The New JDA Flowcasting Solution
Last Tuesday it was announced that the CEO of JDA had been replaced with an interim CEO. Perhaps because I tend to be product focused, I find the most significant recent announcement the news that JDA...
View ArticleProcter & Gamble Speaks at the 3PL Summit
A week and a half ago I attended and spoke at the North American 3PL Summit and Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum in Chicago. Procter & Gamble’s Julio Nemeth, SVP of Product Supply, also spoke. He...
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Shelf-Level Collaboration Should be seen as Foundational to Omni-channel...
The hottest trend in supply chain management is omni-channel. Five years ago it was shelf-level collaboration. But really, these initiatives should be seen as mutually reinforcing. Omni-channel is...
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In-store Shopping Apps and the New Grocery Supply Chain
Over a decade ago, trade journals were talking about smart grocery carts. These grocery carts would have a computer attached to it that could assist consumers in shopping by providing coupons, the...
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Supply Chain Synchronization: Matching Supply and ACTUAL Demand
One of my favorite parts of being an analyst and a columnist for Logistics Viewpoints, aside from expounding on omni-channel retail and supply chain logistics trends and technologies, is the...
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What Does Demand Sensing Teach Us About IoT Projects?
Perhaps this year’s biggest catch phrase was the “Internet of Things” (IoT). IoT is centered on the idea that there is a tremendous amount of sensor data that could be used to run value chains more...
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How Accurate are Your Demand Predictions? Five Reasons to Consider Demand...
How confident are you in your ability to predict future customer demand? How do external factors such as economics and weather influence that demand next month or next year?? If you’re uncertain how to...
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Machine Learning in the Digital Supply Chain isn’t New
Machine learning has become hot this year and suppliers are investing research and development into using machine learning in the supply chain. But in a conversation with Michael Farlekas and John Lash...
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The Peril of Circular Reasoning in Machine Learning and Forecasting
I admit it, I’m struggling around part of the machine learning story when it comes to demand forecasting. There is circular reasoning going on. Machine learning can be used to improve forecasts. The...
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Weather-Influenced Demand Forecasting in 2020
It is 2020; we now have reasonably accurate short-term weather forecasts. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US, reports that the five-day weather forecasts are...
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