This is the best of times and worst times for retail. On one hand, online sales taking retail to new frontiers by offering endless choices from the comfort of home and taking away from the sales of brick and mortar stores, and on the other, e-commerce businesses are scrambling to open brick and mortar stores. …
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As supply chain planners, much of what we do is to anticipate future outcomes and plan our activities around those expectations so as to optimize business results. What do you do though in the aftermath of a year like 2016 that seems to have upended so many conventional wisdoms and when so many experts so …
Spreadsheet software is holding your supply chain performance hostage. True – spreadsheets are low cost, easy to use, extremely versatile and universally known and loved. It has and seems to continue to get the job done so what’s all the fuss about? Known knows; Known Unknowns; and Unknown Unknowns: Planning is difficult. Planning your supply …
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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a fantastic concept when you first hear its tricks and promises. It helps organizations align their demand and supply to meet the needs of their customers and achieve their business goals. Imagine all critical business functions with a common purpose and optimized supply chain plan. But unfortunately, the reality …
That acquisitions often fail is a well-known fact. We all remember the horror stories that were the coupling of SprintNextel or AOL Time Warner. So the last few weeks when news of two major software acquisitions (Oracle’s $9.3B bid for NetSuiteand Honeywell’s $3B offer for JDA JDA’s $570M Blackstone Group led recapitalization) arrived in midst of the peak summer …
Recently several partners have reached out to us putting Solvoyo in front of wholesalers and distributors and starting the conversation of what the next generation supply chain planning means for the wholesale and distribution business. After a series of these meetings one point became abundantly clear – the wholesale and distribution industry faces a unique …
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For the supply chain manager today, there are no dearth of online resources and expertise to guide them. From advisories by corporate biggies like Gartner or ARC, to research from leading supply chain academic programs, industry veterans and thought leaders, and company sponsored “how to” guides. We combed through advice written by several of the …
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On Feb 17, 2016 Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine named 28 supply chain leaders as the 2016 practitioner “Pro to know” featuring executives from companies as diverse as food and commodities giant – Cargill, industrial manufacturer Dow Corning, and online electronics retailer Newegg. Included in this list was Orhan Daglioglugil, the supply chain leader at A101 …
That Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a critical business process is no longer in doubt. Today, surveys after surveys indicate the rising adoption of S&OP across all industries, with almost 80% of companies reporting to have some version of an S&OP process[i]. That in itself is a good thing. As much as I fear piling onto something …
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Forewarned is forearmed, they say. It’s an adage that supply chain managers seem to have taken a little bit too close to heart. Despite record investments in forecasting software over the last decade, supply chain leaders still tout improving forecast accuracy as the number one opportunity for improvement in supply chain planning results (see graphics …
