ToolsGroup

JANUARY 30, 2024

Optimize inventory productivity across all channels with JustEnough v2023.4 Smart retailers are planning their wholesale channels just as strategically as they leverage storefronts and e-commerce. We’ve also added critical new features across the platform to allow for higher inventory productivity— no matter your channel or market.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This blog explains The Key MRP Metrics in Supply Chain whcih every supply chain professional in Manufacturing or Distribution Businesses. Supply chain professionals will be familiar with the term Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

Procurement Analytics 98

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

But then, supply chain disruption became the rule instead of the exception, consumers changed their tastes as often as their socks, and global competition started playing hardball. Suddenly, managing inventory is the name of the game for companies trying to manage working capital and maximize profit while keeping customers happy.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

As supply chains become more impacted by market disruptions and unpredictable events, they’re also becoming more critical to a company’s customer experience levels and bottom line. Creating a data-driven supply chain tracking important transportation metrics helps shippers respond and adapt as quickly as possible to known and unknown events.

Metrics 315

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

Why should we consider Promotion Planning in Inventory Management? Whether it be e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, or both, retail companies care about the inventory they keep. During promotional management, especially for big events around special days and holidays, inventory levels need to be adjusted to meet the peaks in demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . Considering this surge in digital transformation and the changing needs of 2021, here are some insights and tips for embarking on Supply Chain Digital Transformation projects. Digital Transformation Journey.

Supply Chain Planning Software 277

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

Let me explain, if you fill out one of my surveys on LinkedIn, I share the research results in front of the paywall (I believe that supply chain research should be readily available and not locked behind a paywall.) (If Most see their supply chain as fixed and insular.

Manufacturing Procurement 450

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning 450

Logility

AUGUST 15, 2023

Smarter, Not Harder: How to Climb Every Peak in Supply Chain Planning Supply chain planning is like a grand mountaineering expedition. But instead of reaching just one peak, supply chain planners must climb four – service, inventory, cost, and sustainability. Take, for example, PVH.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

My goal is to engage the supply chain community in a no smoke and mirrors discussion. My observation is that the supply chain community perpetuates a number of myths about planning. This post is a reflection from twenty years as an analyst in supply chain planning. What is supply chain excellence?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2024

In my recent Mea Culpa post, I mentioned my prior work on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and the importance of leadership. If you have walked in the shoes of the supply chain leader, you are probably laughing by now. In assessing the health of the plan, what do you measure? Is your plan feasible?

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Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

Integrated business planning ( IBP ) is gaining a lot of traction as more companies seek to advance their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Assess root causes, adjust plans, and debate course corrections. Inventory-based KPIs probably make sense for you, but how will you benchmark results?

Metrics 130

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“May you live in interesting times,” widely attributed as a Chinese curse, some claim this as a blessing; whichever side you take, this is exactly what’s happening in the supply chain world since 2020, and it looks like we will be living with this blessing/curse for a while longer. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #2 Poorly executed or non-existent sales and operations planning. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Autonomous Supply Chains In this competitive environment, a CPG manufacturer needs to fight to get space on retailer shelves in each region, keep those shelves stocked, compete and collaborate simultaneously with e-commerce, and maintain its operating margins. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

He shared that he worked for a freight forwarder providing supply chain planning services for a major retailer. The organization did not want to waste cycles defining a good plan. Most supply chain leaders focus on cost reduction and are unclear on value-based outcomes. I feel that supply chain processes are analogous.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Here are the ones that stood out to me, especially as it relates to supply chain data. This new dashboard gives retailers a lot of supply chain data to see where they stand.

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DynaSys

JUNE 16, 2021

In the previous blog article we discussed dynamic scenario planning driven by disruption and digitization and where do supply chain scenarios come from. Scenarios must fall into step with the existing planning process and are subject to the same checks and approvals as a baseline plan. The planning.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

Good forecasting leads to good demand planning —and good demand planning means better profitability. That’s why it’s essential to be sure you’re equipping your organization with the right demand planning software. Here are our answers to some of the most common questions about demand planning software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

Part of their transformation includes a journey to implement and improve their connected planning capabilities. Connected planning, based on the Anaplan solution, improves both their profitability and their service capabilities. Tata Steel Europe has a complex supply chain. So, what is “connected planning?”

