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Leveraging Scenario Planning for S&OP Decision Support

AIMMS

Sales and Operations Planning has become the preferred method to facilitate clear and formal communication between the demand and supply sides of a business. To address this, Gartner advises organizations to adopt scenario planning for S&OP. S&OP as a practice is changing. – Tweet this.

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Scenario Modeling Is Now Crucial for Supply Chain Network Design

AIMMS

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many risks and uncertainties in supply chain networks. Materials shortages , demand fluctuations and plan t closures have led many organizations to revisit their supplier relationships, as well as distribution and production locations. Read on for common use cases. .

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Leveraging Scenario Planning for S&OP Decision Support

AIMMS

Sales and Operations Planning has become the preferred method to facilitate clear and formal communication between the demand and supply sides of a business. To address this, Gartner advises organizations to adopt scenario planning for S&OP. S&OP as a practice is changing. – Tweet this.

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Pricing Optimization at Delly’s: A Case Study in Successful AI Enablement

Talking Logistics

This includes implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Transportation Management, and Warehouse Management applications. Over the years, they have invested in technology to streamline and automate a variety of business processes.

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Multi-Tier Supply Chain Application Enables Fortune 100 Company to Gain Visibility

A Fortune 100 company wanted to have seamless visibility, collaboration and synchronized planning with its multiple levels of suppliers. Which suppliers were being roadblocks, Which posed threats to assurances in supply, What information was being conveyed between suppliers and other supplier and inventory management issues.

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It’s Long Overdue: Time to Bridge the Link Between Planning and Execution

Logistics Viewpoints

As an industry, linking supply chain planning and execution has been discussed for decades. It is well understood disconnected planning and execution processes can lead to costly disruptions, missed opportunities, and inefficiencies. Yet, even the most meticulously crafted plans can crumble if execution falls short.

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How Disruptions like Coronavirus Test The Resilience Of Supply Chain Planning

AIMMS

The virus continues to compromise supply chains and disrupt companies at a troubling rate, but a re businesses prepared from a supply chain planning perspective? . The era of globalization has enabled supply chains to be broader and more connected. First reaction s to the outbreak . – Tweet this.

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How a Fortune 500 Company Transformed its Supply Chain Using a Digital Twin-Enabled Control Tower

Supply chain plays a crucial role for this Fortune 500 automotive manufacturer. With the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, along with demand and supply fluctuations in the subsequent years, many manufacturers, including this one, saw significant stress on their global supply chains. This case study covers: Customer challenges.

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Webinar On-Demand: 3 Ways to Make Your Operational Execution More Robust With S&OE

Speaker: Sander van Lokven and N.S. Krishnan

This keeps the supply chain out of firefighting mode, smoothens relationships with customers and suppliers, and helps sustain margins by reducing the cost to serve. This webinar shares: Recent findings from a new research study about S&OE. The impact on short term plans when the unexpected happens.