Data Cleansing and Outlier Correction
The SCM planning solutions market is getting pretty crowded these days – almost everyone has a solution on the cloud for Demand, Supply, S&OP and analytics. As we examined the … Read More
What is new in SAP IBP 1908?
SAP IBP 1908 brings some much awaited updates to the advanced supply chain planning platform. Some are marginal enhancements while others are significant changes to the tool and is a … Read More
Demand Sensing, DDMRP vs Demand Planning
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
WMAPE: The Denominator Debate
The denominator for WMAPE is passionately argued by many- should it be actual demand or forecasted demand? For starters, if the forecast error is small the denominator does not matter … Read More
What Effects our organization’s readiness to IBP?
Is your organization ready for IBP? How do we know that we are implementing this nifty solution that could NOT be used if the process and people are not ready? … Read More
SAP IBP- Improving Accuracy Reporting With WMAPE
SAP IBP defines additional metrics to evaluate the forecast quality of the statistical forecasts compared to what we had in SAP APO. The biggest improvement in IBP Demand is addressing … Read More
Demand Planning With True Demand
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
Simplicity Is NOT That Easy – Especially In Planning!
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
The Impact of The Trade War On The Global Supply Chain – Are You Ready?
The US Trade Deficits have increased with China. The Chinese diligently supply us with inexpensive products and gadgets and earn USD as foreign currency which they invest back mostly in our Treasury Bonds.
Regardless, the Trade deficit is just 2% of the size of the US Economy – looks like a drop in the ocean.
Demand Management: Boycott Sales and Marketing?
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