Global Supply Chain Challenges 2023 – Preparing For The Storm
There are major headwinds facing global supply chains heading into 2023. Are you ready and prepared for the storm? Here is a summary of the major threats that we need … Read More
How Zillow’s Home-Buying Business Blew Up
Zillow blew up last week – shut down their home buying business division and laid off a quarter of their workforce. Why? Some data science warriors on Linked-in are waging … Read More
Managing Sales Order Deadlocks
If your company is concurrently experiencing growing backorders and ballooning inventory, you may be impacted by Sales Order Deadlocks. Sales Order Deadlocks occur when you have multiple orders with a … Read More
How do you calculate True demand?
When calculating true demand, we need to classify the orders into the true month of demand – it depends on when your customers wanted the product. CRDD = Customer Requested … Read More
Suez Canal Blockage – Impact on Trade & Supply Chains
A year ago in May of 2020, Crude oil futures went negative to as low as -$37 a barrel. It actually meant people have to pay someone to take their … Read More
Some CPFR terminology in Demand Planning
CPFR – Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment. Valtitude can help you implement a CPFR integrated demand planning process.
If You Were Heading Up A Supply Chain Org, What Will be your Overarching Objective And Why?
In this context, we should re-examine the over-arching objective of a supply-chain.
I had posted a poll on what should this be on Linked-in asking which one of the following should be the key objective?
Improve demand forecast accuracy for better visibility
Increase Customer order fill rates and improve customer service
Improve in-stock levels at your customer to minimize supply disruptions
Minimize your DC inventory
As Nasdaq Soars, Are We at the Start of the Great Bull market for the Roaring 20s?
There can only be two possibilities:
The market is in a bubble and it is set to crash any time given we are in a pandemic and the real economy is not looking that great.
There are hidden green shoots every where for a quantum leap in the economy that my produce new wealth for the United States as well as the rest of the world.
COVID-19 Response From Valtitude/Demand Planning Net
Valtitude / Demand Planning LLC has transformed our offerings and services to help our customers, employees and vendors cope up with the Covid-19 Pandemic. We have taken the following steps … Read More
The ‘Secret Sauce’ to Improving Your Demand Planning Functions
Many mid-market companies do not have a well-defined Demand-Planning function. Typically the commercial team does a forecast at the brand level for their own target setting purposes. The Sales team … Read More