Logility

MAY 14, 2025

From smarter networks to scenario planning, here are key takeaways from our time at the event: 1. Whether its demand forecasting, network design, or manufacturing optimization, AI is enabling companies to respond faster and smarter to disruption. AI Is the Heart of Change The narrative has shifted.

Gartner 131

Gartner Modeling Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing 131

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This week, Llamasoft, a network design, and optimization technology provider became a Coupa business. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market. There is tension within organizations: the move from procurement as a self-serving function to enabling effective trading partner flows.

Supply Chain Design Software 362

Supply Chain Design Software Procurement Solutions Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 362

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Order cycles–the requested time from order to delivery–decreased while supply cycles –the time to procure materials– increased. I continue to hope that organizations will get more serious on building networks.

Supply Chain Planning Software 417

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software 417

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know that your primary focus is procurement. Push the FVA and Bullwhip factors pre and post-testing into a network design model to understand the impact on customer service, inventory policy, and margin. Use the visualization in network design models to educate teams on why they should care.

Supply and Demand 431

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Demand Planning 431

20Cube Logistics

APRIL 16, 2022

Supply chain Network Design can be explained as the strategic planning of the supply chain in order to measure the cost and the time required to bring the goods and services from manufacturers and suppliers to the market. Procurement costs and processes. Importance of network design in supply chain. Advantages.

Network Design Software 75

Network Design Software Network Design Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 75

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Ask a procurement or transportation professional if they have a good demand signal and expect a laugh. Technology can automate role-based views up and down the river of demand for all roles: marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and human resources.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Waste Reduction 195

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. Design Your Value Chains. The gaps between business leaders grew.

Supply Chain Design Software 355

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Supply and Demand 355

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Network Design Analysis. Supply chain excellence starts with design. The design of transportation and supplier networks. Successful network design strategies are holistic crossing the boundaries of source, make and deliver. For more information on advanced analytics, check out this report.

Supply Chain Planning Software 377

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 377

KEPLER Consulting

APRIL 5, 2019

A lot of our clients reflect upon the relevance of their network design and wish to challenge their flow organization in order to address the stakes of reactivity and efficiency imposed by the market. The network design is part of a mid/long term logic and aims at supporting the company’s business plan implementation.

Network Design Software 75

Network Design Software Network Design Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 75

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Network Design Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses.

Inventory Reduction 74

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Vendor Strategies Supply Chain Design Software 74

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Design of cash-to-cash cycles strategically through complexity analysis, sales and procurement policies. Manufacturing trade-offs are closely aligned to network design, tactical planning, and supplier development programs. Procurement. Procurement programs are implemented as standalone processes.

Supply Chain Planning Software 255

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software 255

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

The focus of APICS is manufacturing, CSCMP’s foundation is in logistics, and ISM serves the procurement organization. The use of network design technologies along with simulation through a center of excellence can greatly improve the gap between finance and the supply chain organization. Network Design Maturity Model.

Supply Chain Design Software 218

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Network Design Software Modeling 218

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions 98

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Director of Product Segment Marketing at Coupa Software , where he brings products to markets in the areas of Direct Material Procurement and Supply Chain Design and Planning. What is the cost impact of making changes? Nari Viswanathan is currently Sr.

Supply Chain Design Software 293

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 293

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A company can plan for this variability in a variety of ways – sourcing from multiple vendors for a given part , or network design to create a network with more decoupling points (more paths for a product to flow to market), or purchasing just-in-case capacity. All these things add costs to products. “We Very simple situation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 272

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 272

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this volatile world, efficient procurement led by a CFO is not the answer. The company needs to focus on the design of flows, building outside-in processes, creating an effective supplier development group, reducing complexity, and driving bi-directional orchestration to a balanced scorecard. What is the issue?

Manufacturing Procurement 195

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Network Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 26, 2023

Primed for transactional efficiency, these legacy architectures based on relational databases drive order-to-cash and procure-to-pay efficiencies. In these conventional IT approaches, data is written and coded with fixed semantics into rows and columns. I term this our data jail.

Optimal Sourcing 369

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply and Demand Manufacturing Procurement 369

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

While the company’s investments in manufacturing scheduling and demand sensing improved outcomes, the organization under-invested indirect procurement and network design. Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence. Shown in Figure 2, we track the results for the period from 2006-to 2021.

Procurement Analytics 369

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 369

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

And finally, have strong consultative capabilities in terms of network design, strategic procurement, and transportation rate benchmarking. First, MTS providers can set targets for service improvement or cost savings, and then conduct quarterly business reviews to track progress. Address Outsourcing Risks Head On.

