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Are You Prepared For The Next Chip Shortage?

8 September 2021

The worldwide chip shortage is bad and getting worse. Yet another aftershock of the COVID-19 pandemic, computer and hardware chips have been slow to recover amidst uncertain market conditions and a worldwide supply chain that was completely unprepared to deal...

27 August 2021

What Is Supply Chain Risk Management…and Why Can’t I Get a PS5?

Do you want to buy a Playstation 5? Get in line. Severe supplier constraints and the resulting chip shortage have made things quite tenuous for fans of Sony’s latest gaming system. Plus, since semiconductor-based materials make up 40 percent of...

23 August 2021

Here’s How to Measure Inventory Health

Looking for a relatively quick way to measure inventory health? “It all starts with a demand-driven approach,” says Gerrott Faulkingham, director of solution engineering at ToolsGroup. “Even though we’re talking about inventory, we first have to understand customer buying behavior—and...

29 July 2021

Three Things Telecom Supply Chains of the Future Need to Do Now

The telecommunications industry has become so highly commoditized that customers perceive only marginal differences in products and prices among the various market players. Want to have a winning telecom supply chain? Market leadership depends more and more on operational excellence,...

28 July 2021

Your Demand Forecast Is Wrong. Here’s How to Fix It.

Your Demand Forecast Is Wrong. Here’s How...

If you were still using a computer or a telephone from the 1960s today, you’d get some strange...

27 July 2021

Three Tips for Building an Agile CPG Supply Chain

Three Tips for Building an Agile CPG...

On the surface, it seems like the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed better than most during the...

6 July 2021

Five Tips for How to Run a Successful Software Proof of Concept (POC)

Five Tips for How to Run a...

Selecting and implementing a new supply chain solution is a risky career move for any supply chain manager....

23 June 2021

Supply Chain Talent Shortage Demystified

In this episode of 3 Minutes in the Loop, ToolsGroup’s General Manager for North America David Barton breaks...

17 June 2021

For Distributors, Mitigating Supply Uncertainty Begins with a Better Forecast

For Distributors, Mitigating Supply Uncertainty Begins with...

Distribution industry supply chains have always been squeezed between manufacturers and their customers; facing increased competitive threats, escalating...

8 June 2021

Why a Software Proof of Concept (POC) Is Better than an RFI

Why a Software Proof of Concept (POC)...

A proof of concept (POC) is an increasingly common method to select the best supply chain software vendor...

2 June 2021

How to Select Supply Chain Planning Software

Selecting the right supply chain planning technology isn’t simply about solving a current challenge. The implications are much...

25 May 2021

Smarter, Low-Risk Commodity Buying

By FinStock South Africa The importance of having the right inventory at the right price to service customer...

19 May 2021

Forecasting Over the Product Life Cycle

Demand forecasting is tough, and getting it right over the entire product lifecycle during the course of launch,...

18 May 2021

Survey Reveals an Inflection Point in Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Survey Reveals an Inflection Point in Supply...

The Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and ToolsGroup surveyed more than 200 supply chain professionals around...

Promotions Planning gives cross-functional teams the visibility to synchronize demand shaping campaigns and promotions with supply chain operations ensuring that inventory is in the right place to meet demand on a daily basis, right down to the store level.

Allocation and Replenishment automatically calculates optimal inventory levels for both existing and new items to create a time-series plan that achieves target service levels even in the face of demand variability and distribution complexity.

Supply Planning provides visibility across vendors and warehouses, simplifies collaboration with suppliers, optimizes the supply network and leverages machine learning to continually improve planning by analyzing a wide range of variables and data across the supply chain.