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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Five

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory.

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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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The Holy Grail of Modern S&OP: Multi-Horizon Integrated Business Planning 

Logility

 S&OP and Multi-Horizon Integrated Business Planning Manual supply chain processes are a real headache. Creating and comparing business scenarios in spreadsheets are fruitless exercises in glancing in the rearview mirror rather than looking ahead at the opportunities and risks emerging on the horizon.

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Turn a Good Demand Forecast into the Optimum Inventory Plan

ToolsGroup

And, from my findings working in the supply chain industry for 30 years with over 1,000 clients, the forecast foundation should handle slow, lumpy, long tail, seasonal, trending, promotional, causal, and new items. How do you automate demand planning decisions? Planning becomes a modelling exercise, not a guessing game.

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S&OP in Agribusiness: How to Harvest the Benefits with Advanced Analytics

AIMMS

The agribusiness supply chain is highly complex. The article, written in collaboration with our partner Luciano Moura ( UniSoma ) and Diego de Carvalho Moretti (Nortegubisian) , outlines the following planning challenges in an agribusiness supply chain: Supply chain flows are extended over a long period of time.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Sourcing Predictions- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Geo-Political and Hybrid Government Policy Dimensions.

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

ivalua

When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. You can download Gartner’s full report here.