- 1. Implementing Supply Chain Collaboration Platforms for Effective Communication
- (Technology)
- ... and inventory levels, in real-time. This allows for more accurate demand planning, reduced lead times, and improved responsiveness to market changes or disruptions. Collaborative planning and data sharing ...
- 2. Are You Considering Any of These Six Approaches This Year?
- (Supply)
- ... the needs of a business. Accordingly, companies must emphasize demand planning and forecasting as a way of ensuring optimal inventory levels. Practice social responsibility Like other organizations, ...
- 3. Demand Planning Innovation
- (News)
- It should come as no surprise that supply chain planning is going through big changes. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, is intimately familiar with the process. She discusses how demand planning is ...
- 4. Supply Chain Jobs of the Future
- (News)
- Attracting, developing, and retaining talent is one of the greatest challenges for supply chain managers. In a recent article in Forbes, Kevin O'Marah takes a longer view, projecting future roles that ...
- 5. Real Life Impact of Supply Chain Planning
- (News)
- We love to see real life examples of companies that succeed with supply chain strategies we've followed. Sonus, a great international telecommunications company, has addressed its issues and has closed ...
- 6. Supply Chain Prophetic Quotes
- (News)
- If you need some supply chain inspiration, you've come to the right place! Bill DuBois provides a few great quotes that hold a lot of truth in an article on the 21st Century Supply Chain site.Although ...
- 7. POS Data Sharing- The Ultimate Big Data
- (Retail)
- ... as demand planning, improving supply chains to avoid stock outs and to better understand and act on buying habits so they can more accurately allocate advertising dollars. Of course, all those benefits ...
- 8. Your Mother, the Supply Chain Genius
- (News)
- Although it's a tad late for Mothers' Day, we'd still like to recognize the great job that mothers do everywhere on processes that seem awfully familiar to those of us in the supply chain. From scheduling, ...
- 9. Improve Your Demand Planning
- (News)
- Demand planning is always one of the bigger challenges in the day-to-day operations of the supply chain. Are there any tips on how to make it more accurate?In a blog on the 21st Century Supply Chain site, ...
- 10. The Long Tail and Demand
- (News)
- Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, recently discussed a demand planning benchmarking study with its author, Robert Byrne. They reviewed what's happening in the consumer product industry and identified ...
- 11. Demand Planning Essentials
- (News)
- There aren't many things more important for supply chains than demand planning. If you're looking at how to best improve your process, Jpsh Preacher from the Hackett Group can help.In a recent guest article ...
- 12. Fine Tune Your Demand Planning
- (News)
- Demand planning is a fundamental part of the supply chain process, but it isn't always treated that way. If your planning is in need of an overhaul, Spend Matters' Josh Peacher (from the Hackett Group) ...
- 13. Supply Chain Segmentation Explained
- (News)
- In an interesting article about what makes high performance supply chains tick, Puneet Saxena on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive site looks at one of the major tenets: supply chain segmentation. Different ...
- 14. Fix Your Demand Planning
- (News)
- Demand planning and forecasting are two of the building blocks of the supply chain. Why are they so tough to do well?In a piece on the ERP Software blog, John Kolalowski talks best practices and how to ...
- 15. The Product Life Cycle Decline
- (News)
- Product life cycles have continued to shrink. How does that affect your planning and forecasting? Karsten Horn in the Digital Supply Chain is a big believer in leveraging technology to manage the processes. ...
- 16. POS Data Sharing – Could the new Merchant Customer Exchange Spur Retailers to Share More with Suppliers?
- (Retail)
- ... as demand planning, improving supply chains to avoid stock outs and to better understand and act on buying habits so they can more accurately allocate advertising dollars. Of course, all those benefits ...
- 17. POS Data Sharing – Could the new Merchant Customer Exchange Spur Retailers to Share More with Suppliers?
- (Retail)
- ... as demand planning, improving supply chains to avoid stock outs and to better understand and act on buying habits so they can more accurately allocate advertising dollars. Of course, all those benefits ...
- 18. POS Data Sharing – Could the new Merchant Customer Exchange Spur Retailers to Share More with Suppliers?
- (Retail)
- ... as demand planning, improving supply chains to avoid stock outs and to better understand and act on buying habits so they can more accurately allocate advertising dollars. Of course, all those benefits ...
- 19. Demand Planning Best Practices
- (News)
- Gartner researched demand planning and has developed some best practices. Supply and Demand Chain Executive provides a concise summary of their findings. Improvement is possible and can drive some ...
- 20. Supply Chain Planning Challenges
- (News)
- Forecasting and demand planning are essential tasks in the supply chain. For some companies, it's even tougher due to the nature of their product lines and from where they're sourcing. On the Supply ...
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