Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

His organization purchased an advanced planning technology from well-known best of breed provider, and the implementation should have been successful, but it was not. As a result, demand planning is largely manual, inventory management is a series of manual inputs, and production planning is via spreadsheet.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Mike has a degree in Marketing from Iowa State University and over 30 years of experience leading teams in Demand Planning, Inventory Control, Automated Storage Retrieval Warehouses & Transportation. The company’s primary manufacturing plant is in Dallas, Texas. About Mary Kay. Mary Kay Inc. million.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

End users – supply chain practitioners working for manufacturers, distributors, or retailers – can attend for free. Grocery retailers are exploring dark stores , stores that have been converted to warehouses that are close to customers and support quicker and lower cost deliveries. But we ended up with a good problem.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. The So What?

Inventory Reduction 402

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Design Software 402

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 21, 2014

For example, in a hospital, it is the translation of usage in a procedure to hospital order to a distributor and the translation of that usage to an order for a manufacturer. For the translation of a purchase of Aleve at a retail outlet store to Bayer, the manufacturer is 60 days. Demand Translation. Demand Synchronization.

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SupplyPike

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

What is a demand plan? Demand planning tells you how much inventory you can expect to sell, down to the regional level. Armed with point-of-sales data, knowledge of inventory issues, and accounting for anomalies, you can plan on how much product to manufacture, store in your warehouses, and ship to each region.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

There are many pieces of the modern manufacturing supply chain. All manufacturing echelons–raw materials suppliers, factories, distribution centers, and wholesalers–need to ensure that the right stock is in the right place at the right time to truly serve the end customer. This is no easy task.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. But manufacturers are unique. What is Manufacturing Inventory Control? What is Manufacturing Inventory Control? 4 Common Inventory Pitfalls Manufacturers Must Avoid.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

It was precisely the industry’s inability to make real-time decisions (based on real-time data) that was at the root of depleted store shelves, clogged ports and warehouses overflowing with excess inventory. Some examples: Procurement and Co-manufacturing : What is the impact of inbound transportation issues on materials?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The primary payback for demand and supply solutions comes in the form of reducing the amount of raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory a company needs to carry. A network design model figures out where factories and warehouses should be located. There are different types of supply chain planning solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. The result was restatement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia. We will build one demand signal and produce one supply plan,” Mr. Bailey said.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

During the early months of the pandemic, demand planning error jumped to 59%, up 14% from the pre-pandemic error rate of 45%. No matter what kind of demand planning solution was used, forecasting accuracy dropped. For the most part, the companies participating in this study manufacture goods that end up in grocery stores.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This strategic partnership aims to improve demand planning efficiency, optimize inventory performance, and elevate service levels. The company’s dynamic approach and commitment to innovation have fueled its expansion to five strategically located warehouses, enabling comprehensive coverage of Central and Southern Italy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

Implementing a supply chain planning solution that could scale up to solve such a massive problem was anything but straightforward, and success was far from guaranteed. On the demand planning side, in some cases, carmakers provided Pirelli with visibility to dealer-level demand. Higher warehousing costs?

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This is due to the diversification in the production schemes of manufacturers. On the other hand, there is always the demand to deliver on the highest level of quality possible. So, a lot of manufacturers require 3PLs to agree to service levels that are challenging for large operations.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Efficient warehousing is all about knowing what’s working, what’s failing, and what can be improved. When you measure and analyse the right warehouse KPIs, you can make better-informed business decisions based on real data. In this guide to warehouse KPIs: What are ‘warehouse KPIs’ and why should you use them?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. Demand Planning Models Really Can Learn.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

What your demand planning organization does is key to where it sits and how it needs to be structured. What follows is a high-level look at the processes that a robust demand planning function supports. Demand Planning Supported Processes. And producing the demand plan is a combination of science and art.

