Demand Sensing & Shaping With Starbucks
Are you a Starbucks customer? If so, the coffee chain is analyzing your purchases to create a personalized experience for you – and to get you to spend more mon... Read More...
Building Colleagues’ Trust in the Demand Planning Role
You came to the meeting well prepared. You had all your data well organized, your charts were all updated and you had copies for everyone. The meeting began... Read More...
S&OP Unplugged: Planning Leaders Talk Shop
At IBF's S&OP Best Practices Conference in Chicago, we put seven S&OP leaders in a room together, threw some talking points at them and set the came... Read More...
The Simple Power of Aggregate Forecasting
In the 1990’s when I was with Baxter Healthcare, we implemented a statistical forecasting solution for our European affiliates. In going through the user tr... Read More...
What Separates Vanguard S&OP Companies From The Rest?
IBF research indicates that 20% of you are just starting an S&OP process, 35% of you have a basic process in place, 30% of you have an established proce... Read More...
Optimizing Operations For Cash Flow
At the end of last year, I made this podcast that predicted that 2022 was going to be the year of ‘anti-lean’ with inventory flooding the market and compani... Read More...
Tips For Cleaning Your Dirty Data
We all work with data but we're not all data people. We must recognize that everybody who interacts with data plays an important part in cleaning and maint... Read More...
Driving Decision Making In S&OP
Sometimes driving S&OP towards decision making is challenging, with meetings often focused more on the here and now than looking forward, especially whe... Read More...
Transitioning From Times Series To Predictive Analytics
I recently had a fascinating and enlightening conversation with one of the leading figures in predictive analytics and business forecasting, Dr. Barry Keati... Read More...
My Favorite Forecasting Model
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is “What is your favorite forecasting model?” My answer is “it depends” because not all problems need a ham... Read More...