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The Consequences of Complacency

Complacency can quickly make supply chain planning software obsolete. We lose when we "wait and see". Now is the time for investment and improvement.

By Jon Cohan|September 27th, 2023|General Topics, IBP, S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Sustainability|

How to Build the ROI Case for Planning and Scheduling

Planning and scheduling of manufacturing operations can be likened to going on vacation. Our next live webinar builds the ROI case for planning and scheduling.

By Sujit Singh|September 19th, 2023|IBP, S&OP, Scheduling, Supply Planning, Webinars|

Planning Ahead: 2024 Business Investment and the ROI of Supply Chain Planning Software

As 2023 comes to an end, it's a good time to plan your business investment strategy for 2024, and that should include supply chain planning software.

By Jon Cohan|September 12th, 2023|Gartner US, IBP, News and Trends, S&OP, Supply Chain Strategy|

Arkieva Helps Fight Childhood Cancer

Arkieva is proud to sponsor Jeff Ondria on his 4th annual Great Cycle Challenge and support efforts to raise money for the Children's Cancer Research Fund to fight childhood cancer.

By Sujit Singh|September 5th, 2023|Events, General Topics, News|

A Journey Through Safety Stocks, Part 9

This blog continues the safety stock discussion between Kate and Jane as they evaluate historical sales and lead time data.

By Sujit Singh|August 30th, 2023|Demand Planning, IBP, Inventory Management, S&OP, Safety Stock|

Boosting Efficiency: The Value of Scheduling Software

Scheduling software is similar to GPS, organizing the movement of items, marking process steps, ensuring expected locations, and optimizing the route.

By Jon Cohan|August 22nd, 2023|IBP, S&OP, Scheduling, Supply Chain Optimization, Webinars|

Understand the Factors Behind Inventory Accumulation by Optimization Models with No Demand

While working with various optimization models, I often encountered situations where the supply chain optimization model would make decisions to produce items even when there was no demand. This blog discusses different scenarios that led to the optimization models producing and storing excess inventory.

By Rajesh Samanth|August 16th, 2023|Inventory Management, Optimization, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Optimization|

How to Achieve Better Operations Scheduling

This blog previews our free webinar where Sujit Singh discusses his learnings from the schedulers and planners he has had the good fortune to work with.