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Is Your Supply Chain ‘Ready for Anything’?

ToolsGroup

Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are overwhelmed by data management and complicated math. and reduced inventory by 18%.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

As we have seen in 2021, businesses automated and integrated supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing , dynamic safety-stock management , inventory optimization , and external collaboration. While increasing demand for at-home exercise equipment also expedited the expansion of the online wellness industry.

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Santa’s Supply Chain: Holiday Logistics in 2020

BlueYonder

For centuries, Santa has achieved more than any global logistics operation could ever dream of. He’s Making a List, and Checking Inventory. Safety in the North Pole workshops has been paramount, with social distancing rules significantly reducing output. If you catch a glimpse of this jolly old gentleman, you may be startled.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

I first heard about AIMMS at the Supply Chain Logistics Summit in Barcelona in 2015. We needed to be able to connect the dots here to get a more accurate forecast, especially since we were also expanding our network through acquisitions. We limited the amount of cash we needed for inventory by bringing it down by 35%.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

I first heard about AIMMS at the Supply Chain Logistics Summit in Barcelona in 2015. We needed to be able to connect the dots here to get a more accurate forecast, especially since we were also expanding our network through acquisitions. We limited the amount of cash we needed for inventory by bringing it down by 35%.

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o9 Solutions and Supply Chain Insights With LKQ Europe Reveal Significant Supply Chain Planning Improvements Following the First-Ever Pilot to Test Outside-In Planning

o9 Solutions

increase in forecast value add and reduced impact from the bullwhip effect. The study also tested how bi-directional orchestration versus the more traditional approach of multi-tier inventory optimization could improve LKQ Europe’s inventory buy plan. . The results of the pilot far exceeded LKQ Europe’s expectations.

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3 companies tell you their success with Quintiq

DELMIA Quintiq

Though operating in different industries, these big names in e-commerce logistics, oil & gas and humanitarian efforts rely on the same optimization technology provided by Quintiq. could place inventory and fulfill from Sydney for Australasian customers, ready to be delivered locally or to neighboring New Zealand.