Eight Methods that Improve Forecasting Accuracy
This whitepaper shares best methods on how to forecast demand accuracy.
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Commercial truck delays at El Paso border crossings, initiated by reinstated Texas safety inspections, costing valuable time and money.
The Top 10 Risks Facing Supply Chain Professionals
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Building a Solid Foundation for S&OP
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Cracking The Inventory Planning Code: The Omnichannel Way
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S&OP Performance: Advancing Sales and Operations Planning
An effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process guides business decisions, provides key problem solving strategies, gives executives greater control over the enterprise and drives overall business success.
Key to S&OP Success: Move from Forecasting to Integrated Demand Management
Sales organizations are on the front end of the supply chain, they see risks and opportunities emerging in the market place earlier than the rest of the organization, in order to respond rapidly, it is critical for a supply chain organizations and the S&OP process to get these inputs.
Who Gets the Cheese? How to Choose the Right Initiatives
Aptly named after one of the greatest business books of all time, this must-have resource details one of o9’s systems for optimally allocating resources across initiatives and brands at a consumer goods companies.
S&OP Process by Design, Not Chance
Supply is always going to be more than demand and meeting that supply will be difficult.
Honing S&OP Through the Art of Questioning
The simple process of questioning details is one of the simplest, most productive S&OP techniques.
Involving Execution Managers with Sales and Operations Planning
Execution managers may not need to attend S&OP meetings, however, they should be given the details of the S&OP-generated plans and forecasts in order to drive their operations planning.
A Fresh Take on Supply Chain Innovation
How big ideas can redesign your supply chain.
Apple’s Supply Chain Readying iPhone 7 Shipments
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The Omnichannel Retail Supply Chain
How Technology Delivered in the Cloud Will Separate the Winners and Losers in the Eyes of Consumers.
Next-Generation Forecasting Is Closer Than You Might Think
Surrounded by an explosion of data, most forecasting systems can’t leverage it - here’s how you can.
Boldly Overhauling a Broken S&OP Process
This real-life, sales and operations planning (S&OP) account offers a comprehensive look at how a disciplined, step-by-step S&OP revamp can succeed.
Doing Sales and Operations Planning Right
Sales and operations planning (S&OP) remains an area of particular interest to manufacturers.
McCormick & Co. Builds a World-Class Supply Chain
Reflections on a 10-year journey that transformed McCormick’s supply chain into a global function and strategic asset.
How Many SKUs Could A Planner Plan If A Planner Could Plan SKUs?
The number of products a planner can manage is heavily dependent on how easy or difficult it is to develop a reasonable forecast for those products.
CHAPTER 3: Bricks Matter
The global marketplace is volatile, fragmented, and dynamic. Supply processes are more mature than demand. There is a larger gap to fill in the redefinition of demand processes to be market driven than in any other area of supply chain management.
What’s Wrong with Demand Forecasting?
There are two equally important outputs of demand forecasting and you may be focusing nearly all your energy on only one, and maybe even the wrong one.
3 Primary Components of Sales & Operations Planning: People, Process, and Technology
The Red Wing Shoe Company details the steps it took to improve S&OP processes, slash its S&OP planning efforts by 50 percent, and align manufacturing with sales - all while growing its business.
Retail Supply Chain Collaboration: 3 Catalysts for Success
Collaboration: A recursive process where two or more organizations work together to realize common goals by sharing knowledge and learning, and by building consensus.
The Practical Approach to S&OP
This paper details S&OP best practices to achieve game-changing S&OP benefits with repeatable S&OP process that drives outstanding results when implemented through an easy-to-use technology platform.
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Enterra Solutions, LLC, is a cloud-based, intelligent supply chain technology company that solves complex supply chain execution problems of consumer products and retail organizations through real-time data sharing and analytic solutions that “Sense, Think, Learn and Act” to continually improve…
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Flintfox develops trade and revenue management software and provides ERP consulting and implementation services. We have over 29 years of experience delivering solutions for pricing, accruals and rebates to the retail, consumer goods, manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries. To support our…
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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained
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Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
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Streamline Operations with Composable Commerce
Revamp warehouse operations with composable commerce. Say goodbye to legacy systems and hello to modernization.