Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals. The discussion should start with a redefinition of the model. I love new forms of analytics, but I think we need to rethink the models and the overall approach to maximize value. In an outside-in model, market data is used to classify demand flows.

Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software How To Inventory Reduction 217

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Was it that Kraft was not clear in its definition of supply chain excellence (which was true) or not clear on how to best use the system (which was also true)? The basic taxonomy of supply chain planning–the framework for a series of optimization engines– has not changed. What defines supply chain excellence?

Supply Chain Planning Software 251

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Forecasting Software Supply and Demand 251

Logility

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Smart Data Analysis: AI algorithms excel at handling large amounts of data , such as sales history, market trends, and customer behavior. By using AI, demand forecasting models can identify patterns and connections within the data, leading to more accurate predictions.

Forecasting 175

Forecasting Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software Modeling 175

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. The distribution models were never tested when implemented. As a result, after four years of the initial go-live, the team blindly used planning models, distorting the plan. Or planned orders to purchase orders?) The reason?

Supply and Demand 370

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Let’s zoom to the bottom line: the results are less than optimal for all the monies spent and practices deployed. Likewise, when he speaks about the supply chain, his partner, Yossi, his mental model is logistics. Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders. The trend is clear.

Supply Chain Planning Software 386

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling Forecasting Software 386

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In the process, there is a fine line between marketing hype and overpromising, making buying difficult. On the website, there is no definition, but the implementations focus on a deeper optimization using traditional APS taxonomies in a Graph database. Yet, the models depict traditional supply chain software deployments.

Supply Chain Software 393

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

So should the purchasing process. . RFIs tend to work well for certain industries (like government) or for purchasing equipment and industrial assets, bu t t hey often fall short in helping supply chain teams select a new software vendor. There is valuable time and effort put in by both the supplier and the purchasing party.

Procurement Solutions 252

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 252

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The Company;s senses consumer preferences to change and align their portfolio to deliver personalized products for purchase anytime and anywhere. In just a few years the company went from a limited range of brands and SKUs to a highly complex business model. It is one of the most effective regional/global governance models studied.

Case Study 254

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

Why is there a discontinuous line on the model?” This model reminds me of a snail. In each phase, companies refine the models until they find that the future is discontinuous. The enterprise-centric models, due to the lack of adaptability, cannot shift to use market data. This is not a lift and shift proposition.

Supply Chain Planning Software 330

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 330

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Millions of shoppers, like my Dad, are not going back to their old habits because there are now faster and more convenient ways for buying daily household needs. It excels on a union of E-Commerce mobile apps and last-mile delivery innovations. Inventory Optimization. However, this also comes with its planning challenges.

Supply Chain Planning Software 193

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Running optimizers frequently introduce noise and error into a complex system. and from a series of labor-intensive meetings that delay decisions to powerful insights for modeling.) In today’s processes, we move data into jails (relational databases) and then run optimizers. Adaptive Model Redefinition Through Learning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 374

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process. Using supply chain design to help time the investment and select the optimal location is a perfect use case. That has recently changed.

Supply Chain Design Software 202

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software 202

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Optimization engines to improve functional metric performance resulted in an exploding number of planners. Through the use of a NoSQL unified data model, the company is able to now move data within 15-minute increments improving the data flow for inventory availability to improve allocation and ATP processing. On average, it takes 2.8

Supply Chain Planning Software 330

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Waste Reduction 330

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

The group needed a clear market signal on consumption patterns and the translation of demand with minimal latency to optimize price, mix, and schedule the factory to manage margin. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat.

Supply Chain Planning Software 231

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra Technology investment is one of what we believe will be a series of purchases to build inter-enterprise cloud-based software platforms to redefine supply chain planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

AIMMS

MAY 4, 2016

Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. A Center of Excellence (COE) can help you start off with the right team structure, engage the right stakeholders and put you on the right path to implementation. How do you get buy-in and agreement? Distributed Teams.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 120

Prescriptive Analytics Software Analytics Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Supply Chain Software 120

Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

From the most basic to the most advanced organization, Inventory Optimization is a critical goal and one which underpins the effectiveness of the supply chain operation. Inventory Optimization requires an organization to sustain and maintain the right mix of cost versus service. How easy is the item to forecast and plan? -

Optimal Sourcing 100

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

Supply Chain Planning Software 177

Supply Chain Planning Software Trends Retail Forecasting Software 177

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 4, 2018

I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization. Supply chain planning is all about better math and modeling. Most planning happens in Excel Spreadsheets. Hands quickly went up to defend the use of Excel Spreadsheets. Use of Excel Spreadsheets.

