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Context. The Key to Unlocking the Power of Your Supply Chain Data Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

Alerts and notifications from email, social channels, home devices, shopping apps and other platforms compete for our attention, creating an overwhelming stream of information. Decision-makers must operate with agility and speed, often orchestrating complex scenarios across vast supply chain networks.

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Probabilistic Forecasting: The Future of Supply Chain Planning

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Probabilistic forecasting is revolutionizing demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization by significantly improving forecast accuracy and decision-making across distribution networks. Probabilistic demand planning enables businesses to optimize stock levels while reducing costs and improving service levels.

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Advanced Supply Chain Planning with Probabilistic Forecasting

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This approach significantly improves forecast accuracy and enhances decision-making across distribution networks. Traditional supply chain planning tools rely on deterministic forecasting, generating single-point estimates that often misrepresent real-world complexities. The result?

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Supply Chain AI: 25 Current Use Cases (and a Handful of Future Ones)

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AI is not a new technology in the supply chain realm; it has been used in some cases for decades. Optimization is used in supply planning, factory scheduling, supply chain design , and transportation planning. Demand planning engines have natural feedback loops that allow the forecast engine to learn.

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Probabilistic Demand Forecasting: Revolutionizing Supply Chains

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At ToolsGroup, we’ve long championed probabilistic demand forecasting (also known as stochastic forecasting) as the cornerstone of effective supply chain management software. In conventional supply chain planning , planners using basic tools (typically spreadsheets or legacy systems) forecast just one number for each item.

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Decentralizing Supply Chains: How Regional Models Drive Resilience and Flexibility

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These decentralized networks aim to boost flexibility, reduce risk, and improve responsiveness, aided by technologies such as blockchain, AI-driven logistics, and expanded visibility into supply chains. These events highlighted the urgent need for diversification and risk mitigation strategies across global supply networks.

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Supply Chain & Logistics News June 23rd – 26th 2025

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The Clorox Company announced at a conference this week that it will be updating its 25-year-old ERP system across the United States. FedEx is continuing its Network 2.0 Clorox Plans to Begin Overhauling Its U.S FedEx Closes 100 Stations Through Network 2.0 FedEx Closes 100 Stations Through Network 2.0