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

8 June 2021

A proof of concept (POC) is an increasingly common method to select the best supply chain software vendor for your company, yet many supply chain practitioners still lean on the traditional RFI (request for information) tool. Software selection is risky....
How to Select Supply Chain Planning Software 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 broader--if you implement the wrong software, you hinder your organization’s overall supply chain strategy and business objectives. According to the 2021 Digital...
Smarter, Low-Risk Commodity Buying 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 demand is crucial. Nowhere is this truer than on commoditized products. With commodity buying, customers have a wide range of vendors to...
Forecasting Over the Product Life Cycle 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, maturation, and end-of-life is tougher still. This is true for any business with sizable turnover in the product portfolio and especially in...
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 the world on the state of supply...
14 May 2021

Don’t Forecast Demand, Model Your Demand

Don’t Forecast Demand, Model Your Demand

Demand modeling is different from demand forecasting. Simply put, it doesn’t forecast demand, it models demand. Forecasting typically starts with a time series of data—usually...
11 May 2021

How Supply Chain Optimization Enhances Your Strategic Business Plan

How Supply Chain Optimization Enhances Your Strategic...

Most successful companies complete annual strategic business plans in order to identify and execute upon growth opportunities. Likewise, many growth-oriented companies employ supply chain planning...
4 May 2021

Simplifying Probabilistic Forecasting

Simplifying Probabilistic Forecasting

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,...
20 April 2021

How Optimizing Trucks at Planning Time Reduces Cost

How Optimizing Trucks at Planning Time Reduces...

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...
7 April 2021

Avoiding Stagnation: How Ratioform Stays Agile with Supply Chain Automation

Avoiding Stagnation: How Ratioform Stays Agile with...

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...
24 March 2021

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

A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand...

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...
24 March 2021

Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization vs Inventory Optimization

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

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....