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Supply Chain Planning BPO: What’s Driving It and Should You Get On Board?-image

Supply Chain Planning BPO: What’s Driving It and Should You Get On Board?

Supply Chain Planning BPO: What’s Driving It...

You know that great feeling you get when you have an expert getting the job done? More and...

The Absolut Company: Balancing Service and Inventory Creates a Delicious Mix-image

The Absolut Company: Balancing Service and Inventory Creates a Delicious Mix

The Absolut Company: Balancing Service and Inventory...

The world’s #2 selling vodka brand leaves nothing to chance when it comes to quality and sustainability. Here’s...

Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning-image

Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning

Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning...

Anyone who has done demand planning knows it is extremely complex, with forecasting challenges and rapidly shifting consumer...

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Should You Outsource Demand Planning?

Should You Outsource Demand Planning?

Outsourcing non-core business processes has been a time-tested way to cut costs while improving performance. Initially companies focused...

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Decoding the Language of Demand

Decoding the Language of Demand

If you’ve been in supply chain for any length time, you might be wondering what caused demand forecasting...

How to Move from Gartner Stage 2 to Stage 3 Retailing-image

How to Move from Gartner Stage 2 to Stage 3 Retailing

How to Move from Gartner Stage 2...

Using the Gartner Demand Planning five stage maturity scale, analyst Mike Griswold estimated on a recent call that...

Is Digital Transformation Bringing Traditional Grocery to Its Expiration Date?-image

7 December 2017

Is Digital Transformation Bringing Traditional Grocery to Its Expiration Date?

Is Digital Transformation Bringing Traditional Grocery to...

Grocery stores, long thought to be immune to the “Amazon Effect”, were shaken in August of 2017 when...

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24 October 2017

Four Reviews of DDMRP for Supply Chain Planning

Four Reviews of DDMRP for Supply Chain...

In recent months four experts have weighed in on Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP). Here is an...

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11 October 2017

Building a Business Case for Improved Demand Forecasting

Building a Business Case for Improved Demand...

I’ve always maintained that improving demand forecast accuracy, as helpful as it can be, shouldn’t be the end...

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5 September 2017

A Shift in Supply Chain Planning Priorities?

A Shift in Supply Chain Planning Priorities?

Increased demand volatility still tops business pressure, says Aberdeen ... but supply chain planning priorities are changing. For...