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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

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Mark Houghton – CEO at Radical Cloud Solutions , our cloud solution specialist in Zimbabwe. Protecting profit margins from ALC inflation ALC (Average Landed Cost) is a crucial metric in demand forecasting and inventory valuation. Most retailers will want 75% shelf life as a minimum.  They may have bought [a product] for $100.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

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fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. For instance, according to Wikipedia, India has some 14 million retail points of sale, compared with fewer than one million in the US. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe.