Quintiq

Companies search for the optimal point in their supply chain that enables them to improve their bottom line and compete in the market...however, supply chain constraints can be a barrier to profitability.

Big hype surrounded big data years ago, there was one missing piece to the puzzle though ― big decisions.

Supply is always going to be more than demand and meeting that supply will be difficult.

More and more employers want their employees to take charge of their plans, their shifts, their holidays. Sound like a pipe dream? Bernd Horsman says it’s possible with mobility ― a key trend in workforce planning today.

S&OP implementations are complex, which is one reason at least three critical areas are too often overlooked, and a fourth is worth highlighting in order to gain a competitive advantage.

Research shows that effective price management can increase margins by 2 to 7% in as little as 12 months, and yield a 200 to 350% return on investment.

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S's container line, which this month ditched a strategy of building new vessels and will instead try to grow through acquisitions, is targeting South Korea's two biggest shipping firms, according to Jefferies International Ltd.

Are your planners relying too much on common sense and not enough on business sense?

“We’ve got a problem! Truck 53 just broke down and those shipments need to go out today!”

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Starbucks chief Howard Schultz calls his plan to deliver coffee and food to customers who order via mobile phones “e-commerce on steroids.” This direct-to-your-door delivery plan may sound like 1999 all over again, but consider how much has changed.

The company, which is clearly attempting to combat Amazon Prime, has been busy working out deals with major retailers – especially the brick-and-mortar big box stores.

While the competitive potential of offering same-day delivery is not in dispute, attachment to outdated perceptions and flawed methods slow retailers down in this all-important race.

Both announcements indicate that the PLM technology segment has aggressive intentions to extend and integrate product and service management software applications with advanced technology related to connecting physical devices.

While other analysts may put the vendors into a four-square evaluation model and declare it magic, I think that this approach does a disservice to the industry.