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Is Your Supply Chain ‘Ready for Anything’?

ToolsGroup

The ability to predict more behaviors is critical to accurate forecasting. The nuances of demand across items, locations and time frames makes traditional demand forecasting little better than a guessing game. The key to bringing your planning back into focus lies in evolving beyond single-number forecasts. Start Today.

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My Failure Of Using Design Thinking To Drive Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

I studied design thinking for four years before facilitating a design thinking workshop. When I attempted to facilitate design thinking workshops on my own in 2015, I was bullish on the concepts. In the design thinking workshops for multiple manufacturers, these were conspicuously absent. Lessons Learned From Design Thinking.

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Unleashed Cash Flow Workshop: Experts Share Tips for Generating Cash Flow & Mitigating Risk

Unleashed

Forecasting essential to prevent another crisis Getting rid of old stock is great. But as a result, December was pretty slow, and January was abysmal.” “ Forecasting is critical [for making] decisions in advance of the problem , rather than being caught with your pants down.” The velocity of the sale is just quicker.”

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Bridge the Gap Between Executive Alignment & Supply Chain Performance

Logility

For example, executives might underestimate the impact of accurate demand forecasting on reducing inventory costs, resulting in insufficient investment in necessary tools and technologies. This can be done through regular supply chain briefings and workshops. These KPIs should encompass both operational and strategic metrics.

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How to make S&OP meetings a highlight in your team’s calendar

AIMMS

We recently offered a workshop at LogiChem, a chemical industry conference. Our workshop simulated a Capacity Review session. During the workshop, we learned that virtually all attendees had a pain point in common: they always had to go back to their desk to test different scenarios after an S&OP meeting.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

We witnessed a surge in mobile wellness applications, online personal training, meditation, and yoga workshops more accessible to everyone around the globe. While increasing demand for at-home exercise equipment also expedited the expansion of the online wellness industry.

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IBM Watson Intelligent Supply Chain Workshop Brings Executives Together to Share Thoughts on Deployment

NC State SCRC

Future workshops that will be forthcoming will include the following possible topics: Deep dives into cases and determine what worked and didn’t. Overall the insights derived from this workshop were unique, and we’d like to thank everyone for participating and sharing their insights.