Better S&OP by Building Bridges with Sales & Marketing
The biggest obstacle to S&OP implementation is fully engaging the Sales & Marketing teams. The involvement of Sales and Marketing is very low in S&O... Read More...
How FedEx Uses Macroeconomic Data to Forecast Demand
Why You Need To Consider External Factors in your Forecasting
Companies like UPS and FedEx are experiencing massive changes. What external factors are driving t... Read More...
Awaken Your S&OP Process with Product Portfolio Management
As consumers, we regularly face a host of product dynamics relating to the various goods we purchase, whether or not we realize it. Every year brings a plethora... Read More...
How to Make the S&OP Process More Robust
In the world of Operations, we want our businesses to run like an assembly line, where people and tools are in sync. The reality, however, is very different. T... Read More...
Product Portfolio Optimization – Journal of Business Forecasting (Special Issue)
Within the pages of this particularly exciting issue, you will read articles written by the best minds in the industry to discuss multiple important aspects of ... Read More...
Risk-Adjusted Supply Chains Help Companies Prepare for the Inevitable
Each time I get in my car and drive to work, or the grocery store or wherever, there are a myriad of dangers that I might encounter. I could get t-boned at an i... Read More...
Promotional forecasting: a new, smart approach
As we know, promotional forecasting is a challenging area for all Demand Planning professionals. Few factors often responsible for that challenge are: Irregu... Read More...
Why did I attend…and what did I learn?
I have been going to IBF events for the past dozen or so years, attending at least one of their forecasting best-practice conferences annually. I also attend th... Read More...
Forecasting & Planning Learnings from Day 2 of IBF Academy: An Attendee’s Perspective
Last Month, I had the opportunity to attend IBF’s Business Forecasting & Planning Academy held in Las Vegas. I recently shared some insights from the first ... Read More...
Are You Effectively Leveraging Point-of-Sale (POS) Data In Your Forecasting & Inventory Management?
Today, we have an explosion of data. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day with 90% of the world’s data created in the past 2... Read More...