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29 November 2016

Demand Forecasting for New Product Introductions

Demand Forecasting for New Product Introductions

Short and hard-to-predict product life cycles make it important that firms master New Product Introduction (NPI) demand forecasting....
Why You Should Embrace Uncertainty in Demand Forecasting – Part 2-image
8 November 2016

Why You Should Embrace Uncertainty in Demand Forecasting – Part 2

Why You Should Embrace Uncertainty in Demand...

Last week in our first post about uncertainty in demand planning, we said that in reality most companies are...
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1 November 2016

Why You Should Embrace Uncertainty in Demand Forecasting

Why You Should Embrace Uncertainty in Demand...

It's human nature to look for certainty. We believe that if we can predict the future with perfect...
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4 October 2016

Has Driverless Supply Chain Planning Already Arrived?

Has Driverless Supply Chain Planning Already Arrived?

There has been a lot of news about driverless cars, and at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit there was...
The Amazon Supply Chain Revolution, Part I-image
6 September 2016

The Amazon Supply Chain Revolution, Part I

The Amazon Supply Chain Revolution, Part I

Did you know the Amazon revolution actually began 30 years ago. At the time, retailers were rarely known...
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23 August 2016

The Seven Key Capabilities of Demand Sensing

The Seven Key Capabilities of Demand Sensing

Many consumer product companies are showing keen interest in demand sensing. A few weeks ago, we published a blog describing why...
Why Forecast Accuracy Alone Can’t Solve Service Level Problems-image
2 August 2016

Why Forecast Accuracy Alone Can’t Solve Service Level Problems

Why Forecast Accuracy Alone Can’t Solve Service...

In recent blogs we’ve discussed the importance of forecast accuracy, but forecast accuracy alone can’t solve inventory issues—particularly in...
There’s Blood in the Supply Chain-image
28 June 2016

There’s Blood in the Supply Chain

There’s Blood in the Supply Chain

Editor's Note: An associate of mine just pointed out that some readers may be uncomfortable with the title of this blog...
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16 June 2016

Demand Analytics and the Omni-Channel Customer Experience

Demand Analytics and the Omni-Channel Customer Experience

While much has been written in the trade press about the omnichannel opportunity, somewhat less has been written about...
Ex Machina: AI and the Future of Supply Chain Planning-image
12 January 2016

Ex Machina: AI and the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Ex Machina: AI and the Future of...

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on human beings....