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Demand Planning

Global Supply Chain Challenges 2023 – Preparing For The Storm

Dr. Chockalingam November 14, 2022

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

Demand Planning Demand Planning Consulting

Some CPFR terminology in Demand Planning

Dr. Chockalingam January 30, 2021

CPFR – Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment. Valtitude can help you implement a CPFR integrated demand planning process.

Demand Modeling Forecasting

Demand Consensus During Crisis – What Does It Mean For Demand Planning To Put On a Firefighter hat?

Rohan Asardohkar April 1, 2020

All stakeholders are under pressure and double-booked to understand the impact of COVID-19 on their demand planning. Everyone is on their toes and trying to prepare multiple what-if scenarios for … Read More

SCM - Supply Chain Collaboration

Can We Combine The Role of Demand Planning And Supply Planning Into One Role?

Dr. Chockalingam February 12, 2018

The Planner! Sounds like a movie title – the movie we have not seen and Pixar has not thought of…. What is the major advantage of uniting the two roles … Read More

S&OP and IBP

Sales Planning – What Is Their Value Add?

Dr. Chockalingam February 12, 2018

Who are Sales Planners? Do you have a function called Sales Planning in your organization? Most companies have a Sales support function called Sales Planning or Sales Logistics or even … Read More

Forecasting

The Bitcoin Is Not A Coin Anymore – It Is The Modern Version of The Dutch Tulip!

Dr. Chockalingam January 13, 2018

The Bitcoin has just breached 14K. One bitcoin is worth 14,000 US Dollars as of the close of the market on December 6th. It was trading at 12K a couple … Read More

Demand Modeling

Flexible Supply Chains – And Broken Links

Sachin Arora September 16, 2016

“The measure of a person’s strength is not his muscular power or strength, but it is his flexibility and adaptability.” Same holds true for businesses and supply chains. Hanjin Shipping … Read More

SCM - Supply Chain Collaboration

How To Define And Measure True Demand For Supply Chain Planning – A White Paper

Rohan Asardohkar April 26, 2015

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

Aggregate Planning

Where Are The Black Swans?

Dr. Chockalingam January 31, 2015

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.

Flash News

Fixing Inventory Non-Availability Beyond Demand Planning

Order Inaccuracy: A Commercial Failure, not a Supply Chain One

Operating at Level 1 of the Demand Planning Maturity Curve

Your Best Volume Month Could Be Destroying Your Forecast: The Hidden Danger of Demand Signal Pollution

Why Omni-Channel Without an Effective IBP Is Just Expensive Chaos?

Chronos-2 Revisited: When Zero-Shot Forecasting Meets Real-World Data, Does the Magic Hold?

Zero-Shot and Ahead of the Pack: What Amazon Chronos Taught Us About the Future of Demand Forecasting

SAP IBP Heuristic vs Optimizer: Why Defaulting to Heuristic Is Costing Your Supply Chain

Planning Strategy for New Products in SAP IBP

Major Roadblocks to Capturing True Demand

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