Wednesday, November 6, 2024 · University of Tennessee
When managers foster collaboration among forecasting, production, and marketing teams, they can align on demand expectations and share insights across various functions, improving demand forecasts.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 · Larry Lapide
Prior S&OP planning assumed supply was plentiful, and that forecasting could be done using historical demand. Thus, I realized that at least two special planning teams would have to be assembled to support forecasting and planning under uncertainty, and during severe…
Monday, March 4, 2024 · Larry Lapide
Supply chain managers working with sales and marketing can ensure products in demand match with available supply to maximize profits.
Thursday, January 4, 2024 · Ken Cottrill
Supply chains need to start adjusting strategies to meet the demands required of older generations whose buying influence will grow in future years.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 · Brian Straight
Join our webinar, hosted by Adrian Wood and Robert Oliver from Dassault Systèmes, to discuss an integrated approach to S&OP and how advanced modeling and optimization capabilities allow you to achieve key results:
Friday, July 8, 2022 · Bob Trebilcock
On this episode of The Rebound, we talk to Jonathan Karelse about how the biases we all bring to the job can lead out best laid plans astray.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 · Dorothea Grimes-Farrow and Michael Conley
With a few simple but important metrics and process steps, your company can reap the benefits of better forecast accuracy within a few months.
Monday, February 14, 2022 · Lynn Torrel
The electronic supply chain is living with mixed signals, but now has an opportunity to improve the accuracy of demand information.
Thursday, November 11, 2021 · Hemant R. Bonde and Allison Ahdieh
The six factors critical to the successful implementation and adoption of demand sensing.
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 · Stanley E. Fawcett, A. Michael Knemeyer, Amydee M. Fawcett and Sebastian Brockhaus
Supply chain managers aiming to deliver unbeatable customer value can learn a lot from winning the decathlon.
Monday, August 31, 2020 · Knut Alicke and Kai Hoberg
In many industries, demand has never been more volatile and unpredictable than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are seven actions to drive demand planning despite an unprecedented crisis.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 · Knut Alicke, Kai Horberg and Jürgen Rachor
New technologies could revolutionize planning and radically change the role of the supply chain planner. Here is how to prepare your organization.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 · Dr. Larry Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MIT research affiliate
Note: This “Insights” is a reprint of my April 2007 column. While written 12 years ago it is quite possibly even more relevant today. In 2007, S&OP was not as widely used, but
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