Tags: Sales and Operations Planning

Demand forecasting is often done in planning buckets such as months or weeks. But what about the pattern of demand inside a period? Whatever pattern it is, a demand planner should strive to understand it.

In any supply chain, matching the supply assets to the demand in a consistent, reliable, and profitable manner is a key requirement. This blog discusses how to create supply plans based on a sequence of rules that makes the decision-making process fast, effective, and intuitive.

The next recession is at our doorsteps. Let’s discuss what we can do to rise to the latest challenge.

The Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2022 was filled with insights, actionable strategies, trends and more. Here we cover a few highlights.

This year’s recommended sessions range from executive leadership to lessons learned to simply getting the most out of the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning.

A lot of projects propose to deliver ROI through lower levels of inventory. Servicing the demand at desired service levels with lower inventory should save the company some money. But how, exactly?

We’ve spoken to a lot of people over the years. Here are the answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.

Every business can benefit from having a proper demand plan. A pivotal part in this process is collaboration.

Is there an equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath for forecasters? What harm(s) can a forecaster easily avoid? This blog explores some examples.

Countless businesses around the globe are rolling out new products, building out infrastructure, and fighting for market share. In these disruptive times, there is immense pressure for supply chain leaders to deliver the goods despite strong supply-side headwinds and fickle customers.

Since the beginning of time, alternate but related views of production have existed: historically called “starts” and “outs”.

Successful demand planning requires a stable and sustainable planning process that is continuously reviewed and improved.