The Buzz on Demand Planning & Forecasting Software
A big treat in attending a conference is not only learning from attendees, but also having the benefit of one-stop shopping when it comes to vendors in the ex... Read More...
Grab Your Data and Come Speed Date with Me
When you come to a conference, all you want is to talk to as many people as you can so you can learn what everyone else is doing and learn from them. Speakin... Read More...
Confessions of a Demand Planner
Wednesday afternoon kicked off this year's Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning's Best Practices Conference with a near-standing room only pre-con... Read More...
Can a Small Company Create a Demand Responsive Operation and Compete with the Big Boys?
“We will what?” I had heard it. We will be doubling shipments in the next 4 months, and this was just the beginning. I cannot say I wasn’t excited. It felt ... Read More...
Yokohama Tire Canada: Forecast Accuracy and the Cost of Being Right
Demand planning and forecasting is a process which, because of its intrinsic focus on “error”, too often invites misguided efforts at producing perfection. L... Read More...
S&OP or BUST! at Land O’Lakes Company
Eighteen months ago I decided I would put my job on the line if that is what would take to improve our planning processes and implement S&OP. Due to the... Read More...
Can Forecasting Help Me Staff a Specific Hewlett-Packard Call Center at 10:30 am on a Friday?
We can do a good job of predicting this, but the question is “Can we do better?”. The Statistician W. Edwards Deming showed Japan’s auto industry the impor... Read More...
Rockin' the S&OP Process at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Monday, 8:05am: your boss calls you into his office and says, “I just got back from the Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Conference. We need to star... Read More...
To Prepare Demand Forecasts, Should We Listen to Our Customers?
If the answer to this question appears to be obvious, please read on! There’s been lots of discussion about how forecasting is done, but much less about w... Read More...
IBF Webinar Q&A: What Management Must Know About Forecasting
Below details Questions & Answers from IBF's Webinar "What Management Must Know About Forecasting." If you missed it, no worries. You can view it compli... Read More...