Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In the process, there is a fine line between marketing hype and overpromising, making buying difficult. It combines robotics, analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). In contrast, SAP touts an integrated cloud-ready portfolio that includes predictive analytics, automation, and IoT capabilities. Supply Chain 4.0.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport. Advanced and predictive analytics. Artificial Intelligence AND Machine Learning.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Gen AI & Predictive AI: Enhancing Decision-Making with Smarter Automation Why Its Critical: Gen AI and Predictive AI are transforming procurement by automating not just tasks, but the decision-making process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

The use of descriptive analytics along with agile planning techniques (what-if analysis, discrete event simulation, and network design) helped. Analytics investments are essential. We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Richard is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. About Richard Lebovitz Richard Lebovitz is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. Richard Lebovitz and Joe Lynch discuss leading inventory attack teams. acquired by SAP).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$. Historic order patterns are useful in predicting future demand. Bring on new forms of analytics in a meaningful way… My Plea. They did it.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

And perhaps most critically, a lack of real-time visibility into stock levels prevents informed decision-making about purchasing, production, and fulfillment. Demand Forecasting Inventory optimization leverages historical sales data to predict future customer demand and needs.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Part 2 in the series explores the “analytical scenario exercise” and how decisions based on certain scenarios heavily impact each aspect of the value chain. Working with Excel spreadsheets does not contribute the efficiency, speed and agility necessary for planning teams to bring the best plans to the company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain. A company buys these solutions to optimize their business. Rich Sherman – a Senior Fellow in TCS’s Supply Chain Center of Excellence – points out that many companies are building control towers to better manage their supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. Big data is used to understand a customer’s propensity to buy, the tendency to return, conversion of clicks to orders, demand sensing signals, individualized promotions, etc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. ” Her answer was telling.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Data-Driven Decision Making : Using analytics to continuously refine operations. IoT sensors track temperature, asset movement, and inventory levels in real time, giving you actionable feedback, reducing human error, and enabling predictive maintenance. Data-driven forecasting improves purchasing and cuts storage expenses.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

I hate prediction articles. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply chain excellence definitions evolve as companies explore the Art of the Possible. Analytics Approaches. However, this morning over coffee, my fingers hunger to write this post. I am not sure why.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2023

By leveraging advanced machine learning, data analytics, and business intelligence, we empower businesses to recover funds that would otherwise go unnoticed, significantly enhancing their bottom line. Their services include freight audit and payment, contract optimization, carrier management, and data analytics. The Greenscreens.ai

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Here, it’s extremely difficult to predict which sales volume will be reached for which goods. This warehouse runs at a perfect optimum with fixed capital in the form of inventory balanced perfectly with sales and purchasing, and all the items perfectly distributed to the various storage areas of the warehouse.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

When it comes to Supply Chain Analytics, an “Apps approach” can have just as many benefits. But what exactly is a Supply Chain Analytics app? An “Apps approach” to Supply Chain Analytics is ideal for companies that recognize that one big solution is simply inadequate to solve every challenge they have.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

To be able to predict and respond to these disruptions quickly and mend the gaps, organizations must prioritize collaboration so their supply chains will bend rather than break. He is passionate about the role technologies play in driving supply chain excellence and business growth. Collaboration is Key.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. Procurement analytics is a component of business intelligence and is increasingly important, especially in complex organizations. From whom are we buying? How much are we spending?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights, noted in a recent webinar that a common outcome of these failed implementations is that supply chain organizations end up in “Excel ghettos where lots of people are touching data but not improving it.”. Supply chain planning software selection demands a data-driven approach.

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Our focus today is to discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP. What is analytics? We might use “availability in Excel directly or with Add-ons” as an “age metric’.). The term analytics emerged over the last 10 years (Rose, R.

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AIMMS

JUNE 23, 2016

When it comes to Supply Chain Analytics, an “Apps approach” can have just as many benefits. But what exactly is a Supply Chain Analytics app? An “Apps approach” to Supply Chain Analytics is ideal for companies that recognize that one big solution is simply inadequate to solve every challenge they have.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! By harnessing the power of data and analytics, companies can uncover valuable insights into their supply chain processes, pinpoint areas in need of improvement, and make informed decisions that can boost their bottom line. Key Takeaways What is Supply Chain Analytics?

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Keeping up with and making sense of all this data is far beyond the capabilities of traditional analytic methods. The staff at Predictive Oncology explains, “Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are no longer the concepts of science fiction — they’re a $1.41 Tech journalist Christian Rigg agrees with Wang.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 13, 2018

Gary Cokins ( @GaryCokins ), founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, asserts, “Analytics is becoming a competitive edge for organizations. Once being a ‘nice-to-have,’ applying analytics is now becoming mission-critical.”[1] Organizations are drowning in data but starving for information.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

The order latency is the time from purchase by the end consumer to the visibility of the order. For example, when a product at retail is purchased, the shelf is replenished from backroom stock. With high volume and predictable products, this cycle is days and weeks. This is a natural fit for narrow AI and new forms of analytics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Which metrics do you think matter to supply chain excellence? Total Delivered Cost means capturing the end-to-end cost of the global operation: inbound freight, material purchases, inventory losses, yield losses, internal and external manufacturing, distribution, inter-facility freight, outbound freight, overhead, duties, taxes, tooling, etc.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Demand forecasting plays a crucial role in business success, as it helps predict customer demand and plan inventory effectively. Smart Data Analysis: AI algorithms excel at handling large amounts of data , such as sales history, market trends, and customer behavior. However, traditional forecasting methods often fall short in accuracy.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

During the Panel, I was asked to comment on the 5 leading factors that make a difference: A clear definition of supply chain excellence by leadership. Value of supply chain planning and analytics. Most of this middleware was Excel and Meetings. Functional excellence is no longer good enough. Intentional design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues. The team was seeking analytics to monitor process compliance. Advancement in analytics improves outcomes.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

ERP systems do a great job managing transactional data but do not have the capabilities to provide an early warning to a disruption or analyze the situation through advanced analytics like simulations and what-if scenarios. Change purchasing and manufacturing plans days or weeks sooner. Divert inventory on the fly.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Here are some tips on how to enable end-to-end visibility across your enterprise: Sense and respond are critical processes for supply chain visibility and can only be achieved through a collaborative network that is coupled with robust business process orchestration and advanced analytics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

Instead, all of the disruptions to date had a predictable pattern: a devastating blow, a set of shock waves, and the re-establishment of a new normal. The supply chain response will need to be a local-focused program using analytics to sense shifts market-by-market based on consumption data. The answer is advanced analytics.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

It was predictable. What PMI needed, considering the long planning horizons, was a digital and analytics network design and supply optimization tool. As they heard promises about how easy it was to create models using various digital & analytics tools, they said “prove it.” PMI was not an easy prospect.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. I lost track of how many carrots we had and ended up buying more when we really didn’t need any. Imagine you were asked to accurately predict the weather for this time next year. Reason #2 Poorly executed or non-existent sales and operations planning.

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