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Dashboard Design: 5 Pitfalls to Avoid
February 3, 2015 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsAs the benefits of performance measurement become more broadly known, analysts are seeing a tremendous uptick in the number of... View Article
Supply Chain Agility: How Important Is It?
January 20, 2015 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsAgility (or the ability to move quickly and easily) is a desirable trait in almost any situation ― particularly as it... View Article
Why We Struggle To Optimize Inventory
December 17, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsOptimization is defined as making the “best” of anything. The true meaning is in defining what is the “best.” In... View Article
Getting SALES To Cooperate With Forecasting (Gulp!)
December 11, 2014 2:53 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are 2 and ½ good reasons to gain input from sales people during the forecasting process. First is to... View Article
Why Have a Supply Chain Information Repository?
November 18, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsBig data and corporate data warehouses have been expanding exponentially with information that’s not exactly a benefit to the operations... View Article
Analyzing and Managing Supply Chain Risks
November 11, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe financial health of an enterprise today is directly dependent upon the health of their supply chain. With that exposure,... View Article
Creating and Executing an Inventory Plan
November 4, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsInventory is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet of most manufacturing and distribution companies ― understandably making... View Article
Setting Sail With Sales & Operations Planning – Part 1
October 14, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsA number of business challenges are driving more and more companies to formally embrace Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). While... View Article
Flash Reporting: Tips For Monitoring Your Business Daily
October 7, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsCompanies use flash reports to see how the business is doing on a daily basis and to communicate key... View Article
Determining the ROI of Forecasting Systems
September 23, 2014 8:03 am Leave your thoughtsEstimating the Return-On-Investment (ROI) for a new demand forecasting system can be difficult and requires an appreciation of the downstream impacts... View Article