Say No to Siloed Planning With Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization
Efficient inventory management is crucial for any business. While inventory is needed to meet customer service levels and mitigate uncertainties, organizati... Read More...
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Developing a Data Driven Culture from the Ground Up
Many companies strive to build, enhance, and protect their culture for a variety of reasons. Through corporate culture, companies provide an experience to ... Read More...
Orchestrating Consensus with Tension
I recently read Bob Stahl’s newest book, Sales and Operations Planning – An Executive Update, and I came away with a different perspective on a long-time pr... Read More...
Why Surging Adoption of S&OP is No Accident
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, in which companies are facing an unprecedented level of complexity and uncertainty, Sales and Operations Pla... Read More...
Stop Self-Inflicted Uncertainty! Quick Wins for Inventory Management
Inventory - can't live with with it, can't live without it. Let's talk about how to balance the competing trade-offs of high service levels, the need to con... Read More...
The Science of Demand Planning: Demystifying Statistical Forecasting
The following is the second in a two-part series covering the art and science of demand planning. Read the first part on the art of planning here.
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The Art of Demand Planning: Understanding the Market & Creating Consensus
Amid the hype of data science, machine learning and AI, one important question arises within the supply chain world: Will any machine or algorithm be able t... Read More...
Sales Vs Supply Chain: Where Should Planning Reside?
A while back I had the chance to switch from a demand planning role reporting to Sales, to a demand planning role reporting to Operations. I didn't know it ... Read More...
Converting Company Strategy to Supply Chain Execution
It is that time of year when leadership starts talking about strategy. The result will be very nice-looking slides that will be discussed in every town hall... Read More...
COVID Lessons: A Lost Job & New Insights
I was recently laid off along with some other very talented employees. Like many people in my situation, my departure was not performance based; it was simp... Read More...