Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2025

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Optimal Sourcing

ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When supply plans or safety stocks are based on wrong assumptions about demand uncertainty, targets go unmet and supply chains go into firefighting mode.

Supply Chain Risk Management

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Thiessen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference.

Supply Chain Risk Management

ToolsGroup

AUGUST 27, 2021

Manufacturers are facing massive shortages across their supply chains, which, along with as well as an utter failure to move swiftly to account for said shortages, has resulted in a market flooded with demand for an ever-dwindling supply. It is, in order words, a failure in supply chain risk management.

Supply Chain Risk Management

Kinaxis

MARCH 18, 2015

One reason lies in companies’ heavy investment in traditional enterprise resource planning and demand-planning infrastructure, says Martin. But the volatility of demand, coupled with growing risk in global supply chains , has shown that this approach won’t give companies the agility they’re seeking.

Supply and Demand

Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

Supply Chains have primarily stayed on the outside of this challenge. 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, and only then, can you simulate new business strategies.

Modeling

Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations.

Supply Chain Design Software

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2022

The key building blocks for the modern supply chain control tower includes data from key supply chain partners, robust supply and demand planning, and a master data management/data harmonization layer that helps to normalize the data and can then feed accurate data to the planning engine or team members.

Predictive Analytics Software

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Reason #2 Poorly executed or non-existent sales and operations planning. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

Agility is more about reacting in the next day or two, or even the next hour or two, to potential supply chain disruptions. They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. Concurrent planning is kind of amazing.

Supply Chain Transformation

Logility

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Santa said since our discussion last year he has learned quite a bit from his demand planning elves on the importance of accurate forecasts and the negative effects of forecast error on the rest of the Christmas Express Supply Chain. Santa referred to this system as the Santa Claus (SC) Planning Platform.

Optimal Sourcing

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

« Asset Management and Dynamic Work Plan- Part I | Main | Asset Management and Dynamic Work Plan- Part II » Demand Planning - Practicing the Best Practices (contd.). Demand planning is a sub-process within sales and operations planning and is not a compartmentalized task.

Supply and Demand

SCMDOJO

JUNE 14, 2024

The curriculum takes you on a deep dive through the entire supply chain lifecycle, equipping you with a thorough understanding of: Supply Chain Fundamentals: Master the core concepts and processes that drive successful supply chains, including demand planning, forecasting, and network design.

Buyer Training

Logility

JANUARY 22, 2016

The discipline of supply chain risk management has emerged over the last decade to promote creation of mitigation plans for when disruptions occur. In 2016, more supply chain teams will invoke scenario planning to determine what actions to take in the face of potential disruptions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Kinaxis

JULY 27, 2015

Another large problem NGIA points out is lack of organization and ineffective planning, which leads to wasted time and wasted product. If your demand planning isn’t on point you may end up with a surplus of plants you’re unable to move.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Kinaxis

JULY 8, 2015

Forward thinking in sales and operations planning and other processes. Scenarios are of value with any supply chain process such as inventory planning , supply management , demand planning , order fulfillment , or capacity planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise.

Supply and Demand

ThroughPut

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the dynamic world of supply chain management, demand planning is a critical component for achieving holistic supply planning. It involves constructing an accurate forecast of future demand based on supply drivers, aiming to meet customer needs as precisely as possible.

Inventory Reduction

DynaSys

JANUARY 12, 2021

For instance, S&OP: improves business alignment, reduces expedite costs, improves utilization of capacity and improves return on assets (ROA), reduces cash requirement, improves supply chain risk management. Organizational Co-Operation and Enhanced Decision-Making.

S&OP

SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Variety : SCMDOJO’s courses are highly specialized, focusing on in-depth knowledge and areas of supply chain management, such as inventory management, procurement strategies, supply chain risk management, and Artificial Intelligence, which in turn makes it easier for learners to navigate and begin their learning journey in specific domains.

Course

Kinaxis

MAY 6, 2015

by Alexa Cheater In part one of this series I talked about how businesses trading in data as a commodity could be classified as using non-traditional supply chain. It was the most obvious case to prove non-traditional supply chain is actually a valid concept.

Modeling

Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The execution layer includes a suite of purpose-built applications that are designed to manage different aspects of the supply chain. These can be applications for supply chain risk management, demand planning, supply planning, order execution and fulfillment, transportation management, etc.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 21, 2023

“With SDX, Oshkosh improved from 60% -70% forecast vs. shipped to 75%-80%, allowing for better management of working capital,” added Exiger President of Supply Chain Transformation Trevor Stansbury.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The resulting solution set focuses on master data management, demand planning and replenishment management systems, and the sequence in which they must be implemented. And once it had a handle on the final SKU list along with its demand, it would have negotiated much better price agreements with LTL and parcel carriers.

Optimal Sourcing

Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

« The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities | Main | Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment » Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices. for running the organization in the most effective and efficient manner.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

One of the greatest challenges that complex supply chains of the companies today face are accurate forecasting and demand planning. In this context, the social media can be leveraged effectively to analyze customer data and achieve more insight on forecasting, planning, scheduling and inventory management.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Guest Post By Bob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing

Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Thomas further recommends in his blog approaching Supply Chain segmentation as an end-to-end strategy that encompasses business processes starting all the way from the Customers over to Suppliers. This also includes Demand Management process, which will be the focus of my discussion in this blog. Generic SCM (130).

Forecasting

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (57). January 2014.

Asset Management

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » Asset Management and Dynamic Work Plan- Part I. January 2014.

Asset Management

Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 18, 2012

Ensuring data accuracy in the planning system is like maintaining basic hygiene. This will not only increase planners belief in supply and demand plans created by APO, but it will also give him / her more time to explore advanced features in APO that will in turn help maximizing value out of solution they have deployed.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (57). January 2014.

Manufacturing Procurement

Requis

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In the first edition I also didn’t write about manufacturing execution systems or manufacturing operations management systems, but I cover them in the second edition. Supply chain risk management is now a much more important subject for us to talk about in 2020.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Inventory Management and Optimization Optimization and management of inventory is the ability to ensure product availability through inventory administration activities such as demand planning, stock optimization, and monitoring the age of the product. Experience with demand planning software and supply chain planning.

Negotiating Skills