Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

August 4, 2020

Can Supply Chain Integration Improve Your Forecasts?

In a study conducted a couple of years ago, fully integrated supply chain businesses were found to outpace their competitors in...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Supply Chain Planning

July 9, 2020

How Can Supply Chain Planners Fight the Amazon Effect?

For a long time, it made sense that B2B and B2C buying experiences looked very different. If you were a consumer trying to...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

May 14, 2020

How Quality UX Impacts Manufacturing

When you think of the most important elements that a manufacturer’s IT ecosystem should have, it’s possible that your brain...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Planning

March 31, 2020

How Supply Chain Integration Impacts S&OP

Let's say you’re a chef at a fancy farm-to-table restaurant. You don’t have a set daily menu for your dinner service, focusing...

Tags: Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) , Supply Chain Planning

cloud vs on-premise supply chain technology

March 12, 2020

Cloud vs. On-Premise: Which Is the Better Fit in Your Supply Chain?

According to Gartner, by 2023 cloud-based supply chain technology will be worth $11B. And from the looks of it, that might not be...

Tags: Cloud Technology , Supply Chain Planning

March 10, 2020

Managing Disruptions in Times of Supply Chain Uncertainty

As the Harvard Business Review points out, the 2011 Fukushima disaster had a large and unexpected impact on the global supply...

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

February 6, 2020

The Top Challenges in Supply Chain Forecasting

Supply chain forecasting lies at the heart of the balancing act between current supply and future demand. At a fundamental level,...

Tags: Digitization , Supply Chain Management

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November 21, 2019

How Industry 4.0 Will Impact Your Supplier Relationships

Depending on your background, when you were a child your parents might have told you that your Christmas presents came from Santa...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Planning

November 7, 2019

The Importance of Forecasting in Logistics Planning

Of all the stages of the supply chain, logistics often gets a bad rap. This appears to be largely due to a combination of the...

Tags: Logistics , Supply Chain Logistics

October 29, 2019

How to Evaluate Supply Chain Software Solutions

How are you using your ERP software? Strictly for resource planning, as intended? Or are you stretching that definition to...

Tags: Postmodern ERP , Supply Chain Management

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October 17, 2019

How to Maintain Supply Chain Control When Outsourcing

Imagine you’re hosting the family reunion this year. 75 people are going to be expecting a great venue, amazing food, and some...

Tags: Supply Chain Management , Supply Chain Planning

August 22, 2019

5 Key S&OP Metrics to Track in 2021

Why does your company exist? This isn’t a metaphysical question, like “why are we here,” it’s purely practical. We hope the...

Tags: Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) , Supply Chain Planning

July 18, 2019

Supply Chain Optimization in the Automotive Industry

All the way at the far end of the supply chain, when an automobile reaches its end consumer, it looks like they’re buying one...

Tags: Automotive Industry , Supply Chain Planning

June 11, 2019

The Supply Chain Manager's Guide to Press Distribution

There’s been a big push towards lean manufacturing and logistics in the past few years, with manufacturers doing everything in...

Tags: Supply Chain Planning , Transportation Management

May 30, 2019

The Intersection of Production and Distribution Logistics

Let’s say that you run a pizza delivery joint. As orders come in by phone or through your website, you have one employee who’s in...

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Supply Chain Planning

does big data have a place in an integrated sc

May 21, 2019

Can Smarter Order Planning Reduce Production Hiccups?

Ah, the old dilemma: make to order vs. make to stock. The debate has been raging in the world of manufacturing for many years. On...

Tags: Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) , Supply Chain Planning

April 23, 2019

How a Decentralized Supply Chain Can Add Value

One of the explicit goals of Industry 4.0 in the long run is to empower autonomous machine decision making within production...

Tags: End-to-End (E2E) Visibility , Supply Chain Planning

March 26, 2019

5 Inventory Management Stats Worth Knowing

Effective supply chain management is about getting the right goods to the right place, at the right time, in the right condition....

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Planning (3)

Can Supply Chain Integration Improve Your Forecasts?

How Can Supply Chain Planners Fight the Amazon Effect?

How Quality UX Impacts Manufacturing

How Supply Chain Integration Impacts S&OP

Cloud vs. On-Premise: Which Is the Better Fit in Your Supply Chain?

Managing Disruptions in Times of Supply Chain Uncertainty

The Top Challenges in Supply Chain Forecasting

How Industry 4.0 Will Impact Your Supplier Relationships

The Importance of Forecasting in Logistics Planning

How to Evaluate Supply Chain Software Solutions

How to Maintain Supply Chain Control When Outsourcing

5 Key S&OP Metrics to Track in 2021

Supply Chain Optimization in the Automotive Industry

The Supply Chain Manager's Guide to Press Distribution

The Intersection of Production and Distribution Logistics

Can Smarter Order Planning Reduce Production Hiccups?

How a Decentralized Supply Chain Can Add Value

5 Inventory Management Stats Worth Knowing

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