Forecasting

A chance to give forecasting a little help

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.

The Customer is the Channel

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 · Mike Doherty and Ken Larson How Princess Auto Ltd uses a consumer-driven, store-centric fulfillment model to plan and satisfy all customer demand.

Short lifecycle (SLC) forecasting for “muddling through” uncertainties

Thursday, November 11, 2021 · Larry Lapide SLC products—such as those in retail, fashion-oriented and high-tech industries. Try them, they work. Will they yield 100% accuracy? Of course not. Will they improve your forecast accuracy? I believe so.

The human touch in forecasting and demand planning

Monday, September 6, 2021 · Jonathon Karelse, CEO of NorthFind Management Supply chain managers are exploring remarkable innovations like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to improve their forecasting. But don’t overlook the importance of human behavior, or Behavioral Economics, in the planning process.

Is your supply chain ready for what’s next?

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 · George S. Day, Paul J.H. Schoemaker and Sue Todd To improve system-wide resilience before the next disruption, supply chain leaders need to foster vigilance to handle whatever surprises will come next.

Supply Chain Redesign: Expecting the unexpected

Monday, March 1, 2021 · Bridget McCrea The top trends driving supply chain design decisions for the coming year—and beyond.

APQC Infographic: Drive supply chain planning performance with key measures

Thursday, February 11, 2021 · SCMR Staff APQC recommends four high-level KPIs that reveal how organizations are doing on their planning

Achieving better outcomes for predictive analytics

Monday, January 4, 2021 · Matthias Winkenbach A deeper understanding of the technology will help practitioners and business leaders make clearer connections between needs and model outputs—and hence frame better questions.

Optimize Inventory Performance with Digital Technologies and Cognitive Analytics

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 · SCMR Staff In this webinar, Mark Newberry, a partner in the global supply chain consulting practice at Tata Consultancy Services, explains how digital technologies and cognitive analytics can help you optimize inventory performance.

Professor to improve supply chain systems with smart algorithm

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 · Miranda Buckheit Companies are using customer data for operational decisions, but decision-making can go awry without appropriate analytical method to handle this insight.

The Common Pitfalls of Demand Planning

Friday, December 7, 2018 · Richard J. Sherman Effective demand management is critical to the financial performance and health of an organization. However, to be successful companies must overcome the common pitfalls that have evolved from decades of insufficient demand planning and management.

Storm Clouds on the Horizon for Supply Chain Operations?

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 · Patrick Burnson Strength in employment and income, solid gains in household net worth and elevated consumer sentiment have generated considerable momentum just as tariffs on some $200 billion of imports from China have gone into effect.

Let’s talk about CRM Systems

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 · Dr. Larry Lapide At industrial-product companies understanding sales activities is critical to developing them.

Future factories now playing in 3D

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 · Larry Lapide, Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MIT research affiliate. The future state of factories and plants over the next 10 years: How will they be organized and operated?

Industrial products forecasting needs sales input

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Dr. Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts and an MIT Research Affiliate. Sales organizations of industrial product companies typically play the most important role in creating and shaping demand—because customers are largely businesses to which they directly sell.