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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

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Demand forecasting has gained increasing importance over the last few years. We met with five supply chain experts to discuss how crucial demand forecasting is for mitigating risk, and what businesses can do to improve forecast accuracy. Mark Houghton – CEO at Radical Cloud Solutions , our cloud solution specialist in Zimbabwe.

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How Procter & Gamble is thriving on supply chain complexity

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Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe. P&G knew that it needed to improve its S&OP forecast quality, while reducing the human effort and inventory needed to meet customer service levels.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

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And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. Not knowing how much inventory is at each location. Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Here’s what we found: 1.