Supply Chain Planning Resources

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.

Customers browsing appliances in a Kotsovolos store

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.

Construction professionals reviewing plans on a building site

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.

Industrial Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning: Key Challenges

Blog

July 30, 2026 • 13 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.

Managing Long-Tail Demand in Industrial Manufacturing

Blog

July 23, 2026 • 13 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.

Demand Volatility: Causes, Impact, and 6 Ways to Manage It

Blog

July 16, 2026 • 13 min read

Demand Volatility: Causes, Impact, and 6 Ways to Manage It

Demand volatility is the degree to which customer demand rises and falls over time, often in ways that are difficult to predict. For supply chain leaders, it is not just “noise” in the numbers. It is a core driver of service levels, inventory exposure, production stability, and cash flow.

Breaking Down Supply Chain Planning Silos

Blog

July 9, 2026 • 9 min read

Breaking Down Supply Chain Planning Silos

Break down supply chain planning silos to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and make smarter planning decisions.

Agentic Supply Chain Steering: The Future Beyond Planning

Blog

July 2, 2026 • 3 min read

Agentic Supply Chain Steering: The Future Beyond Planning

Agentic AI won’t simply help us create better plans. It gives us the opportunity to redesign how supply chains understand risk, make decisions, and continuously adapt. Most discussions about agentic supply chain focus on productivity: smarter assistants, faster analysis, and better recommendations. Those benefits are real. But they miss the bigger story.

Supply Chain Planning Resources

Service Parts Planning Vs. Traditional Supply Chain Planning

Sapore di Mare

Kotsovolos

fischer Italia

Industrial Manufacturing Supply Chain Planning: Key Challenges

Managing Long-Tail Demand in Industrial Manufacturing

Demand Volatility: Causes, Impact, and 6 Ways to Manage It

Breaking Down Supply Chain Planning Silos

Agentic Supply Chain Steering: The Future Beyond Planning