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ToolsGroup Names David Barton General Manager of North America

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (May 13, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, announced today that David Barton has joined ToolsGroup as the new general manager of North America. Barton succeeds Patrick Smith, who served as managing director for North America from 2011 to February 2019. About ToolsGroup.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

The roots of IBP are in sales & operations planning (S&OP). S&OP is usually a month-long cross functional process that involves five steps. The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China. It’s just a set of numbers. It’s the narrative.

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Catch up on Supply Chain Analytics news with our Summer Reading List

AIMMS

The first half of this year has flown by and for many of us, it’s time for a much needed vacation. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! Looking for a software provider for Business Analytics, S&OP, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning & Scheduling or SC Network Design?

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Frequently Asked Questions about S&OE

AIMMS

This is a guest entry by Sander van Lokven, General Manager at Districon Solutions North America, an AIMMS implementation partner. What is S&OE and what does it entail to develop a companion app with optimization capabilities? S&OE is all about how reality compares to the S&OP plan.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

In this edition: Jaro Caban, Global S&OP, Cargill Animal Nutrition. Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional.

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Catch up on Supply Chain Analytics news with our Summer Reading List

AIMMS

The first half of this year has flown by and for many of us, it’s time for a much needed vacation. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! Looking for a software provider for Business Analytics, S&OP, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning & Scheduling or SC Network Design?

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #6

Supply Chain Trend

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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