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How Does a Supply Chain Planning System Aggregate and Disaggregate Data?
Planners in certain industries such as the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) prefer updating forecasts at an aggregate level but would also sometimes want to lock values at the detail level to prevent disaggregation to a specific combination. How is it done? A planning system is expected to present correct data to the planner at whatever level it is being looked at.
How to Measure Forecast Errors in Intermittent Demand Forecasting
Stop using traditional forecast accuracy metrics to measure forecast for sporadic demand patterns. Use this method instead.
Your Data is Only as Good as How You Visualize It
Are you avoiding these common data visualization pitfalls during your S&OP meetings?
Challenges with Excel When Building a Demand Planning Process
Gartner estimates that by 2020, 60% of revenue in supply chain dependent industries will be driven by digital business.
Who Should Own the Demand Management Process?
Who should take ownership of the demand management process within the organization? Is it Sales and Marketing?
Supply Chain Best Practices from 10 Leading Companies
Here’s a quick overview of supply chain best practices from 10 leading companies from the 2018 Drucker Institute Ranking.
Top 10 Demand Planning Metrics You Should Have on Your Dashboard [Infographic]
Planned and actual sales are very different metrics. Here are 10 demand planning KPIs to help you prevent stocking issues before they happen.
How to Forecast Demand for New Products
Organizations need to regularly upgrade their products and launch new products to stay competitive and grow their businesses. However, a new product launch poses a totally new challenge – new product forecasting.
12 Days of Inventory Optimization
One of my favorite Holiday songs growing up was “The 12 Days of Christmas.” There was something about Christmas having 12 days that put me in the holiday spirit.
