T-shaped towers
As far as forward-thinking companies are concerned, control towers are passé in 2021. There has been considerable confusion about the term ‘control tower’ in recent years. Does it refer to the global central procurement of …
Planning
A new model of supply chain planning is long overdue: The “Triple I” standard
While the traditional practice of silo-based supply chain planning appears to be a hard habit to break, there are encouraging signs of a shift towards a more integral approach. Dynamic planning entails continuous and real-time …
Pandemic accelerates implementation of IBP
Following on from S&OP, many companies are working on the next step: the implementation of integrated business planning (IBP). What is the impact of COVID-19 on this step? Experts from McKinsey and Blue Yonder discussed …
Planning, Software, Trends, Visibility
Producers and retailers plan to overhaul their supply chain strategy in the near future
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a sizable majority (66%) of consumer goods manufacturers and retailers plan to make major changes to their supply chain strategy in the next three years in order to improve …
Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: SKU Science
Founded in France in 2018, SKU Science leverages technological disruptions brought by cloud-hosted applications, big data, artificial intelligence and IoT to make sales and demand forecasting affordable and easy to use for all. The solution …
S&OP: Don’t forget product pricing
For many supply chain professionals, product prices are a given – but supply chain software vendor Blue Ridge disagrees. During the SCM webinar on demand shaping held on 17 March, this newcomer to the European …
Demand sensing: relying on AI, even in the face of disruption
A recent webinar by Supply Chain Media and E2open proved that demand sensing results in more reliable forecasts. Companies that are keen to supplement historical data with other types of internal and external data can …
Complex vaccination programme calls for connected planning
The recent Webinar Wednesday was all about the Netherlands’ vaccination programme: how do you get six different types of vaccines, each with its own characteristics and storage conditions, into 17 million arms as quickly as …
Planning, Trends, Webinar Recording
Recording webinar Connected Planning for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Supply Chain Media organized a webinar about Connected Planning for Covid-19 vaccine distribution. The planning task associated with quickly vaccinating billions of people around the world against Covid-19 is staggering. Even when reduced to one county or state, …
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Supply Chain Movement 40 | Resilience & Talent
The main theme of the Q1, 2021 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Resilience & Talent. This issue will appear digitally on March 4 and will be received in hard-copy on March 5. 10 | …
