SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The main difference between MRP and ERP lies in the fact an ERP software focuses on automating a large number of back-office business functions, while MRP software focuses on materials management. Multiple business types may use ERP software, while MRP tools are mainly used by those directly involved in manufacturing operations.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Finn-Tack invited Barloworld Supply Chain Software (SCS) to evaluate the future requirements of the company with a view of implementing a robust inventory and demand management solution capable of delivering significant inventory reductions across all of its warehouses.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The beauty of today’s business software is that most are flexible enough to adapt to any business. Say goodbye to ugly and limited on premise software. And you no longer have to look high and low for vertical industry solutions. This means ready-made software can solve most problems faced by businesses.

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Vanguard Software

JUNE 22, 2021

While a period of continued disruption may seem like the wrong time to adopt a new supply chain model, recent global events serve as a call to action – shining a light on the need for collaborative, end-to-end solutions for business planning. Modern Solutions Enable Shock-Resistant Supply Chains. Fountain Tire Case Study. Register Now.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Solvoyo’s Solution Bugaboo: something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance. Demand forecasting is the process of making future estimations of how much of a given product will sell by location and time period. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing? Absolutely!

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. SCaaS offers a solution by enabling hospitals to engage in strategic procurement, ensuring standardized operations throughout the contract duration. Let’s delve into this emerging concept.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. In implementing planning, most of the focus in purchasing technology in the sales cycle is on optimization. Water buffalo butting heads symbolize the organizational issues of demand planning.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Many renewable energy organizations are missing out on the benefits of ERP software that would allow them to tackle the challenges of data management, improve process efficiency across the organization, and manage projects more effectively.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

The good news, however, is they have plenty of options in their product assortments, store footprints, customer behavior and even virtual worlds as they face these economic headwinds, using tools including basket analysis, which shows what customers are buying, and assortment planning, which helps retailers decide what to sell.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

To manage continuous improvement, companies need a clear definition of excellence and organizational alignment to that goal. When I was an analyst at AMR Research (purchased by Gartner in 2010), I used the framework shown in Figure 2, as a framework to discuss supply chain excellence. What Drives Value?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 14, 2013

In this first of a series of blogs, I will be exploring many of the key themes that emerged in the recent Future of Procurement study I co-authored with KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Council. The first of the themes we will explore is the procurement manager’s role as a support to the Chief Financial Officer.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Whereas retailers once purchased merchandise largely based on the gut instinct of trend-savvy buyers and the push of whatever manufacturers tried to sell them, nowadays, they need to take a much more customer-focused and data-centered approach.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We enable them by providing high-quality supply chain on-demand courses, guides, best practices, tools, and mentoring from industry experts. We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Today’s risk management solutions focus largely on supply sensing and early alerting. Some solutions now include proactive event management driving recommendations to correct/prevent disruption. With the increase in product complexity, many companies have demand latency longer than supplier lead time.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2023

At ThroughPut , we have been working towards creating perceptive supply chain solutions that can help tide through these uncertainties with AI-driven proactive intelligence. In our last release, the ThroughPut Demand Sensing Module addressed the gaps unveiled by the pandemic and the sudden shift in existing market dynamics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. The product naming convention changed to Demand Sensing (DS) in 2005. History of Terra Technology.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Demand planning has two main functions: determining the right inventory levels to meet demand and helping inventory managers with capacity planning to use space and resources most efficiently. Determining the right stock levels to meet demand is vital for customer satisfaction.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Demand planning has two main functions: working out the right inventory levels to meet demand and helping inventory managers with capacity planning to use space and resources most efficiently. Working out the right stock levels to meet demand is vital for customer satisfaction. Gather internal and external data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

On Monday, November 27th, Logility announced the purchase of privately-held Halo Business Intelligence. This announcement continues the trend of supply chain software market consolidation. Logility is a well-established player in the supply chain software market. The company was spun out of the parent company American Software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 17, 2021

NBG Home Uses a Software Solution from CommerceIQ. NBG Home has implemented a solution from CommerceIQ to increase sales in their indirect channels. The CommerceIQ solution also helps there. The solution uses machine learning, analytics, and automation to drive purchasing. Decisions need to be made at scale.”

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o9 Solutions

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Consumer Purchase Driver Insights. o9’s AI powered demand sensing solution creates a powerful market intelligence model that converts scattered data into finger tip insight about risks and opportunities by each market segment, enabling sales & marketing teams to collaborate in real time to create the right initiatives and plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. At that time, the demand processes were largely regional. Here I share my world view.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Peet’s runs their DSD supply chain using an application from Körber (formerly known as HighJump Software). The supply chain application included warehouse management capabilities. Their integration partner was Blue Horseshoe Solutions. Microsoft purchased Blue Horseshoe’s warehousing and transportation products in 2012.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2021

At ThroughPut , we have been working towards creating perceptive supply chain solutions that can help tide through these uncertainties with AI-driven proactive intelligence. In our last release, the ThroughPut Demand Sensing Module addressed the gaps unveiled by the pandemic and the sudden shift in existing market dynamics.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2021

At ThroughPut , we have been working towards creating perceptive supply chain solutions that can help tide through these uncertainties with AI-driven proactive intelligence. In our last release, the ThroughPut Demand Sensing Module addressed the gaps unveiled by the pandemic and the sudden shift in existing market dynamics.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions. Do you want to be managing people?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When I began my career there was no such thing as “Supply Chain Management” Supply Chain was not a title to be found anywhere on any organization chart. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? SCM #SupplyChain #Technology #Logistics #Freight #Purchasing #Procurement #Business.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

Also, accurate inventory management can help in preventing overstocking, inadequate stock and unexpected stock-outs. With their ability to handle mass data, AI driven tools can prove to be highly effective in inventory management. ENHANCED SAFETY. The cost of training. 2) INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 20, 2015

You are purchasing the wrong transportation capacity by buying too much in certain periods. At other times you are purchasing too little, and need to pay premium prices for emergency transportation services. They cannot do anything differently, because they are limited by their system tools. Well, the answer is very simple.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A recent study compiled by Deloitte reveals that those companies that were best equipped to respond to the disruption driven by the pandemic had strong relationships with their suppliers and the necessary analytical tools that helped with visibility into their broader supply networks. With an AI-powered demand sensing solution.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 9, 2021

Suppliers for all materials and services have to be found, vetted, negotiated with, qualified, ramped up, tracked, managed, kept competitive and governed. That is the purview of Procurement. Cash is king and cash flow management is the source of life, or the cause of death, of any company.

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

Gartner defines demand sensing as "the translation of demand information with minimal latency to detect who is buying the product, what attributes are selling and what impact demand-shaping programs are having.“ This sounds a lot like the definition for demand planning to me. And now back to that crux.

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BlueYonder

MAY 17, 2017

The last part of this blog series will discuss how JDA is delivering an innovative solution strategy to enable a true real-time, predictive digital supply chain. Moving from Traditional Demand Management to Demand Sensing Activities. Real-Time Transportation Data Leads to More Efficient Decision Making.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The report recommends shifting toward a new approach of piloting automation tools over mere visibility and analytics, which will be powered by AI. Finally, decision intelligence can help select alternate suppliers to ensure more sustainable procurement of material. Let’s look at the example of a US-based agribusiness.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Demand forecasting helps the business make better-informed supply decisions that estimate the total sales and revenue for a future period of time. Demand forecasting allows businesses to optimize inventory by predicting future sales. Importance of demand forecasting for ecommerce. Types of demand forecasting techniques.

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