Forecasting

We have been helping companies with their global tariff strategies because of the trade war and the resultant economic emergency. The Coronavirus is causing a different kind of economic crisis that is even more urgent.

This pilot program leverages DAT’s RateView, which DAT said is the largest and most historically complete database on freight transactions in the trucking sector and provides what it called actionable short-term and long-term insights into transportation markets. RateView provides forecasts of more than $68 billion in annual freight transactions, according to DAT.

Companies are using customer data for operational decisions, but decision-making can go awry without appropriate analytical method to handle this insight.

This paper details why companies that use demand sensing receive the best forecast for response and execution time horizons, it also provides research from Nucleus about demystifying demand sensing.

Supply chain organizations routinely rank demand planning immaturity as a major obstacle in meeting their supply chain goals.

How much does a long tail really cost you? It's more than you think.

Accurate forecasting is strategic. Every decision by management is ultimately based on a forecast, so getting it right is important.

Linking real-time demand with a timely supply response allows companies to commit with confidence and profitably capture growth opportunities in today’s volatile markets.

Forecasting Techniques that Produce Superior Results.

Inventory buffers can counteract the effects of inaccurate forecasts...but, are you setting wrong inventory targets because your inventory optimization solution doesn’t understand how bad the forecast really is?

According to KPMG’s 2016 Global Consumer Executive Top of Mind Survey, the use of predictive analytics was set to double by 2018.

Large, high-profile organizations are leveraging E2open’s unified, end-to-end platform to bring together planning and execution, supported by the application breadth to meet functional requirements and the depth to solve new challenges.

E2open’s Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization solution provides accurate modeling of current conditions, optimal inventory targets, fast run-times and rapid analyses, enabling organizations to reduce inventory while protecting or increasing service levels and customer satisfaction.

In recent years, product variety in the food & drink industry has exploded and competition has become intense.

A forecast is more than a projection of future business; it is a request for product (or a request for resources to ensure supply of a product). Forecast accuracy is crucial for achieving both customer service goals as well as ensuring proper utilization of resources to drive profitable business growth.