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Success Strategies for Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain

2 December 2021

There’s been a lot of change in how we view supply chain demand forecasting: we moved from a focus on supply—what and how much to supply or replenish—to the demand-driven supply chain, which placed too much emphasis on the intermediate...

23 November 2021

7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today,...

12 October 2021

Five Key Supply Chain Planning Capabilities for Fashion Products

As supply chains continue to grapple with volatility and disruption post-pandemic, fashion brands, who faced increased risks during the pandemic because of lockdown, are now turning to better supply chain planning for fashion strategies with the end goal of achieving...

6 October 2021

Planning to Win: Optimizing Inventory to Meet Business Objectives

Who wouldn’t want their supply chain to be “optimized,” right? Optimization is peak efficiency, using the perfect balance of inventory and resources to service customer demand without incurring any unnecessary costs or waste. However, optimization is a term that’s often...

22 September 2021

Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact in Supply Chain

Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact...

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years,...

8 September 2021

Are You Prepared For The Next Chip Shortage?

Are You Prepared For The Next Chip...

The worldwide chip shortage is bad and getting worse. Yet another aftershock of the COVID-19 pandemic, computer and...

27 August 2021

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

What Is Supply Chain Risk Management…and Why...

Do you want to buy a Playstation 5? Get in line. Severe supplier constraints and the resulting chip...

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...

29 July 2021

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

Three Things Telecom Supply Chains of the...

The telecommunications industry has become so highly commoditized that customers perceive only marginal differences in products and prices...

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....

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...

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.