Demand Forecasting, Sales Planning, Big Data Analytics & IBP
Demand Planning & Financial Forecasting After Covid-19 Pandemic The Great Pandemic created the great disruption although not a dislocation yet – all of us are huddled inside our homes for … Read More
Make Australia dirty again?! Toilet tissues are out of stock in Australia. Woolworth’s is rationing toilet tissues in that country. We are not far behind. Most online stores and bricks were … Read More
Russians and the Saudis could not agree on output cuts for the oil markets so they decided to kill the US oil exploration companies. Oil dropped 30% over the weekend to $31 a barrel. … Read More
In a recent client engagement, there was some lively discussion on Demand Modeling using the Product/Customer Hierarchy. Your forecast agreement with Supply Chain and Senior Management may call for delivering … Read More
There is a lot of commotion on the interface between demand and supply in practice. Several so-called “best practices” have emerged that actually confuse practitioners. But they also provide a … Read More
For the following scenario which of the following historical orders data stream you would consider from a demand planning perspective? 1. All order streams A to E should be considered? … Read More
Some planners just are very proud of the fact that their business is complex – 20K SKUs, 20 DCs and thousands of customer sold-to locations. And when my team at … Read More
Many planners typically boycott the Advanced Planning tool that is struggling to meet their planning needs. Their Demand Management operates in full-blown Excel mode and off-line analytics for most of … Read More
If you want to reserve inventory for your customer, what to do? Create customer-specific SKUs or a Virtual warehouse to lock the inventory.
Following are 17 suggested resolutions for your demand planning in 2017! 1. Trust the Stat Forecast . Although there are caveats, if tuned correctly, Stat can do wonders. 2. Spend … Read More
