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ToolsGroup Positioned as the Leader in the SPARK Matrix for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions

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BOSTON and LONDON – November 14, 2023 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been named the technology leader in the SPARK Matrix™ analysis of Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RF&F) by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions (QKS). Bulgari, and Clas Ohlson.

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[PODCAST] Inventory Forecasting Lessons for Improved Supply Chain Network Optimization

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Listen to “Inventory Forecasting Lessons for Improved Supply Chain Network Optimization” on Spreaker. The post [PODCAST] Inventory Forecasting Lessons for Improved Supply Chain Network Optimization appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Forecasting Over the Product Life Cycle

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Demand forecasting is tough, and getting it right over the entire product lifecycle during the course of launch, maturation, and end-of-life is tougher still. Forecasting new product introductions is difficult because you don’t have sales history, and you don’t have a good idea of how quickly the product will take off.

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Weather Permitting: How to Use Weather Data in Retail Forecasting

ToolsGroup

Despite knowing all this, too many retailers ignore the impact of weather and this adds error to plans and demand forecasts. And even though meteorology has come a long way, weather is a notoriously fickle and uncontrollable factor, and no forecaster can reliably predict it beyond the next few weeks. It all evens out in the end.

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2022 Forecast: Supply Chains Become Critical Infrastructure

ToolsGroup

Here’s my forecast for what will progress this year against that vision: A major cloud provider – Google, Amazon, or Microsoft – will emerge as the dominant host of the open supply chain platform. Download your copy ?. This time last year I set out my vision for an open supply chain platform to solve this very problem.

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Turn a Good Demand Forecast into the Optimum Inventory Plan

ToolsGroup

How Do You Turn a Good Demand Forecast into the Optimum Inventory Plan? Your customers don’t care if you have a great demand forecast. How do you turn a good forecast into a great inventory plan? How do you turn a good forecast into a great inventory plan? They care if you have the inventory they want when they want it.

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How to Get Started with Value-add Forecasting (Part 2)

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So, the promise of using statistical algorithms, forecasting and predictive analytics is now added to the list of a company’s number one priorities. Here are a few steps that you will need to take to deploy your forecasts successfully. Short Registration - Multi Part - BLOG FEATURED DOWNLOAD. One may ask, “What’s next?”