Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

She wrote, “I have been working in the supply chain for 35 years, and we are still trying to solve the “demand” issue. Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. Over the last two years, I actively engaged technologists and business leaders to redefine demand planning.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 25, 2022

BOSTON – (August 25, 2022) ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been named a leader in the Quadrant Solutions SPARK Matrix™ for Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization. for Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization, 2022.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How AI powered demand planning solutions revolutionize the role of demand planners In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their operations and improve their supply chain.

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Why Network Optimization Is the Key to Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Resiliency It has been a few years since the onset of the pandemic exposed the tragic consequences of supply chain fragility within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. They simply cannot keep pace with business dynamics.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Just-In-Time Supply Chain Model vs. Just-In-Case Supply Chain Model Several years ago, when the pandemic became a full-blown global crisis, most supply chains used the “just-in-time” model, which relies on resources and goods being available right when they’re needed. They didn’t have the full picture.”[2]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. Historically, an OOM has access to all the company’s inventory. The system allocated which orders would get inventory from a given location to fulfill an order. The hierarchy of rules is too simple to fully optimize profitability.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Demand forecasting plays a crucial role in business success, as it helps predict customer demand and plan inventory effectively. Fortunately, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), demand forecasting software has undergone a significant transformation.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Quadrant Knowledge Solutions SPARK Matrix™ provides competitive analysis & ranking of the leading Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization (IO) vendors. In the complex world of supply and demand, inventory optimization ensures a perfect balance between having too much and not enough stock.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

What’s the difference between traditional inventory planning and inventory optimization? Optimizing your inventory is a different beast than simply planning your inventory. They face a complex distribution network and optimizing inventory for each location is challenging. It’s a lose-lose game.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 8, 2023

River Logic offers both a platform for customer solutions as well as network optimization and production planning & scheduling applications. Combining these impressive capabilities with ToolsGroup’s AI-driven, award-winning supply chain solutions, companies can now enjoy a truly end-to-end planning and execution process. “As

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As the supply chain crisis enters yet another year, demand volatility continues to reach unprecedented heights. Let’s take a look at what demand shaping is and why it could be critical to your supply chain. What Is Demand Shaping? Influence Demand with these Demand Shaping Techniques.

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Logility

MAY 6, 2021

Fortunately, businesses are beginning to get the message as they consider the advantages of what-if scenario planning to foresee the possibilities ahead and get comfortable with a level of unpredictability that paralyzes actionable decision-making. . The True Meaning of What-If Scenario Planning .

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2023

Bloated inventories. Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. The larger the number of days of inventory, the greater the cash drag.) Changes in Inventory Year-end inventory values by industry from Y Charts. The story continues. Rising inflation. Next steps?

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Logility

AUGUST 17, 2021

Managing consumer packaged goods inventory is challenging at the best of times, and it can be debilitating during times of local or international disruption. An advanced inventory planning and optimization solution allows these companies to set and maintain precise stock targets across a global network.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 3, 2021

When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain complexities and analytics required to ensure the fashion items you’re craving are in-stock. shorter product life cycles, and often protracted supply lead times. Hybrid models (i.e.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Supply Chain AI has sparked considerable excitement, shock, and fear over the past year. Considering where most companies are in their Supply Chain AI journey, the mix of excitement and apprehension is no surprise. Here are five pivotal use cases for AI adoption that can be achieved with DemandAI+ and InventoryAI+ solutions.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2021

However, inventory optimization for beverage brands can help these organizations overcome such challenges with greater ease and speed. Connecting the Dots to Supply Chain Equilibrium. The growing risk of stock-outs is a double-edged sword for supply chain operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Supply chain optimization has also improved in significant ways that can address these trade-offs better than before.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? Think this is possible? The reason?

