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Dominate Your Competition with Forecasting, Demand Planning, and S&OP

Jacob HallJune 11, 2015

Jacob Hall How effective is your company at seeing the future? I’ll answer that for you, “I wish we were better at it.” The better you plan, the smoother all business functions will run. However, even the best forecasting processes still yield erro... Read More...

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Forecasting, How Well Can You Do It?

Eugene LeeJune 8, 2015

Eugene Lee I am a big fan of a ubiquitous fast food restaurant called Chipotle. Black beans, brown rice, grilled chicken, both habanero salsa and pico de gallo, cheese on a whim, but no lettuce, and definitely no sour cream. Chances are that your f... Read More...

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Who are You to Me and Who Am I to You in the Extended Supply Chain

Matthew PrangeMay 11, 2015

Matthew Prange It was 80 degrees and the sun was directly overhead as I walked into the corporate office for my first meeting at my new employer. My heart was beating through my chest, as it often does in new situations, but I was confident. It w... Read More...

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Aligning and Managing Demand for New Products using S&OP

Dave FloryMay 4, 2015

Many organizations have processes that define how new products will be conceived, developed, designed, and brought to market. Many organizations also have processes that define how they will integrate sales and operational plans to achieve... Read More...

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Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Interview Series 4 – Moen Incorporated

Michael GillilandApril 29, 2015

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 experience in Supply Chain, from strategic sourcing to material planning, production schedulin... Read More...

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Using Macroeconomic Data and Predictive Business Analytics to Forecast Sales at Ferro

Gleb DrobkovMarch 27, 2015

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 chemical company such as Ferro 2. Our approach to selecting the right data and building out a re... Read More...

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The Importance of an Early “Win” in Developing a Predictive Business Analytics Capability

Thomas SchleicherMarch 18, 2015

Predictive analytics are increasingly becoming a necessary capability for organizations that wish to better achieve business goals through the use of data. They provide a systematic mechanism through which a myriad of data can be transformed into val... Read More...

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Reaching Supply Chain Success with Demand Planning at the Royal Commission Health Services Program

Majed Ahmed AlOsaimiMarch 14, 2015

“To provide Jubal Industrial Community with integrated comprehensive quality health services” is our hospital’s mission. Complex as it is, supply chain management through reliable forecasting and demand planning plays a significant role in any indus... Read More...

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Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Series 3 Interview

Michael GillilandMarch 2, 2015

Interviewer: Michael Gilliland, SAS This month’s interview is with Steve Morlidge of CatchBull. Steve has 30 years of practical experience in designing and running performance management systems at Unilever, and is the author of Future Ready: How t... Read More...

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S&OP and Culture Change: How To Stay The Course

Kathleen WinterFebruary 19, 2015

We have all read, discussed and used the famous quote from Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” and S&OP is definitely a strategic approach to managing business outcomes that can get derailed in a culture clash. For those of us... Read More...

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