Logility

JUNE 7, 2023

Top 3 Demand Forecasting Mistakes —How To Avoid Them with Demand planning software Demand forecasting is a critical facet of successful business operations, acting as the helm guiding companies through the rocks hiding beneath the water of market demands. Neglecting these can distort your forecast.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2016

For multi-channel retailers, it’s getting increasingly difficult to survive in “the Amazon jungle”. As Amazon invests relentlessly to boost its agility and drop its costs, retailers are also looking for ways to raise their game. Distribution centers are designed for receiving, warehousing, and shipment. Here’s why.

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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 #2: Finding solutions in warehouses and distribution centers. “We Five Lessons Learned Overcoming 2021’s Supply Chain Challenges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Walgreens, like many other retailers, has embraced omnichannel. The giant retailer was contemplating a full rip and replace of their legacy distributed order management solution – the key solution that supports omnichannel order fulfillment. Blue Yonder is a leading supplier of supply chain and retail software solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

It was precisely the industry’s inability to make real-time decisions (based on real-time data) that was at the root of depleted store shelves, clogged ports and warehouses overflowing with excess inventory. Supply Planning and Deployment : Will any intra-network disruptions cause imbalances in warehouse and transportation capacity?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations. Eliminate Before You Automate : Automation is critical to large, efficient warehouse operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. In this world of demand volatility, processes need to shift to be outside-in to use market data. Lane RFPs focused on cost reduction, but few asked if they had a feasible plan.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Retail workers are at the heart of the economy, making the continued retail labor shortage a top challenge for retailers–one that appears here to stay. Get the real story on today’s retail worker shortage, as we break down: Retail Labor Shortage Statistics. The Need for Corporate Retail Talent.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The key to achieving this supply chain utopia lies in understanding the different types of warehouses and their strategic roles. Let’s dive in and discover the world of warehouses together. Importance of Warehouses in Supply Chain Management Warehouses play a pivotal role in the efficient functioning of supply chain management.

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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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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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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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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Planning improves with predictive AI capabilities A growing number of factors influence the accuracy of supply and demand planning. Everything from changes in supplier availability to geopolitical issues force companies to update their plans to avoid risk and extra costs.

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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 Synchronization. Naive Forecast.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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ModusLink Corporation

MAY 19, 2025

Modern supply chains are turning to AI and machine learning to: Analyze buying patterns Predict demand shifts Simulate supply chain scenarios This enables more responsive planning and prevents knee-jerk decisions based on outdated information.

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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. Demand Planning. Walmart executives fairly pointed out how difficult it is to forecast demand in times of economic turbulence. While revenues grew, operating margins were down 6.8%

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Webinar – Demand Planning in VUCA Times with Ali Raza. ThroughPut’s AI-powered Supply Chain software predicts Demand, reorients Production Capacity, reassigns Warehouse Space, and reorders Materials optimally, so businesses minimize overpromising and under-delivering. The New Retail Paradigm with Ali Raza.

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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?” Provide a Data Lake of Government Data to Use for Demand Predictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

During the early months of the pandemic, demand planning error jumped to 59%, up 14% from the pre-pandemic error rate of 45%. No matter what kind of demand planning solution was used, forecasting accuracy dropped. Forecasting Accuracy Was Terrible . Pre-pandemic that number was 27%.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

What your demand planning organization does is key to where it sits and how it needs to be structured. What follows is a high-level look at the processes that a robust demand planning function supports. Demand Planning Supported Processes. And producing the demand plan is a combination of science and art.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

While I am advocating rethinking supply chain planning, for some consultants, the only path forward is the adoption of DDRMP. No matter what I write on demand planning, the response is to blindly deploy DDMRP. We discussed the use of machine learning with drones for continuous cycle counting in the warehouse.

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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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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Armed with the right supply chain planning technology tailored to their industry needs, fashion brands can increase customer service levels, reduce inventory and unsold end-of-season items, reduce delivery time, and keep inventories lean while maximizing sales. But this doesn’t work for slow-moving items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2023

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Asena Yosun Denizeri, Vice President, Retail Solutions at Solvoyo. In this conversation, Asena and I talked about autonomous planning in supply chain. I asked Asena to give some deeper insights on a few key points.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The company also does internal climate scores of employees at corporate, the branches, and the warehouses. In addition to Coupa, mentioned above, the company is working with Logility for demand planning and Infor Nexus to provide supply chain visibility to their global inbound supply chain. Conclusion.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 10, 2017

Aside from that being one of your busiest times of the year, the movement to eCommerce and omnichannel shopping has made accurate demand planning impossible and inventory allocation harder than ever. Predicting where your highest demand will be this holiday season can feel like solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Carey School of Business, “ The Warehouse of the Future.” What’s Changed or Changing within the Warehouse. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions have become an important part of how companies are run, but these systems haven’t generally been strong on execution involving demand planning or WMS tasks.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

Inventory optimization will model demand and determine the appropriate inventory for individual echelons in the supply chain. The increased visibility that MEIO provides empowers centralized demand planning, reduces cost across the supply chain and streamlines operations.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Warehouse robots are just one form of warehouse automation , but they’re making a big impact. From greater flexibility and scalability to productivity gains, a faster ROI compared to other automation solutions and better resource management, warehouse robots are changing the face of warehousing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

The goal of digital transformation in supply chain planning functions is to create a Digital Twin that is the digital replica of the supply chain. It includes all of its elements: customers, sales channels, products, warehouses, logistics network, and the interactions between them. and Europe.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2025

A McKinsey survey highlights a strong demand for AI-based tools, particularly in demand planning, where 74% of respondents show keen interest. From 2007 to 2019, internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales followed a steady, predictable upward trend.

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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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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In part 1 of this blog series , we took a look at how innovation is changing the supply chain and the evolution of different warehouse types and processes. Integrating planning supply chain software, coupled with execution solutions, such as warehouse management systems (WMS), can help optimize supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. In this world of demand volatility, processes need to shift to be outside-in to use market data. Lane RFPs focused on cost reduction, but few asked if they had a feasible plan.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. In this world of demand volatility, processes need to shift to be outside-in to use market data. Lane RFPs focused on cost reduction, but few asked if they had a feasible plan.

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6 River Systems

AUGUST 19, 2020

Today, anyone can start a retail business with a couple of clicks on a laptop from a café. Manufacturing companies have the option of selling directly to consumers without the help of any retail middle men. Here are five supply chain management tips for the retail industry to bring in sustainable profits.

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