Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

The data sourced from Y charts was charted by Regina Denman and shared with the statistics department at Georgia Tech. Demand shaping increases market potential whereas demand shifting moves product from time period to time period without an increase in baseline demand. I look forward to your feedback.

Procurement Analytics 350

Procurement Analytics Metrics Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software 350

Logility

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management serves customers such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation. New Generation Computing, Inc. NGC customers include Brooks Brothers, Carter’s, Destination XL, Fanatics, Foot Locker, Jockey International, Lacoste and Spanx.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software Analytics Software 130

Logility

JANUARY 13, 2022

Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management serves customers such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation. Demand Management serves customers such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software Demand Planning Software 130

Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 14, 2015

Against the many new articles and books being produced on the changing face of procurement and the importance of value creation and collaboration, Andrew Cox’s new book “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis” came out earlier this year. These types of relationships do not exist in the world of Cox’s two by two Sourcing Portfolio matrices.

Optimal Sourcing 60

Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Negotiating Skills Analysis 60

Logility

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management serves customers such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation. Demand Management serves customers such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software Demand Planning Software 130

Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 17, 2015

Andrew Cox’s new book “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis” represents the more traditional “power-based” view of procurement. In fact, the subtitle for the book, “Power Positioning Tools for Category Management and Strategic Sourcing” gives it all away. But then again, not everything can be simply labeled in a two by two matrix.

Optimal Sourcing 60

Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Negotiating Skills Sourcing 60

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Companies are sourcing materials from all over the world, and need to identify those regions which are most important, and which provide the greatest risk for disruptions. Teams need a single source of the truth that creates a seamless workflow, enabling immediate action.

Real-time Visibility 285

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Planning Software Waste Reduction Supply Chain Network Software 285

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The supply chain career is new.

Supply Chain Design Software 307

Supply Chain Design Software Procurement Solutions Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 307

NC State SCRC

AUGUST 16, 2016

We hear the words “innovation” as a source for growth in the economy over and over again. New ideas on how to manage business processes, digital technologies, ways of delivering value to customers, and supply chain linkages are all areas where we are likely to see new forms of innovation occurring.

Manufacturing Procurement 40

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Innovation Sourcing 40

Logility

JULY 21, 2023

Companies find themselves struggling to serve customers, source materials, manage costs, handle supply constraints and shortages and, above all, gain visibility into what’s next. The latest generation of sales and operations planning (S&OP) applications are providing better tools for managing supply chains internally.

S&OP 192

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

Think about those design, sourcing and delivery challenges. A supply chain based so heavily on external sources is susceptible to more risk than catching a flight on time out of Newark. The report uses the Boeing 747-8 International as an example. I always thought getting through security these days was complex.

Supply Chain Planning 224

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. Pinnacle Propane Delivery to a Farm.

Forecasting 184

Forecasting Forecasting Software Modeling Optimal Sourcing 184

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery. Orders are not a good representation of demand. How about you?

Supply and Demand 170

Supply and Demand Modeling Inventory Reduction Manufacturing Procurement 170

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a result, there is no good way to make trade-offs between source, make and deliver constraints. The Achilles heel is the lack of functionality for the management of direct materials.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 195

ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Consequently, the complexity of managing inventory across channels and locations has escalated, leading to negative customer experiences, higher costs, and redundant inventory and planning systems. . It enables real-time inventory availability by tracking inventory across the supply chain and intelligently exposing inventory to any channel.

Supply Chain Planning Software 156

Supply Chain Planning Software ToolsGroup Optimization Software Demand Planning Software 156

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. Tactical Demand Planning. The Problems.

Supply and Demand 157

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Logility

AUGUST 16, 2022

In addition to widely dispersed geographies, our planning processes have to reflect and synthesize different market dynamics,” said Rowan Seccombe, Sales and Operations Planning Manager, iNova. “We We benefited greatly from the industry expertise at Logility and from their local implementation partner Demand Management Systems.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

Supply Chain Design Software 312

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans. Thus, in addition to their roasting plant with an inbound warehouse attached to it, and a warehouse for outbound finished goods in nearby Oakland, the company also has 700 reps that source their product from roughly 100 small DSD warehouses across the nation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 234

Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 234

ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) – Best for enterprise resource planning and global supply chain management SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a comprehensive solution helping with supply chain monitoring, sales and operations planning, demand management, inventory planning, and supply planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Analytics Software 52

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 6, 2022

Companies should now focus on risk management when it comes to inventory. This involves: identifying what the critical components are; ensuring that these components can be sourced from multiple suppliers. The Theory of Constraints (TOC), a well-known process improvement methodology, can be applied to analyzing the supply chain.