Price Reduction 307

Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Price Mitigation Strategies 307

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service. Strategy to Network Design. The best supply chains are designed against business goals with conscious trade-offs. It requires leadership.

Supply Chain Design Software 170

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Network Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 170

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The answer lies in network design, demand sensing, and the simplification of product platforms. Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers.

Supply Chain Design Software 259

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Pricing Training 259

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The company uses a network design tool from Coupa. Procurement is critical to being able to stay in stock with the most important products. The annual report mentions a variety of different types of training offered by the company. But Mr. Jacobs discussed the training of a specific corps of supply chain analysts.

Supply Chain Design Software 300

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Network Design Software 300

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy. Mr. Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. Belcorp has been working with supply chain design solutions for more than ten years.

Supply Chain Design Software 318

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Transformation Modeling 318

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

The complete process would include procurement, creation of a route guide, planning and optimization, electronic communication with carriers, visibility and exception management, freight audit, and performance management. Transportation management systems include 2 types of solutions.

Optimization Software 274

Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Network Design Software 274

Talking Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2014

Managed services can include a lot of different things: supply chain modelling and network design, transportation procurement engagements (both strategic and tactical), day-to-day planning and execution of shipments, business intelligence and analytics services, execution of continuous improvement projects, and so on.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 218

Logistics Network Optimization Software Network Design Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling 218

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

There are natural processes that require tactical horizon for procurement buying and transportation sourcing, and Sales and Operations Planning. The best companies are great at strategic network design and translate this to a global planning team that sets the network for a longer period of 12 weeks to 18/24 months.

Supply Chain Planning Software 268

Supply Chain Planning Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 268

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. Design Your Value Chains. The gaps between business leaders grew.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Supply and Demand 195

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Each requires design and fine tuning. However, only 9% of companies actively design their supply chains. Design Your Value Chains. The gaps between business leaders grew.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Supply and Demand 195

Locus

APRIL 1, 2022

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Locus has been listed as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools. And network design and optimization are instrumental in bringing about both. Market trends also continue to evolve faster than ever. All rights reserved.

Network Design Software 52

Network Design Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Network Software Gartner 52

Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 12, 2015

50 th Symposium Procurement and Logistics. This year we are celebrating two important anniversaries: for 50 years the symposium has been THE meeting place for buyers, logistics experts and Supply Chain Managers for exchanging information about current trends in their fields and networking with colleagues. Date: 11-13 November, 2015.

Procurement 60

Procurement Logistics Material Savings Germany 60

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

Global supply chain leaders understand that designing and implementing a robust risk management practices are essential and fundamental to running the business. Companies with advanced risk management programs redesign the role of procurement to build, not just audit, value chain relationships. In my life time, supply chains changed.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software 150

JDA software

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Today, a company’s success is largely driven by: its network design and how that company manages its supply, production and distribution locations. its transportation management and how well it continually procures, plans, executes and monitors freight. Network design.

Supply Chain Design 75

Supply Chain Design Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Optimization 75

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Alternate Bill of Materials and Alternate Sourcing: The more alternatives that exist through the manufacturing and procurement processes, the easier it is to design the supply chain to absorb cost and supplier variability. Additionally, through network strategies, be sure to design your warehouses for flows.

Supply Chain Design Software 231

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 231

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

Previously, the focus was on a more siloed approach to improving manufacturing, procurement or logistics. They see it as a set of numbers to be tightly integrated; whereas, the more mature teams see it as probability of demand to be used in their network design and supply planning models. 6 ) 80% Is Good Enough.

Supply and Demand 261

Supply and Demand Modeling Demand Planning Software Demand Management 261

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means continuously assessing the trade-off between the total cost to serve and meeting customer demand and minimizing lost sales.

Supply Chain Planning Software 272

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 272

BlueYonder

MAY 1, 2025

Supply Chain Network Design Optimization for Tariffs The example above highlights the importance of building a digital twin of your supply chain, enabled by digital supply chain network technology. Blue Yonder offers a solution enabling a comprehensive tariff strategy in as little as 7 days.

Just-in-Time 52

Just-in-Time Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction 52

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Many virtual attendees were also present, with representatives from across logistics, procurement, manufacturing, IT and sustainability not only learning from the esteemed speakers presenting, but also sharing their expertise and experiences. All this ensures the most holistic approach to supply chain management on a single platform.

Optimal Sourcing 80

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software 80