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Posts by Sarah Lafferty
Sarah has more than two decades of strategic communications experience working with enterprise software companies in the areas of supply chain, analytics, big data, communications, open and digital transformation. Since 2012, she has worked with dozens of ToolsGroup customers and thought leaders on stories about service-driven supply chain planning.
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Why Probabilistic Forecasting Is Better for Inventory Optimization

13 November 2018

Last month we published a primer on probabilistic forecasting, an alternative to deterministic or ‘single number’ forecasting. In this post we’ll explore how probabilistic forecasting not only creates better forecasts, but also improves inventory optimization by improving the stock levels[...]

6 November 2018

How the P&G Supply Chain Thrives on Supply Chain Complexity

The Procter & Gamble (P&G) supply chain is known for best-in-class supply chain planning. Speaking at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in London, P&G’s product supply director Onofrio Caradonna reveals how the company is applying planning capabilities to its[...]
16 October 2018

Probabilistic Forecasting – a Primer

At ToolsGroup we have been big advocates of probabilistic forecasting (sometimes also known as stochastic forecasting). Understanding and employing this relatively simple principle can take your forecasting and supply chain planning from "good" to "great." This primer explains how. Single-Number[...]
12 June 2018

Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

When most people think of supply chain risk, they often think about the impact of major unforeseen “headline grabbing” events - like the tsunami in Japan impacting automotive supply chains or horse meat making its way into British beef supplies.[...]
23 January 2018

Why You Should Modernize Your Spare Parts Planning

There’s untapped cash and profits in your spare parts business. Aftermarket parts is a big net margin producer for many manufacturers, and yet service levels and inventory in these operations are often woefully sub-optimized (See CapGemini statics above). A recent in[...]