Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Forecasting Software Inventory 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
The Process of Software Selection. I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. How do you define excellence in planning? My struggle? “No.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2024
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. Engineers could sign up for hour-long blocks to use the new systems.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
The Process of Software Selection. I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. How do you define excellence in planning? My struggle? “No.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
I laugh when business leaders tell me that they are going to replace their current supply chain planning technologies with “AI.” Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions. You are right.
Kinaxis
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. That got me thinking about why I was throwing away what had been perfectly good food; I had forecasted needing a certain amount, but the customers (my family) didn’t take what I’d forecasted.
Logility
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Demand forecasting plays a crucial role in business success, as it helps predict customer demand and plan inventory effectively. However, traditional forecasting methods often fall short in accuracy. With the advent of artificial intelligence, demand forecasting has undergone a significant transformation.”
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1%
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