Inventory Reduction 119

Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing Inventory Modeling 119

Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

Consumers used multiple devices, internet of things, etc, to check FGI (finished goods inventory) /sub-assembly and raw inventories, build plans, and sourcing options, as they are considering a purchase! They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations. What if the next great supply chain disruption was….

Modeling 263

Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 263

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

With the evolution of NoSQL–Graph and Cognitive Ontological learning–models can now manage multiple data sources as inputs while driving a forecast to multiple roles simultaneously in role-based views. Water buffalo butting heads symbolize the organizational issues of demand planning. Demand is a tough subject.

Supply and Demand 376

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 8, 2019

In his latest research, Enright sums up the way forward: Capture additional demand inputs to recreate the environment in which demand occurred. Enright says that common statistical forecasting inputs such as historical demand do not create a sufficiently comprehensive set of attributes to accomplish this.

Supply and Demand 149

Supply and Demand Modeling Demand Planning Software Forecasting 149

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2022

It appears from these sources that retailers’ excess inventory is due to a rapid shift in demand patterns along with a reduction in purchasing power at the same time that inflation is discouraging some discretionary spending. Conclusion: Whiplash not Bullwhip Effect.

Inventory Reduction 288

Inventory Reduction Inventory Retail Purchasing Skills 288

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies that operate separate systems for revenue management and demand management create a risk in understanding market trends and gauging price elasticity quickly. With the increase in product complexity, many companies have demand latency longer than supplier lead time.

Gartner 364

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ToolsGroup

MAY 14, 2019

“The spirits maker says demand-planning software is helping improve its distribution to an increasingly complicated international market marked by the proliferation of products aimed at shifting consumer tastes.

Optimal Sourcing 120

Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software 120

ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers.

Inventory Management Software 78

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing Inventory Management 78

ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers.

Inventory Management Software 78

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing Inventory Management 78

ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Management: Supply chain management takes on a comprehensive role in overseeing the entire journey of products, from their origin as raw materials or components through the stages of production, sourcing, and ultimately, final distribution to end customers.

Inventory Management Software 78

Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing Inventory Management 78

Logility

OCTOBER 22, 2019

IRI – Syndicated Data Source. DSR – Demand Signal Repository. MVDM – Multi-Variate Demand Management. Source: Logility, Inc. The Demand Optimization Maturity Curve starts at level (1) Naïve Forecasting, the lowest level of maturity, and ends at level (5) Demand Optimization, the highest level of maturity.

Optimal Sourcing 105

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply and Demand Optimization Software 105

Logility

MAY 10, 2022

Demand Management, Inc. Demand Management serves clients such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation. Demand Management serves clients such as Siemens Healthcare, AutomationDirect.com and Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 39

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Demand Management: Predicting and managing customer purchases through qualitative and quantitative methods, reducing uncertainty in short-term incoming demand. As an indispensable function significantly influencing a society’s standard of living, logistics skills are complex but essential.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Negotiating Skills 98

QAD

APRIL 10, 2024

As Steve Banker of ARC Advisory Group states: “ Demand management solutions that use machine learning perform better than solutions that don’t. … Machine learning is making it easier to explore whether new data sources lead to improved forecast accuracy.”

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Forecasting Supply and Demand Forecasting Software 52

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2018

With the evolution of open source technologies with schema-on-read capabilities, new forms of decision support are evolving to drive insights in the enterprise, and Blockchain is becoming the system of record for B2B. .” Redefinition of the System of Record. ” I then asked, “How do you define basics?”

Analytics Software 217

Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Demand Planning Software 217

Logility

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Demand Planning applications rely on a series of algorithms to take historical shipment data and turn it into a forecast. In a demand management application, the system is continuously monitoring forecasting accuracy. Upstream delays can be identified, allowing for contingency planning or alternative sourcing.

Supply Chain Planning Software 182

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply and Demand 182

SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers. It involves outsourcing the entire supply chain function to a third-party provider who manages everything from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to customers.

Supply Chain Planning Software 105

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