Inventory Management Software 262

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Inventory Management Supply Chain Planning Software 262

AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

So should the purchasing process. . RFIs tend to work well for certain industries (like government) or for purchasing equipment and industrial assets, bu t t hey often fall short in helping supply chain teams select a new software vendor. There is valuable time and effort put in by both the supplier and the purchasing party.

Procurement Solutions 156

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 156

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Optimism and Reconnection.

Optimal Sourcing 217

Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 1, 2017

I can’t help but chuckle, though, at the prospect of a sales rep creating a promotion plan in an AI-based modeling tool only to have it blurt out, “Danger, Will Robinson,” or the sales rep’s name to warn of an impending disaster if he commits it to his plan. My email is abuzz with conversations about trade promotion optimization issues.

Optimal Sourcing 110

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Optimization Software Optimization Modeling 110

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One retail sector that witnessed a dramatic rise in online purchases during the pandemic was the grocery sector. Analysts from Chicory note, “The grocery shopper’s path to purchase from digital to in-store and other online environments has always been obscure.”[2] The Omnichannel Consumer. The Omnichannel Retailer.

Omnichannel 130

Omnichannel Retail Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management.

Supply Chain Design Software 297

Supply Chain Design Software Procurement Solutions Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 297

Precoro

MARCH 11, 2024

However, certain healthcare delivery models don’t always prioritize these vital aspects, especially considering the ever-increasing costs of healthcare services. Yet there’s a proactive approach that addresses the high cost of healthcare: value-based purchasing (VBP).

Procurement Analytics 105

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Being a glass half full kind of person, there is a giant opportunity ahead to improve and optimize. As is, the healthcare supply chain is complex with multiple players involved such as manufacturers, distributors and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) supporting and interacting with multiple departments and care delivery points.

Supply Chain Planning Software 219

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Optimal Sourcing 219

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. The answer is to increase modeling, evaluate sourcing strategies, and build the right push/pull decoupling points. Due to the lack of design of work processes, the output from the technology is sub-optimal.

Supply Chain Design Software 297

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design 297

Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Why are young adults not opting to make a career out of optimizing the world’s supply of pretty much everything? We buy our necessities online twice as much as we did before, we no longer need travel agents to book our trips, and our money transactions do not need a trip to the bank anymore. What gives?

Supply Chain Planning Software 160

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Supply Chain Software 160

AIMMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The other part of my role is supporting the inventory management functions within BT Group, driving decision-making around what we buy, when we buy, and where from. We are using Network Design Navigator for two purposes with different data sets: The first one is to optimize proximity in our network allocation for engineers.

Supply Chain Design Software 240

Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software AIMMS 240

Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2023

He writes, “The key trends to watch in the next few years are decarbonization to fight climate change, decoupling with China to de-risk supply chains, and dispersing centers of excellence across underserved areas by leveraging digital technologies.” ”[5] • Increase in private label purchasing. Greater sustainability.

Packaging 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$. Several false assumptions underly current supply chain planning solutions: -Companies could systemically apply optimization to decisions to drive improved outcomes.

Supply Chain Design Software 283

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software Optimization Software 283

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Forty interviews and two quantitative studies helped me build the model in my mind. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order.

S&OP 195

S&OP Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 195

Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In our Q&A, Shahzaib discussed predictive AI, which is used for supply chain disruption monitoring, hurricane simulators, commodity predictions, supplier screening, and predictive purchase orders. Supply Chain Resilience: Predictive AI models assist in developing contingency plans by simulating various risk scenarios.

Predictive Analytics Software 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

What PMI needed, considering the long planning horizons, was a digital and analytics network design and supply optimization tool. Network design and optimization tools help companies understand how to best leverage enterprise assets across their supply chain networks and where their production volumes should be optimally located.

Modeling 179

Modeling Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing 179

ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2021

I suggested a POC as a way to “try before you buy” and mitigate the risks of choosing a supply chain planning solution that doesn’t fit your organization or live up to its marketing materials. The POC allows the organization to model how the software will help them reach their goals without the time and expense of an actual implementation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 156

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions Modeling Software 156

Locus

MAY 15, 2023

The direct-to-consumer (D2C) model has been gaining popularity among customers for some time now as manufacturers get a lot more room to provide customized brand experiences that bring a lot more delight to consumers, which in turn strengthen brand loyalty. These sentiments reflect in the consistent growth of theIndian D2C market.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

Cost Reduction Strategies Price Mitigation Strategies SCM Supply Chain Strategy 52

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Network Software 195