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Why We Struggle To Optimize Inventory
Optimization is defined as making the “best” of anything. The true meaning is in defining what is the “best.” In the case…
Getting SALES To Cooperate With Forecasting (Gulp!)
There are 2 and ½ good reasons to gain input from sales people during the forecasting process. First is to provide feedback…
Why Have a Supply Chain Information Repository?
Big data and corporate data warehouses have been expanding exponentially with information that’s not exactly a benefit to the operations and supply…
Analyzing and Managing Supply Chain Risks
The financial health of an enterprise today is directly dependent upon the health of their supply chain. With that exposure, it is…
Creating and Executing an Inventory Plan
Inventory is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet of most manufacturing and distribution companies ― understandably making it a…
Setting Sail With Sales & Operations Planning – Part 1
A number of business challenges are driving more and more companies to formally embrace Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). While the benefits…
Flash Reporting: Tips For Monitoring Your Business Daily
Companies use flash reports to see how the business is doing on a daily basis and to communicate key performance indicators…
Determining the ROI of Forecasting Systems
Estimating the Return-On-Investment (ROI) for a new demand forecasting system can be difficult and requires an appreciation of the downstream impacts of more…
How Sales Analytics Can Drive Productivity
The volume and complexity of sales information that resides in CRM, ERP and other business systems is increasing with greater velocity to…
Dashboards: Linking key metrics across the enterprise
How dashboards can help you gain greater visibility into corporate performance Never before has there been more data available to senior executives…