Target Supply Chain Initiatives – Managing Suppliers
Introduction: In the past few years Target has expanded its business into selling fresh produce, meat and other perishable food items. With being ‘out of stock’ being the main pain … Read More
Are You Still Using Excel For Forecasting And Planning?
Some of the big names who have used our services and expertise include Honeywell, Pepsi Foods, Brown-Forman, Labatt, Yaskawa, Coleman, McCain Foods, Lindt and many other small and medium size companies.
We can be reached at www.demandplanning.net. You can also contact our Business Development Manager at hatimr@demandplanning.net . We would be glad to have an initial call for a short diagnostic of the current processes and pain points.
Questions on Advanced Demand Management Training Workshop
We have received several queries about our next Advanced Demand Management workshop. Below are some of the FAQs: What is “Advanced” about this workshop? The workshop content offer sessions on … Read More
Sailing Through The SAP APO Ocean
As we all know SAP is an Ocean where the chance of getting lost is quite high. Below are key takeaways from my experience while working on SAP Demand Planning … Read More
How To Define And Measure True Demand For Supply Chain Planning – A White Paper
Quite often we get these questions from our constituents and Network members about the definition of demand. 1) Can I consider shipments as my demand? What if we had … Read More
Help My MAPE Is Negative!
I have heard frequently calls for help saying MAPE is high or other complaints saying MAPE is unreliable. Recently we encountered two situations where the calculated MAPE and even the … Read More
Where Are The Black Swans?
How do we prepare for Black Swan events?
Black Swan events are those highly unpredictable events that occur out of nowhere and cause a systemic shock to the process and the way we do things. They may perennially alter the way we conduct our business.
Bull-Whipping Or Driving The Demand?
Bullwhip effect is a phenomenon of demand being overestimated or underestimated as it passes through various stages of supply chain resulting in exaggerated supply fluctuations. The increased variability in demand … Read More
Is S&OP An Event?
Taking stock of your Sales and Operations Planning Process may be a good start. It is important to understand what you get out of it and how it benefits your company in the planning and decision making process.
Window-Dressing and Supply Chain Score-Carding…
When we review Supply Chain Dashboards, there are a variety of colorful metrics. Are they the right metrics – Are they calculated right to show true performance? … Read More