Demand Planning
S&OP: Don’t Develop Your Supply Chain Without It
All too often supply chain development, and investment into supply chain assets, is focused on a single plan at a fixed point in time, be
Demand Planning
Managing Demand Driven Supply Chains
Not so long ago those at the top of the supply chain were the source of demand, a push-driven process where demand could be carefully
Demand Planning
Demand Planning – Top 10 Tips on Getting It Right
Demand planning in many businesses is a thankless task. Demand planning is about predicting the future and, consequently, there is no such thing as a
Demand Planning
Managing Ecommerce Cycle Time
It wasn’t that many years ago, prior to the growth of retail ecommerce, that TV shopping channels proudly proclaimed ’14-day delivery’ to differentiate their service
Demand Planning
Regression Forecasting Explained in 500 Words
Regression, or rather regression analysis, is a standard and common statistical method of forecasting. For some reason, probably because of the name ‘regression’ itself, people
Demand Planning
So Many Products, So Little Margin: Managing Your Product Portfolio
As a supply chain consultant, I find that almost every company I work with has a product portfolio that conforms to the Pareto principle, i.e.