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QAD

JUNE 25, 2019

The effective use of a manufacturer’s inventory investment is an important determinant of the company’s success. Excess and obsolete inventory is a drain on resources, as is excessive safety stock. Managing an Inventory Investment. Managing an Inventory Investment. Using Metrics to Measure the Health of the Business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2024

The key to navigating this challenging environment is robust Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Leveraging our collective experience of over 70 years, my colleague Charlie Marge and I have been guiding businesses through the maze of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and IBP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm. Most supply chain leaders are stuck in their own paradigms. As an old gal, with over forty-years of supply chain experience, writing this report for ten years taught me many lessons. I admit it.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Gartner 300

Enterra Insights

MAY 10, 2022

Eisenhower once stated, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” Today, ‘no plan survives contact with the enemy’ is the popular reconfiguration of this concept.”[1] It’s as true for supply chain planning as it is for battle planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Let me start by saying that t he process is not a panacea to solve all supply chain ills. Clear operating strategy and definition of supply chain excellence across plan, source, make and deliver. Clear operating strategy and definition of supply chain excellence across plan, source, make and deliver. Drives Value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report. Planning Needs to Change. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. This work completed in 2013 defined the Supply Chains to Admire. The full report publishes this week. Performance Declines.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2023

Great inventory management comes down to good systems, good processes, and constant improvement. The last of these can be achieved by tracking the right inventory metrics, analysing the results, and making data-driven optimisations. So, what are the ‘right’ inventory metrics, and how do you calculate them?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As an engineer, former solutions architect and now CEO of a leading supply chain technology company, I have a real affinity and respect for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and their teams, without whom successful enterprise technology deployments would be impossible. That means planning still has its place, but its role is diminishing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility? Agility to act on transparency.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 26, 2023

This is why ToolsGroup is excited to announce significant enhancements to our JustEnough Dynamic Retail Planning & Execution solution. These upgrades deliver on the promise of event-driven planning and execution while adding significant functionalities that expand and nurture our retail capabilities. Every retailer is unique.

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Silvon Software

JULY 22, 2022

Supply chain performance KPIs are invaluable measurements that support the growth and success of a company’s supply, fulfillment and delivery efforts. Why is KPI tracking so important in supply chain management? But more importantly, significant supply chain improvements can occur as a result. Customer Order Cycle Time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

Supply Chain Planners Analogous to Secretarial Pools? In my forty years of studying supply chain planning, the groups became larger, but with questionable results. Taxonomy of Outside-in Planning Based on the Art of the Possible To accomplish this goal, we need to discard the current crawl, walk, and run models and just jump.

Inventory Reduction 406

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2023

According to McKinsey survey of global supply chain leaders , only 53% of respondents describe the quality of data in their supply chain planning systems as “sufficient” or “high.” less likely to be affected by supply chain disruptions. ” Yet leaders with high-quality master data are 1.5x

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

We stubbed our toe in supply chain management at the beginning of the decade. Facing The Issues of Supply Chain Performance. As I work through this year’s Supply Chains to Admire , I cannot help but shake my head. The black veil of the pandemic is a supply chain wake-up call to build better. Rise in Inventories.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2015

by Andrew Dunbar Over the last several weeks, this blog series on Inventory Management has explored the objectives and roles of inventory managers and outlined several of the improvement levers available to them. The metrics you choose should answer the questions your organization is asking, without requiring additional analysis.

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Valogix

MAY 1, 2023

But they fall short of providing inventory optimization and rationalization. Achieving a well-balanced, efficient inventory is no small task as supply chain complexity is ever increasing. Understanding and using some basic financial and accounting methods with an advanced inventory optimization solution will help get you there.

Metrics 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving.

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