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Simplifying Probabilistic Forecasting

4 May 2021

In episode nine of Be Ready for Anything, supply chain expert Stefan de Kok breaks down the basics of probabilistic forecasting. Employing analogies, clarifying concepts, and outlining the benefits, Stefan illustrates how probabilistic forecasting can be a powerful and necessary...

20 April 2021

How Optimizing Trucks at Planning Time Reduces Cost

Optimize truckload shipments to reduce transportation costs while increasing revenue How far can you go on $500 worth of diesel fuel? Sounds like a trick question, doesn’t it? The answer is it depends. As fuel prices continue to rise, supply...

7 April 2021

Avoiding Stagnation: How Ratioform Stays Agile with Supply Chain Automation

In episode eight of Be Ready for Anything, we hear from Mathias Kempe, the Director of Operations at Ratioform. Mathias takes us through Ratioform’s journey from manual planning to an automated system that could adapt to uncertainty. Listen to find...

24 March 2021

A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

Levent Ozsahin, Managing Partner at Advancetics B.V. It’s human nature to miscalculate how best to respond to supply chain disruptions--either over- or under-steering in anticipation of a crisis. Optimists often delay preparing for supply chain disruption for fear that contingency...

24 March 2021

Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization vs Inventory Optimization

The subway system is the lifeblood of New York City, pre-COVID carrying an average of 5.5 million people per day in 6,684 cars across 472...

16 March 2021

Probabilistic Planning and Forecasting Demystified

This post was originally published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/primer-probabilistic-planning-forecasting-stefan-de-kok/ I have been blogging and advocating for the past 15 years on probabilistic approaches to planning and forecasting,...

9 March 2021

A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain...

In episode seven of Be Ready for Anything, industry insider Bob Ferrari discusses the pivotal factors affecting global supply chain revitalization in the coming year....

3 March 2021

Fashion Industry Challenges Require Elegant Demand Planning

When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain...

2 March 2021

Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) vs. S&OP

S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) or SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) is a well known supply chain planning process, yet not all supply chains...

23 February 2021

Inventory Planning vs. Inventory Optimization: What’s the Difference?

Inventory Planning vs. Inventory Optimization: What’s the...

What’s the difference between traditional inventory planning and inventory optimization? Anyone can come up with a plan. The real challenge is making sure it’s a...

15 February 2021

Transforming to a Customer-Driven Digital Supply Chain

This blog post was originally published on https://optilon.com/optilon-academy/transforming-to-a-customer-driven-digital-supply-chain/. Building a customer-focused, digitally enabled supply chain comes with its challenges, but the benefits make the...

8 February 2021

Essential Skills to Secure Your Place in a Digital Supply Chain Organization

Essential Skills to Secure Your Place in...

Industry 4.0 is knocking on the door of every logistics business in the world. As a professional, securing your place in any supply chain organization...

8 February 2021

The New Normal: Predictions for Retail in 2021

The New Normal: Predictions for Retail in...

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup's Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how...

26 January 2021

Infographic: Why ToolsGroup?

ToolsGroup is how organizations achieve their target service levels while optimizing inventory—no matter how complex their supply chain is or how much demand changes. That...

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.

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.