices for both cloud and on-premise solutions to managing the second largest line item in the company P&L. They will undoubtedly be taxed in their effort to choose the right solution. User Interfaces. Beautiful. Data Usage.

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Logility

AUGUST 14, 2020

There are libraries full of algorithms that are relatively easy to implement in software, but the math is only as good as the data it’s applied to. Business intelligence software plays an important role here – a data warehouse or database can support multiple types of aggregations and enable flexible analysis across dimensions instantly.

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QAD

MARCH 26, 2019

Consumers have more ways to purchase products, and they want them customized across all sectors of consumer products. This consumer demand has now reached the food and beverage industry. Manufacturers have seen the traditional linear supply chain evolve to where current processes and business plans need to be re-engineered.

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Unleashed

MAY 28, 2024

When hunting for efficiency gains in production, technology is often the solution. However, choosing the best manufacturing software for your specific needs is never simple.It The right solution for you will also depend on your unique requirements and the problems you’re trying to solve. And that’s just the start.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts. We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement.

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Unleashed

JUNE 7, 2023

Manual inventory control tasks are automated with the help of software tools and warehousing equipment. Inventory optimisation tools Inventory optimisation tools are essential for improving the efficiency with which your business operates. Inventory optimisation software Software is at the heart of inventory optimisation.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Assortments are increasingly built to address customer need and ensure a pleasant customer experience — the product exists where the shopper wants to purchase it — but there is more to it than just providing a satisfying retail experience. Such a shift is only possible on a genuinely intelligent and dynamic demand planning engine.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Andrew Kinder ( @Kinder_ai ), a Senior Vice President of industry and solution strategy with Infor, insists, “COVID-19 has taught manufacturers a bitter lesson. ” Because finding solutions is difficult, there is obviously no way I can discuss all suggested remedies in one short article. ”[2]. ” • Regionalize.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2022

The result has been a demand for physical goods that is unprecedented, accompanied by an imbalance of trade with Asia.” ” Senthil Veeraraghavan ( @senthil_veer ), the Panasonic Professor of Manufacturing and Logistics Wharton, agrees that shifting consumer purchasing habits played a significant role in the current crisis.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 30, 2024

Exploring the world of AI tools for supply chain and logistics can be quite overwhelming. That’s why we put together this guide – to help you get a glimpse of the best AI tools for supply chain and logistics, how to implement these tools, what to take care of and more. Best AI Tools for Supply Chain and Logistics 1.

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Logility

JUNE 23, 2014

Often these CIOs ask me to explain the differences between supply chain solutions from an ERP provider versus Best of Breed solutions. However, if the CIO’s view of the supply chain is focused on their ERP solution, I am usually asked “don’t we already have that? Was it intentional? Or accidental?

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ThroughPut

MAY 31, 2024

The outlook becomes even grimmer when considering the current methods of demand planning and forecasting in retail. Is AI-based Demand Planning & Forecasting in the Retail Industry the Answer? How Demand Sensing Fills the Gaps of Traditional Forecasting Approaches in the Retail Industry?

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