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 26, 2024

Unique Partnership Delivers an End-to-End Network Optimization Solution to Seamlessly Integrate Supply Chain Design, Manufacturing Footprint and Probabilistic Planning and Execution for Leading Building Materials Manufacturer. Two of Cornerstone Building Brands’ business units — Aperture Solutions – U.S.,

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At ToolsGroup, we spend a lot of time working and partnering with our customers to overcome their top supply chain challenges. That’s why we eat, sleep, and breathe innovation and never stop looking for ways to help our customers get the most out of their partnership with us and make their supply chains a force for good in the world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Can you describe the outside-in model? The layers of the outside-in process surround the traditional supply chain planning applications shown in blue. It might seem unlikely, but the American Red Cross is a leader in defining a market-driven supply chain using outside-in signals. Outside-in Planning Taxonomy 2. Who does it best?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

How Do You Turn a Good Demand Forecast into the Optimum Inventory Plan? Your customers don’t care if you have a great demand forecast. They care if you have the inventory they want when they want it. But carrying too much inventory can reduce profits and might not be practical for some items such as fresh goods.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 8, 2023

The partnership offers an end-to-end optimization solution that seamlessly integrates supply chain design, production planning, and probabilistic planning and execution. This enables organizations to benefit from both longer-term strategic supply chain design variations and the resulting impact on inventory and service levels. “As

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

With Starboard’s Digital Twin Technology, Logility Clients Can Better Answer “What if” Scenarios and Optimize Supply Chain Networks to Overcome Disruptions and Drive Growth. a Traverse City, Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software. ATLANTA (June 28, 2022) – Logility, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals. Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals. This is how we should jump.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Inventory management is important because it provides a buffer to balance out the uncertainties between demand and supply. However, while it can be viewed positively, holding inventory also creates problems. As an asset on a company’s balance sheet, reduced inventory results in a higher return on assets.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 11, 2021

However, gradually complex manufacturing environments may prove to be a challenge for those who struggle with demand forecasting accuracy. This introduces a myriad of problems revolving around demand prioritization—from poor visibility into daily operations to complex fulfillment decisions to not knowing the impact of those decisions.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s time to evolve your supply chain from one-size-fits-all to purpose-built. Start your journey with the top six use cases for network optimization. Now, consider a different vision for how a supply chain can be designed and how it can operate. Check out the 6 top uses cases for network optimization below.

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Logility

JUNE 2, 2023

In the intricate world of supply chain management, the accuracy of demand forecasting often serves as the cornerstone of business growth. The very foundation of operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and overall profitability hinges upon the ability to predict demand with precision. What is Demand Forecasting Accuracy?

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2022

It’s a complex problem, but you can successfully optimize inventory levels with the right approach and technology. With all of today’s supply chain disruptions, and new ones no doubt lurking around the corner, companies without optimized inventory are risking overpaying and underperforming.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business was formerly known as JustEnough Software. Combined company gives retailers a powerful new technology arsenal to efficiently improve product availability under constrained supply and outperform the competition. Acquisition coincides with significant new growth investment from Accel-KKR.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Supply chain management has been in the news. But the intricacies of supply chain management are beyond the grasp of most. One key solution used to help manage complex supply chains is supply chain planning (SCP). Supply chain planning is a complex solution. Supply chain planning is a complex solution.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

In most cases, their legacy ERP or supply chain solutions cannot support the real-time, frequent forecasting and inventory planning needed to get ahead of margins pressures, rising costs, and shifts in consumer demand. It used to take two people anywhere from 10 to 15 days to create a 12-month forecast.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Per $1 billion in company revenues, no supply chain application has a better return on investment (ROI) than network design! The larger the supply chain, the bigger the payout. This supply chain spanned across 24 nations. Scenarios are run, and the low-cost network that best meets customer service objectives is selected.

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Logility

JUNE 7, 2023

Top 3 Demand Forecasting Mistakes —How To Avoid Them with Demand planning software Demand forecasting is a critical facet of successful business operations, acting as the helm guiding companies through the rocks hiding beneath the water of market demands. What is Demand Forecasting?

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Optimization is a form of advanced analytics that helps you solve complex decision problems, enabling you to make the best use of your business’ limited resources.* In an advanced form, such an approach can also generate the best case scenario for your business. You can do all of this and more with an optimization technology.

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