article thumbnail

Applause!

Supply Chain Shaman

I, like other analysts, are stuck in the traditional software APS paradigm. This post is a commentary to companies that are challenging the traditional Advanced Planning System (APS) paradigms and trying to forge a new path. The Kinaxis solution is probably one of the most misunderstood supply chain planning platforms.

article thumbnail

How Can We Use Emerging Technology To Improve Community Nutrition?

Inmar

Technology is bringing to life the ability to accomplish feats that would have seemed science fiction when many of us were children — like driverless cars and virtual reality. One example is the North Market in North Minneapolis, an Inmar client in one of the country’s largest food deserts.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Meet our Spring additions

Alloy

More about Tom Tom Jones has over 15 years’ experience aligning technology to solve complex challenges in forecasting, planning, and visualizing networked data across a breadth of industries. Before Anaplan, Tom led financial modeling, forecasting, & reporting for the $15 billion Entertainment business unit of Best Buy.

Meeting 40
article thumbnail

Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. GMS is a team of nine people based in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Minneapolis. and some macro ingredients, for their own segments.

S&OP 107
article thumbnail

The Impact Weather-Driven Demand has on Promotion Performance

Cognira

Leverage advanced technology. Optimize Forecasting for better customer behavior insights. Here are a few examples of how weather impacts promotion performance: Better Forecasting, Better Predictions. Tina works in buying and forecasts promotions for inline and online items. Get the latest updates about retail technology.

article thumbnail

Get Ready for La Niña, With Snowy Winter in the Northern U.S.

DAT Solutions

El Niño (“little boy” in Spanish) and La Niña (“little girl”) are opposite phases of complex weather systems that are influenced by sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean, near the equator. Regardless of the long-range forecast , it’s best to be prepared for anything.

article thumbnail

28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Sebastian Jungels @seb_jungels Sebastian is a co-founder at KAPUA , an enterprise SaaS provider, where he helps companies to improve their forecasting accuracy and speed.