Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Retail shelves are increasingly empty. Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. profit for Q3 on $16.6B My take? .” What can we learn?

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The wonderful world of retail. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Creating a bottom-up plan requires that data be transformed intelligently. Decades ago, the ERP market’s first big differentiator was the ability of the ERP to use a bill of materials to translate a demand plan – which forecasts in units – and then transforms those units into tons of raw materials that needed to be sourced.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Causal f orecasting resides between mid- and long-range planning (typically the realm of time-series planning methods) and extremely short-term Demand Sensing technology (“What should I ship today?”). . The final step is integration back to your master demand planning systems. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 21, 2014

For the translation of a purchase of Aleve at a retail outlet store to Bayer, the manufacturer is 60 days. As the long tail (small orders shipped with low-frequency) of the supply chain grows, demand latency increases and there is a greater need for demand sensing technologies. Demand Shifting. Forecastability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

I was hoping the retail chains carrying this brand had some in their stores, but after checking 10+ retailers, to my surprise, it was nowhere to be found, and the only website that had it was charging $200 more than the MSRP! When Amazon launched same-day delivery in 2009, it opened to a new generation of retail business.

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SupplyPike

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Armed with point-of-sales data, knowledge of inventory issues, and accounting for anomalies, you can plan on how much product to manufacture, store in your warehouses, and ship to each region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

So to put the team at ease, I spoke, “Let’s test your demand planning model to see if you can be successful with your current approach.” The Company’s demand planning group was in finance, and the group had little knowledge of the difference between supply chain and financial forecasting.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

how they ever already impacted retail and brand marketing. But, we continue to see the trend as a sales and/or a demand planning issue; something where we need better visibility to real time demand or a finer cut of demand signals. Then, they check online for deals and shipping dates. It’s the consumer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

The digital platform VF is transitioning to run their supply chain is SAP’s S4 HANA as the transactional backbone; Blue Yonder is being implemented for assortment planning, allocation, and retail planning; and they are implementing a solution from o9 Solutions for end-to-end supply chain planning. Conclusion.

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Silvon Software

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

For Greater Product Performance Visibility and Improved Sales & Demand Planning Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers operate in an increasingly competitive environment, where the ability to access and analyze timely, accurate data can make or break a company’s success. Each retailer organizes their data differently.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Can Improving Forecast Accuracy Address Our Demand Planning Woes? If “the forecast is always wrong,” is improving forecast accuracy even the solution to our demand planning woes? This year, due to an increased number of e-commerce purchases, retailers and shippers will experience National Returns Week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

End users – supply chain practitioners working for manufacturers, distributors, or retailers – can attend for free. Ecommerce and omnichannel was already growing more than twice as fast as traditional retail. Machine learning has been used to improve demand forecasting since the early 2000s. So, what are the mega trends?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. Of the twenty companies interviewed, only one can answer the question, “Do you have a good inventory plan?” The result was restatement. My conclusion? I cannot get a clear answer.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

For example, in 2011 Amazon initiated a program called Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping and discounted 1-day shipping). 3) Align Demand Planning Across Supply Chain. Supply chain practitioners are taught to share the demand data with trading partners so nobody has to keep the unnecessary stock.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders. A Point of Sale forecasting system requires a “ship to” model based on the channel. The models are too different to drive a clear signal from sales activity to demand planning in the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

Today, retailers have a large store count with increased velocity. Not every retailer is at the same place. Another example is the work that we are doing on collaborative shipping. Retailers and shippers have their own master data systems, we need a breakthrough technology to change how we map data. We are experimenting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

With the shift of power to the retailer, both have had to add headcount to manage the increased demands for sales to staff account-specific teams to better manage against retailer expectations. General Mills is much better at planning than Kellogg. As a result, both organizations saw a decline in revenue/employee.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

