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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier

Logistics Viewpoints

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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Leveraging Scenario Planning for S&OP Decision Support

AIMMS

Sales and Operations Planning has become the preferred method to facilitate clear and formal communication between the demand and supply sides of a business. To address this, Gartner advises organizations to adopt scenario planning for S&OP. S&OP as a practice is changing. – Tweet this.

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Build a Digital Playbook Beyond Scenarios to Thrive in Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

Today’s supply chains are fraught with uncertainties across demand and supply yet are tasked with adding incremental value to their organizations while also meeting commercial, working capital and sustainability goals. The challenge for supply chain teams lies in increasing knowledge to create value amid this complexity.

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Using What-if Scenario Planning to Balance Supply and Demand

Arkieva

Scenario planning provides a framework and set of tools to help planners pinpoint risks and opportunities, offer recommendations and more. Using What-if Scenario Planning to Balance Supply and Demand was first posted on October 17, 2023 at 8:16 am.

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Tracking ESG Performance In Your Supply Chain: The Ultimate 6-Point Plan

This white paper, by GEP, shares a 6-point plan to gain visibility and track ESG performance across your supply chains. Gaining visibility into ESG performance is a necessary first step to achieving ESG goals. But organizations must overcome challenges and develop processes to make it happen.

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Scenario Planning: Full Speed Ahead with Advanced S&OP

Logility

The list of supply chain challenges is never stops. Steer through the complexity with the scenario planning and advanced S&OP. Learn more about S&OP in our executive brief: Optimize Your Decision Making with Advanced Scenario Planning , or get started advanced S&OP here.

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The (misplaced) need for speed. Why faster supply chain planning will not get you to your destination.

Logistics Viewpoints

Over the last two decades, there has been a significant focus on increasing the speed of supply chain planning solutions. However, you may have noticed that the increase in the speed of supply chain planning solutions is not resulting in better decisions, improved performance, or much-needed supply chain agility.

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How to Achieve True Net-Zero Emissions: An Action Plan for Supply Chain Leaders

This GEP whitepaper shows why supply chain leaders should take steps now, and offers an action plan for moving forward. To achieve sustainability, many firms set lofty net-zero emissions goals. However, meeting them is easier said than done.

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Supply Chain Digital Transformation Guide 2022

Does your supply chain need a refresh? Newsflash: digital supply chains allow for integration and visibility to every aspect of the movement of goods/services. Don't let your supply chain become a thing of the past; download this guide to embrace the future!

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Supply Chain Planning Maturity – How Do You Compare to Peers?

Today's supply chains are networked, global ecosystems. How prepared are supply chain teams to react and recover from a planning maturity stance? The use of scenario analyses: How widespread is the use of scenarios prior to and during planning meetings?

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4 Reasons to Break Up With Excel and Move to Digital Supply Chain Planning

Historically, supply chain planning processes have been performed using error prone and time-consuming spreadsheets. Adopting a predictive intelligence platform allows you to outperform your supply chain goals, overcome challenges of spreadsheet-based planning, and improve the bottom line.

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The Essential Supply Chain Network Design Tooling Checklist

Dedicated supply chain network design software is fuelled by intuitive scenario analysis capabilities on the front end and powerful mathematical optimization on the back end. Answer 10 relevant questions and find out if your needs qualify for advanced network design & scenario modeling technology.

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New Supply Chain Design Software Benefits Calculator

How much can you save by optimizing your supply chain network? What's the ROI of supply chain network design software? Take our calculator for a spin to see how much you can save per year by optimizing your supply chain network. Our benefits calculator helps you find out. We often get asked this question.

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New Planning Maturity Assessment

Test your Planning Fitness. In today's new supply chain paradigm, resilience and agility are key. Is your planning process fit enough to keep up with the pace of change? Is your tech stack helping or hindering your progress? Take AIMMS's new quiz to uncover learnings and benchmark yourself against peers!

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Supply Chain Network Design: The Ultimate Use Cases eBook

This eBook shares how supply chain leaders leverage their supply chain design software to tackle a variety of challenges and questions. Scenario analysis and optimization defined. Creating a strategic digital twin (digital representation) of your supply chain network. What's inside? Modeling your base case.