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Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

Gartner Research just released its new Magic Quadrant for Sales & Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation (S&OP SOD). They say that...

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Why S&OP Needs In-Memory Computing

Why S&OP Needs In-Memory Computing

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) has a problem, and in-memory computing offers an...

A Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Four Steps to Minimize Forecast Bias-image

7 February 2017

A Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Four Steps to Minimize Forecast Bias

A Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Four Steps to...

A problem with Demand Collaboration is that we humans naturally tend to overestimate our own forecasting skills and underestimate or...

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Increasing S&OP Clarity by Adjusting “Depth of Field”

Increasing S&OP Clarity by Adjusting “Depth of...

In last week’s blog we talked about the fundamental challenge of connecting tactical S&OP down to detailed execution. Here we...

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What’s Wrong with S&OP?

What’s Wrong with S&OP?

“The No. 1 challenge among manufacturing companies is connecting sales and operations planning (S&OP) to operational plan/execution.” –...

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10 November 2015

Five Types of Inventory Optimization You Should Know

Five Types of Inventory Optimization You Should...

[caption id="attachment_7932" align="aligncenter" width="541"] For inventory optimization, optimizing inventory configuration is often the predominant issue in most manufacturing...

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Supply Chain Innovation: Improving Forecast Value Added

Supply Chain Innovation: Improving Forecast Value Added

Forecast accuracy is a common and helpful overall measure. But Forecast Value Added (FVA) adds visibility into the...