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How to Optimize Demand Forecasting: Probabilistic Solutions

ToolsGroup

The key is to measure how well your supply chain can absorb uncertainty, rather than striving for perfect forecasts. Heres how to approach this shift from forecast-driven to uncertainty-driven planning: Acknowledge that your forecast will be wrong. If your forecast is wrong, then any decisions based on that forecast will also be wrong.

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Demand Sensing: How to Unlock Smarter Supply Chains with AI

Logility

Balancing forecast accuracy with inventory management gets more challenging every day. Traditional approaches often divide departments like sales, marketing, and production. This makes it hard to reach agreement. It can also lead to missed opportunities and conflicting priorities. Fortunately, this is starting to change.

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I’ve Fought Freight Fraud for 30 Years: Here’s How to Protect Your Supply Chain in 2025

Talking Logistics

Read more The post I’ve Fought Freight Fraud for 30 Years: Here’s How to Protect Your Supply Chain in 2025 appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Warehouses and distribution centers are top targets. It’s also the time of year when we face immense pressure to deliver more packages, faster than.

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Editor’s Pick: How to Protect Your Transportation Technology from Supply Chain Cyber Threats

Talking Logistics

This recent post from JBF Consulting’s blog discusses the rise of cyber attacks (for example, see Blue Yonder Cyberattack: How Prepared Are. Read more The post Editor’s Pick: How to Protect Your Transportation Technology from Supply Chain Cyber Threats appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Contract Management in Telecom & High-Tech

In "How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Contract Management in Telecom and High-Tech," GEP experts outline a four-pronged approach to getting contract management under control once and for all. What can CPOs do to ease the contract management burden?

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7 Pitfalls of Stalled IBP Initiatives and How to Overcome Them

AIMMS

The right tools can help to assess how you can build towards your strategic plan. The post 7 Pitfalls of Stalled IBP Initiatives and How to Overcome Them appeared first on AIMMS SC Blog. Need help overcoming these pitfalls? Watch the webinar on demand for more tips and best practices!

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, there is a great opportunity, but the question is how to jump. How to get started? Technology providers focus on serving the planner, but I find that they are blind to the larger requirements of how to serve the organization better. How do I improve the plan? Guess what? Adding more planners is not the answer.

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How to Optimize Your Supply Chain in Times of Disruption

Research by GEP and North Carolina State University shows how tech can fix the gaps and ensure supply chain resilience and optimization. Disruptions expose gaps in the supply chain and amplify problems. What can be done? Download now!

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How to Create Business Value with an Effective Supplier DEI Program

Supplier diversity programs can help enhance enterprise reputation, but what can they do for the bottom line? This new paper from GEP that provides a plan to create business value with an effective supplier DEI program. Read it now.

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How to Achieve True Net-Zero Emissions: An Action Plan for Supply Chain Leaders

To achieve sustainability, many firms set lofty net-zero emissions goals. However, meeting them is easier said than done. This GEP whitepaper shows why supply chain leaders should take steps now, and offers an action plan for moving forward.

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Leveraging Data Analytics to Build a Truly Connected and Collaborative Supply Chain

This GEP-sponsored report will show you how to leverage data for a collaborative supply chain that delivers results and how to future-proof supply chain management strategies. The C-suite is laser-focused on supply chain performance.

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How to Find and Test Assumptions in Product Development

Watch this webinar with Laura Klein, product manager and author of Build Better Products, to learn how to spot the unconscious assumptions which you’re basing decisions on and guidelines for validating (or invalidating) your ideas. Assumptions mapping is the process of identifying and testing your riskiest ideas.

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How to Build Data Experiences for End Users

Download the eBook to learn about How to Build Data Experiences for End Users. Data fluent: Users can go beyond insights and instinct to communicate, collaborate, tell stories, and drive ideas to make decisions based on data.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Buyer’s Checklist: How to Evaluate a B2B Contact Data Provider

After reading, you’ll gain insight into the following components: How to develop a framework for analyzing a vendor’s contact and account data. Many organizations fail to properly evaluate vendors during the selection process. Download ZoomInfo’s data-driven eBook for guidance on effectively assessing the vendor marketplace.