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Demand Sensing (and Other Secret Ingredients) for Food and Beverage Supply Chain Success

Logility

Food and beverage companies can use demand sensing to predict sudden market trends and prepare for actual supply needs. Demand fluctuations dominate the food and beverage (F&B) industry. To accurately predict short-term demand, a demand sensing solution can be an asset in their forecasting toolkit.

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Supply Chain Predictions 2020: Uncertainty Demands Resilience

ToolsGroup

Against this backdrop, our 2020 predictions represent insights from across the ToolsGroup community for technology and practices that support greater supply chain resilience. Deriving value from huge volumes of data depends on being able to separate signals (which have predictive value) from ‘noise’. Data analytics will get simpler.

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Five Capabilities to Take the Food and Beverage Supply Chain to the Next Level

Logility

Food and beverage supply chains face mounting pressure to reduce costs, add more value and do more with fewer resources. Food and beverage companies run on razor-thin margins. As food and beverage manufacturers become more demand-driven, often there is a shift toward more frequent changes in production runs.

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Direct vs. Indirect Procurement: Key Differences Explained

Precoro

In order to run a successful business, you need a dedicated procurement team to obtain these essential goods and services, ensure timely delivery, and nurture good relationships with your vendors. Paying for offices, utilities, technology subscriptions, and cleaning services is also part of the procurement team's responsibility.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

On this tour, I heard Jeff Ma, a former member of the MIT blackjack team, speak on the use of analytics to make better decisions in “beating the house.” The outcomes are less predictable or clear. Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales. Closed Loop.

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The Importance of Supply Chain Management

Elementum

Recent press reports around food supply chain issues have emphasized the essential nature of a solid, well-managed supply chain where managers can predict (and respond to) potential delays or scarcity. The data collated through an SCM system is then used for business analytics, measuring performance, and predicting future trends.

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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part II: AI, Procurement, & the New Lean

GlobalTranz

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. Also, it bridged the divide between manufacturing operations and service (logistics) operations, explains Springer Link. The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends.