Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Inventory Supply Chain Design Software 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
I laugh when business leaders tell me that they are going to replace their current supply chain planning technologies with “AI.” Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions.
ToolsGroup
JUNE 12, 2025
If you’re managing inventory with spreadsheets , you’re not alone—but you might be falling behind. While Excel has long been a go-to for planners, the landscape has changed. In this dynamic environment, inventory management powered by spreadsheets is no longer a viable strategy. But familiarity doesn’t equal effectiveness.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 30, 2025
My head is wobbling with announcements, late-night Friday press releases, company name changes, and executive turnover in the supply chain planning market. Logility, a conservative company supply chain planning technology, historically had no debt and cash reserves of more than 80M, is undervalued in this deal.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 10, 2025
Technology can change or even improve work. We are not designing work with the human factor in mind. The goal of human factor process design is to make it easy for employees to do the right thing (and hard to do the wrong thing). Today, in supply chain planning, this could not be further from reality.
RFgen
DECEMBER 27, 2024
You’re juggling production schedules, managing inventory, keeping an eye on finances, and making sure everything runs smoothly on the shop floor. Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software integrates all your core business processes into one powerful platform. It’s a lot to handle.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Against my friends’ advice, I decided to drive to speak to 120 business leaders at the Gains Systems event. The cheese on the puffs stains my hands like I feel that mis-guided past practices have indelibly colored supply chain practices. Days of Inventory Pre and Post-Recession. IT View of the Current State of Inventory.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2014
The attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats to hear about the next release of Llamasoft software. Design as a Standalone Process. Today, Llamasoft, and the management of design processes, is no laughing matter. Today, supply chain design has become a process all to its own. The theatre was packed.
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