The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

SIOP stands for “Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan”, not to be confused with “S&OP”. Traditional S&OP planning often deals with product families or wide-ranging product categories and though providing valuable data, this process delivers results at an aggregate or macro level.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Now if we fast-forward to present day, we have the likes of Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Bixby, all on personal devices. Walmart brings extreme fulfillment expertise to the table, and Google has the technologies for language processing, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics. People dictate text messages.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) should evolve into a strategic instrument for continuously aligning demand forecasts, production capacities, and inventory levels in the face of uncertainty.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ThroughPut AI: Best for supply chain analytics and decision intelligence WATCH ON-DEMAND THROUGHPUT AI DEMO With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), a very powerful force comes into play in your supply chain decision-making processes with ThroughPut AI.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Detailed plan is usually presented on A3 sized paper.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

Let’s face it, the definition of demand-driven is evolving. Today’s processes are supply driven. The base definitions of the SCOR model are inside-out, and supply-centric. In the 1990’s demand latency in a regional supply chain was weeks. This ended when Gartner purchased AMR Research in 2010.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. That''s why we ask our experts a very simple question " How to improve the operational efficiency in global supply chain?

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

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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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

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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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. million and purchased Starboard Solutions Corp., Solid Start to Fiscal 2023 Highlighted by Continued Strong Growth in Subscription Fees of 23% and Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 15%. ATLANTA (August 24, 2022) American Software, Inc.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Company reported operating earnings of approximately $4.5 wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized as SupplyChainBrain ’s 2021 100 Great Supply Chain Partners.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Time travel still only exists in science fiction; however, if I could go back, based on what I know today, I can think of a few supply chain-related things I would have done differently when I was implementing and running sales and operation planning processes ( S&OP ).

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Logility

JULY 21, 2022

It’s incredibly complicated to pinpoint when an order will ship and when it will arrive. There’s no way you can orchestrate a value stream until you’ve got it all integrated,” Scrimgeour said. And with an annual multi-billion spend on 6,000 vendors, approaches may vary based on the supplier’s size.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Yesterday, I presented to 700 global attendees on an APICS webinar. In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. I struggle to find both in today’s market. This week, I am finishing two reports: Sales and Operations Planning, and Inventory Optimization.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. million for the same period last year, reflecting our continued transition to the Software as a Service (SaaS) engagement model. ATLANTA (August 25, 2021) American Software, Inc. million compared to $0.8 Trinseo S.A.,

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The staff at Wired magazine notes, “Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Maybe you ordered something on a whim (or you snagged an awesome deal) and now you have buyer’s remorse. ”[3] The problem facing retailers is that a generous returns policy can cost them a lot of money. ”[2].

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2021

” With COVID-19 still a problem heading into this year’s holiday shopping season, returns are again going to present a challenge for both online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Today’s complicated returns processes more often than not involve reverse logistics, which can be a real headache for retailers.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Third wave supply-chain planning software will play the machine role in the human-machine collaboration, enabling the knowledge worker to manage large amounts of data, use advanced analytics, and automate processes and decisions across the enterprise and the wider value chain. S&OE ENVIRONMENT.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I worried I might have done something that put me on Santa’s Naughty list. Imagine planning, purchasing, manufacturing, and logistics required to deliver presents to every good boy and girl in the world in one night. A phone call was set up for later that week. I didn’t sleep well the nights leading up to the call.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 7, 2021

.” For many consumers, the most important touch point they have on the digital path to purchase is their smartphone. The Mobile Phone Touch Point For years, the digital path to purchase has moved increasingly from personal computers to mobile technologies. In the mobile arena, the smartphone is clearly the dominant player.

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Unleashed

JULY 10, 2023

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the process of aligning demand planning with supply planning and financial planning to create an integrated business strategy. Other benefits of Sales and Operations Planning include: Happier customers: A high-functioning S&OP team supports better decision-making at the executive level.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One retail sector that witnessed a dramatic rise in online purchases during the pandemic was the grocery sector. Analysts from Chicory note, “The grocery shopper’s path to purchase from digital to in-store and other online environments has always been obscure.”[2] The Omnichannel Consumer. during 2020.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

That’s why it’s crucial to track inventory management KPIs consistently. . In this article, we break down what inventory KPIs entail, why they matter, and which metrics are most valuable for you to track. . Not sure what those metrics are? Cost per unit. Inventory turnover rate. Backorder rate.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement. Here’s an easy way to learn how to apply it to Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

The data from this global virtual item master takes another step in its evolutionary journey and is refined using an online, cloud-based platform with user tools that automatically present the normalized data obtained from all sources, both internal and external, in natural English. We have adjusted to their presence very quickly, haven’t we?

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SCMDOJO

MAY 14, 2025

How to Turn Your Data into a Strategic Asset for Business Transformation Every business generates vast amounts of data daily, from customer interactions and sales transactions to supply chain movements and employee productivity metrics. Let’s explore the critical steps in this journey.

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crisp

JANUARY 24, 2024

Discover how Walmart’s Luminate Charter plan is revolutionizing retail data analytics with these five essential reports for suppliers. This is the promise of Walmart Luminate’s Charter plan. Omnichannel sales reporting One of the biggest additions to Luminate is the inclusion of omnichannel sales data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. Christensen’s concept is that businesses will reject innovation based on the fact that the customer cannot currently use the innovation delaying the adoption of great ideas.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 29, 2019

Nevertheless, there are some technologies that must be adopted in today’s business environment. ”[2] Those technologies include: Artificial intelligence (AI); advanced analytics; Internet of Things (IoT); robotic process automation (RPA); autonomous machines; digital twin technology; immersive technologies; and blockchain.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The monthly cycle of S&OP meetings has been the forum in which a firm’s forecasts have been presented and reconciled across functional areas. Automation of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, including self-selecting machine-learning models for a library of predefined problems.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

It matters not what your metric is, you get the same results: too much of our trade spend goes down the drain, doesn’t it? Converting big data to usable insights can only really be accomplished through a digital path to purchase and an infusion of that technology and intelligence into the trade promotion planning and execution processes.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

The challenge, then, is to strike a balance between sufficient inventory levels to ensure availability and costs that won’t threaten the future of your enterprise. It’s an art requiring several approaches, including developing clear return policies , optimising the returns process , and, again, exploiting technology solutions.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

To help you determine what tactics, processes, technologies and practices are a must-have in a winning supply chain strategy, we reached out to a panel of supply chain professionals and asked them to answer this question: “What’s the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy?”

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Vinculum

APRIL 15, 2020

In the present scenario, companies can take quick action across the end to end supply chain to tackle six significant issues. Business organizations can purchase information from the databases of business data providers. Businesses can use advanced analytical forecasting tools to produce realistic forecasts.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Visibility of Global Transportation Ops. With a well executed global transportation program, net total landed cost savings of 1-2% is probable. But, more importantly, a well-executed global transportation program has a direct impact on the level of total inventory across an organization’s supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

Least attention is paid to this category for the purpose of stock control and planning and procurement decisions for such items may be automated. Acknowledgement: In purchasing, acknowledgement is the term used to describe a suppliers confirmation that the buyers purchase order has been received, and hence, that the order is accepted.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 10, 2023

In short, supply chain planning is about making sure you’re maximising efficiency through every phase of a product’s lifecycle. That’s why you need to ensure you’ve got systems in place to collect key data relating to purchasing, logistics, inventory, and sales.

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