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ThroughPut

MAY 27, 2022

In Manufacturing: How can you drive automation and connectedness across your machines and product lines to accelerate production output, efficiency, and effectiveness? How can you leverage seamlessly integrate production planning, output, maintenance, and effectiveness, while at the same time driving quality improvement?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 11, 2018

Jörg Schlager describing SKF's Integrated Planning (Source: Optilon). Digital transformation ” is tough for any firm, but when you are $9 billion industrial manufacturer, it is a sizable undertaking. This prodded SKF to a new demand chain vision. Each echelon of this multi-tier organization was planned towards a local optimum.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Lane RFPs focused on cost reduction, but few asked if they had a feasible plan.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Manufacturers have incurred significant financial losses due to supply chain disruptions and the subsequent inventory management challenges. With companies producing more and more products worldwide, the issue of keeping track of enormous amounts of parts and materials used in the manufacturing process has grown increasingly complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

The Franklin Sports Supply Chain 75% of Franklin Sports goods products, by revenue, are produced by third party contract manufacturers. 40% of the finished goods are shipped directly to retail clients by their contract manufacturers. This warehouse provides inventory storage for goods not yet ordered that will ship later.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

There is a known problem for manufacturers in synchronizing their supply chain. The shop floor to top floor disconnect reflects the difficulty of synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing in the short-term time planning horizon.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Warehouse robots are just one form of warehouse automation , but they’re making a big impact. From greater flexibility and scalability to productivity gains, a faster ROI compared to other automation solutions and better resource management, warehouse robots are changing the face of warehousing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

More advanced supply chain leaders model the role of complexity (product and customer), the impact of risk, and opportunity of innovation as well as product shipping and manufacturing locations, and inventory policies. The executive focus should be on the output of strategic planning into the tactical process of S&OP.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Longbow Advantage’s main business has been doing warehouse management system (WMS) implementations. A few years ago, Longbow’s customers started to ask them to fix a problem they were having with their warehouse management systems. Warehouse professionals may need to overcome the objections of IT to using Rebus.

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Real-time Visibility Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software 187

ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 12, 2021

So we thought it would be good to examine some key capabilities in fashion supply chain planning and the technologies that support them. Traditional demand planning will forecast safety buffers based on normal demand patterns. Fashion includes products that don’t move quickly, but are important to profitability.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

For example, transportation management often focuses on the journey of products after manufacturing. Although procurement logistics might sound like it involves the purchasing of manufactured products , it is much more involved. Every cost associated with manufacturing a product increases its value.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Webinar – Demand Planning in VUCA Times with Ali Raza. ThroughPut’s AI-powered Supply Chain software predicts Demand, reorients Production Capacity, reassigns Warehouse Space, and reorders Materials optimally, so businesses minimize overpromising and under-delivering. About Seth Page. Seth Page LinkedIn.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 7, 2020

Slash wasteful expediting costs and miles: When you better anticipate customer demand, you reduce the need to expedite with LTL and air freight, along with costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse. Or would it be better to balance the inventory via a transfer among a group of associated warehouses?

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 7, 2018

There are many pieces of the modern manufacturing supply chain, and when it comes to inventory management, each one must operate as a part of a global single system to be most effective. The overarching goal of both IO and MEIO solutions is to efficiently match inventory levels to accommodate forecasted demand. This is no easy task.

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Modeling Optimization Software Supply Chain Optimization Optimization Modeling 149

Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The onset of COVID and the rapidly changing environment of a pandemic-hit world has meant demand planning has become more difficult – and as a result, more critical – than ever. What is demand planning? Demand planning is the process of predicting what customer demand will be for a certain product.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

While I am advocating rethinking supply chain planning, for some consultants, the only path forward is the adoption of DDRMP. No matter what I write on demand planning, the response is to blindly deploy DDMRP. We discussed the use of machine learning with drones for continuous cycle counting in the warehouse.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This transformation delivers many benefits, including increased sustainability, but it also creates demand-planning and production-planning challenges. To profitably serve demand, automakers need to get the product mix right across EVs, ICEs, and hybrids — but they also need to plan precisely by channel and region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2017

When I joined the world of software as a business analyst from manufacturing, I was naive. In Figure 1, we outline some of the satisfaction rates with demand planning and S&OP software. The effectiveness of supply planning and production planning software is even lower than S&OP and Demand Planning.

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