Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 23, 2024
Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 15, 2024
Today’s supply chains are fraught with uncertainties across demand and supply yet are tasked with adding incremental value to their organizations while also meeting commercial, working capital and sustainability goals. The challenge for supply chain teams lies in increasing knowledge to create value amid this complexity.
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Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Over the last two decades, there has been a significant focus on increasing the speed of supply chain planning solutions. However, you may have noticed that the increase in the speed of supply chain planning solutions is not resulting in better decisions, improved performance, or much-needed supply chain agility.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 9, 2024
When planning your weekend, you might check a 5-day weather forecast, which provides probabilities of rain, sunshine, or cloudy skies. Recently, Steve Banker wrote an article about taking a flight and planning the drive to the airport. Picture this: you need to plan your inventory levels for the upcoming holiday season.
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For decades, operations research professionals have been applying mathematical optimization to address challenges in the field of supply chain planning, manufacturing, energy modeling, and logistics.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 10, 2024
ARC Advisory Group has been covering the Supply Chain Planning ( SCP ) market for 17 years. The pandemic brought home the need for companies to run agile and resilient supply chains. Supply chain agility reflects a company’s ability to respond quickly to surges or plummeting demand.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 12, 2023
My plan to get there was pretty straightforward; I knew the best route and all the usual traffic patterns, so we set out on what should have been a two-hour drive. Four hours later, we finally arrived, Read more The post Effective Supply Chain Planning Is All In The Data appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.
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Today's supply chains are networked, global ecosystems. How prepared are supply chain teams to react and recover from a planning maturity stance? Time allocated to data collection: Data quality is a considerable pain point. How much time do teams spend on data vs. creative decision-making and discussion?
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Supply chain data is flawed, we all know this. Hear ClearMetal CEO, Adam Compain, talk about how the right technology and strategies will give you better visibility and create value within your supply chain. The ability to move from reactive firefighting to proactive planning is closer than you think.
Speaker: Dr. Ken Fordyce, Solutions Director, Supply Chain and Advanced Analytics at Arkieva
Risk management is defined as anticipating and responding to an event not yet part of the plan of record that requires a significant adjustment in your demand-supply network (DSN). COVID-19 has put risk management at the front and center in the supply chain world. How to avoid data-driven disasters.
Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS
This on-demand webinar shares research findings from Supply Chain Insights, including the top 5 obstacles that bog you down when trying to improve your network design efforts: Poor data quality. Lengthy time to plan/execute. Lack of skilled resources. Don’t have the right tools/tools are too complex or expensive.
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It’s no secret that supply-chain bottlenecks have tightened throughout the pandemic. However, the data reveals a deeper story. Persisting consumer demand, steep retailer prices, and the driver shortage continue to make headlines every day.
Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix
As we plan for the world of eCommerce and the customer expectation of quick, free shipping, our ability to forecast is turned on its head. Can we use historical data to plan for demand and design our networks, or is there a better way? You'll leave knowing what data you can start collecting today to answer these questions.
Speaker: Andrew Kurpiel - AmerCareRoyal | Bill Benton - GAINS | Paul Benhamou - Benco Dental
The turbulence in today’s supply chain requires you to react faster and make continuous adjustments. To accomplish this, you must evaluate and act on real-time data. Leading distributors and manufacturers are finding success in today's challenging environment by leveraging data and insights.
Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix
Organizations need to focus on demand driven supply planning, utilizing real time information on customer orders from all marketplaces (e-commence, Amazon - or other online retailers, and point of sale data from brick and mortar). etc) or online promotions (company run or 3rd party). April 3rd, 2019 11.00 AM PST, 2.00
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