Forecasting & demand planning - Articles - Page 15

Put an End to Data-Management Woes in Your Supply Chain With MDM

April 26, 2019

As supply-chain design and management struggles to live up to modern-day business imperatives, enterprise decision makers have turned their gaze toward the inefficiencies plaguing it.

Buyer’s Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software

April 24, 2019

AIMMS

Why Supply Chain Technology Needs Blockchain

April 17, 2019

Jon Kirkegaard, SCB Contributor

There is a tremendous mismatch in the selection of appropriate technologies to automate complex and decentralized operations.

Drugmakers Stockpiling for Brexit: How Long Do We Wait?

April 15, 2019

Bloomberg

Pharma companies ramped up their stockpiles of drugs to prepare for a potentially chaotic Brexit. Now they’re in the dark about how long they’ll need to hold them.

The Winners and Losers of Coffee's 13-Year Low

April 12, 2019

Bloomberg

Coffee has been among the worst-performing commodities in the past few years as the world became awash with beans, and there are few signs of a meaningful rebound any time soon.

Gen Z: The Kids Corporate America Just Can't Afford to Ignore

April 10, 2019

Bloomberg

This is the year Gen Z takes over, and fusty companies that want to sell them stuff have to crack the kids’ code.

There’s Nothing Better Than the Lithium-Ion Battery Coming Soon

April 9, 2019

Bloomberg

The battery of the future — at least for the coming decade — will almost certainly be the battery of the past.

How to Turn Supply Chain Complexity Into Great Service

April 4, 2019

Joseph Shamir, SCB Contributor

The secret to service-driven planning is probability forecasting and stock mix optimization.

Improving Fine Foods Forecast Accuracy While Optimizing the Supply Chain

April 3, 2019

QAD DynaSys

Challenge: A food company aimed to achieve and maintain a 98.5-percent service level — while improving forecast accuracy — to optimize planning and keep ahead of production requirements.