Clearing the stale inventory has helped the world’s largest retailer relieve pressure on their stores and through their supply chain. Other headwinds included higher fuel costs and storage costs associated with the backlog of shipping containers. Demand Planning. While revenues grew, operating margins were down 6.8%

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BlueYonder

MARCH 26, 2020

As the impacts of the COVID-19 continue to evolve, consumers are faced with unprecedented disruptions to these basics while retailers are scrambling to understand impacts on their supply chain. The one constant, though, in all the chaos: retailers remain focused on servicing customers and keeping their employees working.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

of in-stock products ship the same business day from our DCs; that is best of breed for any industry.” The goods flow through 2 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 66 final mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. Products can be shipped to a work site or a place of business.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. Retailers who create a waitlist for their high-end products may leverage shortages to their advantage, using exclusivity to justify higher prices.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

MDSM actually sits between mid- and long-range planning (often accomplished using aggregate time-series techniques) and extremely short-term Demand Sensing technology (“What should I ship today?”). The final step is integration back to your master demand planning systems. Some things to consider.

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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. Even the mom-and-pop bakery around the corner can do that without any technology investment.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

Chainalytics Creates New Metrics for Demand Planning Consortium. Retail Import Growth Expected To Slow Significantly Over Summer ( NRF ). In related news, Maersk downgraded its forecast for ocean shipping demand. HighJump Software Announces New Partnership With NetSuite.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The demand was set by either advertising, seasonal cycles or spikes due to new “hot items”. Just as retailers and suppliers have made adjustments, a different kind of disruption has been taking place, and picking up momentum. I saw in O’Marah’s article that major retailer Walmart has teamed with Google to be part of Google Express.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

The USPS announced this week that it is raising rates for commercial and retail parcels from early October through late January. Retail customers will see increases ranging from 30 cents to more than $6, depending on the weight of the package and the distance it must travel. MPO will continue to operate as a standalone company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

The engine then uses the statistical pattern of all of the data to translate demand into a safety stock value. This technique has been very useful for retail store inventory and MRO where demand is lumpy, latent, and difficult to forecast. Makes sense. And, then there is a discussion of data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Retail shelves are increasingly empty. Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. profit for Q3 on $16.6B My take? .” What can we learn?

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Retail shelves are increasingly empty. Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. profit for Q3 on $16.6B My take? .” What can we learn?

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

To all of my supply chain, demand planning, and forecasting friends who found the year challenging (if not traumatic), rest assured: You were not alone then – and you’re not alone now. Lesson #5: From Shipping to Stocking, Process Matters. Five Lessons Learned Overcoming 2021’s Supply Chain Challenges.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2025

Or the Panama Canal drought, which forced authorities to cancel ship crossings by 36%, costing between $500 million and $700 million. A McKinsey survey highlights a strong demand for AI-based tools, particularly in demand planning, where 74% of respondents show keen interest.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Whether you’re in manufacturing, retail, or another industry, here are four strategies that supply chains just like yours have used to win at demand forecasting. 1. Plan for uncertainty with probabilistic forecasting. weather, social media), making demand planning extremely complex.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Long tail , intermittent or lumpy demand, caused by revenue slicing from large product portfolios, shorter replenishment cycles or shorter product lifecycles. More channels to market, with aggregated demand coming from multiple “demand streams”.

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ThroughPut

MAY 2, 2024

Add to that the growing demands of sustainability all around! Achieving any kind of business and operational efficiency is possible only when you lead plans by demand. However, demand planning is a complex function and ineffective demand planning can spell doom in the modern commercial world.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The onset of COVID and the rapidly changing environment of a pandemic-hit world has meant demand planning has become more difficult – and as a result, more critical – than ever. What is demand planning? Demand planning is the process of predicting what customer demand will be for a certain product.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

These complexities, layered with globalization, shorter product life cycles , and associated volatility in demand planning, has produced the most dynamic supply chain landscape we have ever experienced. Multiple manufacturers, multiple relationships, multiple distribution models, multiple contracts.

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