The Power of Data Analysis Profiling In The Medical Device Industry
It is widely acknowledged that the right demand plan can balance inventory levels with costs and lead to positive cash flow and higher customer satisfaction. Th... Read More...
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How We Balance Demand & Supply at Castrol
Ouch. OTIF regulations, decreasing product life cycles, shorter-lead times, price slashing, and increased volatility - the last couple of years have been a kick... Read More...
3 Cornerstones Of Successful S&OP Rollout
The average global company has 5 different S&OP processes, scattered across different regions and completely unintegrated. If yours is one of them, then con... Read More...
In The Battle Between Demand Driven & Demand Planning, Both Sides Are Failing
Coke versus Pepsi, New York versus Chicago style pizza, The Red Sox versus The Yankees – we all have the right opinions and know the other side is obviously wro... Read More...
eCommerce/Omnichannel Planning & Forecasting – Special IBF Journal Issue
The lastest special issue of IBF's Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF) - Winter 2016-2017, is dedicated to the newly emerged channel of distribution, e-Commer... Read More...
Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Interview Series 4 – Moen Incorporated
Erin Marchant This month’s interview is with Erin Marchant, Senior Analyst in Demand Management at Moen, Incorporated. Erin has over ten years of varied expe... Read More...
Using Macroeconomic Data and Predictive Business Analytics to Forecast Sales at Ferro
Gleb Drobkov David Henison In this blog post, we will outline: 1. The reasoning for creating a predictive sales model (PSM) at a global diversified chemica... Read More...
Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Series 3 Interview
Interviewer: Michael Gilliland, SAS This month’s interview is with Steve Morlidge of CatchBull. Steve has 30 years of practical experience in designing and ru... Read More...
Improving Forecast Accuracy: Using Lean Principles to Improve the Forecasting Process
Nearly all supply chain practitioners are familiar with, or have been trained on, the use of Lean/Six Sigma tools for reducing waste and improving processes. ... Read More...