Supply Chain Planning Resources

Guides, reports, videos, and analyst research to help you optimize your supply chain.

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August 27, 2026 • 9 min read

Forecast Accuracy in Decision-Centric Supply Chain Planning

Forecast accuracy alone rarely moves supply chain outcomes. Shifting the focus to decision quality is what improves service, inventory, and cost.

Blog

August 20, 2026 • 5 min read

The Velocity of Value: Why Supply Chain Leaders Must Cross the Chasm N.O.W.

Strategic advisor Bart De Muynck on the "Great Reconfiguration", why AI decision velocity separates leaders from laggards, and the compounding cost of saying "not now".
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Blog

August 13, 2026 • 10 min read

Supply Chain Decisions: Move Faster Without More Risk

Faster supply chain decisions do not have to mean higher risk. Here is how to cut decision latency with better data, governance, scenario planning, and AI decision support.
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Blog

August 6, 2026 • 8 min read

Service Parts Planning Vs. Traditional Supply Chain Planning

Service parts planning is built around uptime, repair readiness, and service commitments, not predictable product sales. Here is why it demands different forecasting, inventory, and network strategies.
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Customer Story

August 5, 2026

Kotsovolos

Kotsovolos (part of the PPC, the Public Power Corporation Group) is a market-leading retailer of consumer electrical and electronic goods in Greece, with a growing presence in Cyprus. Operating more than 100 stores and roughly 20,000 SKUs across a complex distribution network, the company strengthened its planning with AI-driven demand forecasting and probabilistic planning to sustain high availability and a consistently strong customer experience.
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Customer Story

August 5, 2026

fischer Italia

fischer Italia, the Italian arm of a global leader in construction fastening systems, has built its reputation on product innovation and reliability. As its market and operations grew more complex, maintaining top-tier service levels without overstocking became a serious challenge. To stay ahead, fischer Italia transformed its supply chain planning, integrating ToolsGroup's solution into an end-to-end process that put people and collaboration at the centre of success.
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Customer Story

August 5, 2026

Sapore di Mare

Sapore di Mare (D.I.MAR. s.r.l.) is an Italian specialist in frozen seafood retail, with a nationwide network of around 100 points of sale. By adopting demand-driven planning with ToolsGroup, it shifted from a largely push-based approach to a pull model guided by store-level forecasts, reducing central warehouse inventory while maintaining sales volumes and improving day-to-day operational control.
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Blog

July 30, 2026 • 10 min read

Industrial Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning: Key Challenges

Industrial manufacturing supply chain planning is built around reliability, repeatability, and cost control, but today’s operating environment is anything but steady. Demand swings, long lead times, engineered-to-order variants, and frequent disruptions can expose the limits of traditional planning approaches.
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Blog

July 23, 2026 • 9 min read

Managing Long-Tail Demand in Industrial Manufacturing

Long-tail demand is the persistent, low-volume requirement for a wide range of items that individually sell infrequently but collectively represent meaningful service expectations, revenue, and operational complexity.
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Supply Chain Planning Resources

Forecast Accuracy in Decision-Centric Supply Chain Planning

The Velocity of Value: Why Supply Chain Leaders Must Cross the Chasm N.O.W.

Supply Chain Decisions: Move Faster Without More Risk

Service Parts Planning Vs. Traditional Supply Chain Planning

Kotsovolos

fischer Italia

Sapore di Mare

Industrial Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning: Key Challenges

Managing Long-Tail Demand in Industrial Manufacturing