Supply Chain and Sales and Operations Planning Software

March 7, 2019

5 Tips for Avoiding Supply Chain Disruptions

Often, when trying to advise their readers on the best ways to avoid supply chain disruptions, experts and other commentators...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Supply Chain Planning

November 8, 2018

6 Supply Chain Digitization Stats to Know

We tend to think of the (first) industrial revolution as a moment where the world changed in the blink of an eye. One morning,...

Tags: Supply Chain Planning , Supply Chain Trends

October 16, 2018

4 Benefits of Strategic Network Planning

Imagine for a second that you’re entering a friendly betting pool for the 2018 World Cup. Germany won the contest in 2014 (the...

Tags: Supply Chain Planning

The Supply Chain Planner's Guide to Tour Planning

October 11, 2018

The Integrated Tour Planner's Journey

Let's say you've got big event coming up—maybe an awards ceremony, or an important anniversary. You and some of your friends are...

Tags: Supply Chain Planning , Transportation Management

October 9, 2018

6 Supply Chain Management Statistics to Know

As we enter an increasingly digitized era in supply chain management, owing to new technologies from IoT sensors to real-time...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Management

October 4, 2018

5 Important Considerations for Smarter Route and Tour Planning

In theoretical computer science, the traveling salesman problem asks the following question: "Given a list of cities and the...

Tags: Supply Chain Planning , Transportation Management

September 18, 2018

Match Game: Choosing the Right Container for the Right Parts

Let’s say you’re moving into a new home. After a long day of loading boxes and furniture into your car and driving them to your...

Tags: Demand Capacity Planning , Lean Manufacturing

September 13, 2018

Industry Report: Automation in the Supply Chain

These days, when most people think of automation, one of their first thoughts is of self-driving cars. What many people don’t...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Planning

August 30, 2018

4 Surprising Uses for Real-time Information in the Supply Chain

In the past five to 10 years, real-time information has become a key value-added proposition for bolstering efficiency and...

Tags: Manufacturing , Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)

August 16, 2018

5 Uses for Machine Learning in Supply Chain Management

New technologies—from steam power to modern computers—have been the driving forces in supply chain management since the...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Intelligent Planning

August 9, 2018

5 Ways In-Memory Technology Adds Business Value

Let’s say you and a coworker are attempting to find areas of waste in your supply chain. You have a large conference table on...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE)

June 28, 2018

5 Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2018

Each year, topics like big data, advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence dominate conversations about...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Industry 4.0

May 31, 2018

A Real-time Planning FAQ

Imagine you’re a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Every morning, you check the prices of the stocks that...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Intelligent Planning

May 15, 2018

How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact the Global Supply Chain

Imagine a world in which trillions of individual pieces of information are gathered each day to create complex predictions about...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

May 10, 2018

On Getting the Most from Your Transport Logistics

Let’s say you’re driving down a winding country road to some remote destination. At first, navigating is easy, but as the sun...

Tags: Supply Chain Logistics , Supply Chain Planning

April 3, 2018

5 Ways to Improve Your Demand Forecasting

No matter how sophisticated your methods, or how intimate your knowledge of the field, no demand or sales forecast will ever be...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Postmodern ERP

January 9, 2018

5 Interesting Facts About Job Shop Scheduling

In chess, players are taught to think at least three moves ahead. Every action in the game has a reaction, which can be predicted...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Intelligent Planning

2018 Supply Chain Management Predictions

January 4, 2018

4 Supply Chain Management Predictions for 2018

To say that 2017 was an eventful year for Supply Chain Management would be an understatement. Global natural disasters and broad...

Tags: Advanced Analytics , Lean Manufacturing

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5 Tips for Avoiding Supply Chain Disruptions

6 Supply Chain Digitization Stats to Know

4 Benefits of Strategic Network Planning

The Integrated Tour Planner's Journey

6 Supply Chain Management Statistics to Know

5 Important Considerations for Smarter Route and Tour Planning

Match Game: Choosing the Right Container for the Right Parts

Industry Report: Automation in the Supply Chain

4 Surprising Uses for Real-time Information in the Supply Chain

5 Uses for Machine Learning in Supply Chain Management

5 Ways In-Memory Technology Adds Business Value

5 Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2018

A Real-time Planning FAQ

How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact the Global Supply Chain

On Getting the Most from Your Transport Logistics

5 Ways to Improve Your Demand Forecasting

5 Interesting Facts About Job Shop Scheduling

4 Supply Chain Management Predictions for 2018

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