Planning

Planning

Hemant Badri

inNOWvate, Planning, Reports, Trends

Keynote recording Hemant Badri, Unilever: ‘Innovation in Supply Chain Planning’

Which technologies should be embraced in order to better respond to disruptions such as the current pandemic? One conclusion from Supply Chain Media’s inNOWvate Supply Chain Event on October 13 is that the answer depends …

Lora Cecere Supply Chain Insights - Supply Chains and SOP to admire

inNOWvate, Planning, Reports, Software, Trends

Keynote recording Lora Cecere: ‘Supply chains and planning to admire’

What sets excellent supply chain apart from the rest? Lora Cecere, founder at Supply Chain Insights, addressed this question during inNOWvate Supply Chain Event 2020 on October 13. According to Cecere, 85% of companies are …

IBP

Blogs, Planning

IBP is a strategic weapon in times of crisis

“Now, absolutely everyone’s convinced of the value of our new IBP process!” said the IBP manager at a client where we set up an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process last year. The company is now …

planning

Planning, Trends

Connected Planning turns every disruption into an opportunity

The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed weaknesses in many supply chains. Every link in the chain does its own planning, but there is often no tool in place to connect all those plans together. In a …

supply chain leader

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Will the real supply chain leader please stand up!

The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and will continue to have a major impact on people’s personal and working lives for the foreseeable future. Some are even claiming that coronavirus is a game …

IT puzzle

Planning, Trends

IT puzzle requires a holistic approach

I’ve heard the saying ‘Keep it simple, stupid’ many times and have applied it successfully in projects myself. The adage ‘Start simple, create success and build on it’ is in a similar vein and often …

smart supply chain

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Faster smart supply chain investment needed

Over three quarters of all companies lack the skills and capabilities to further digitalize their supply chains. As a result, they risk missing out on major benefits, such as better alignment with customer demand, significant …

self-driving supply chains

Planning, Trends

Self-driving supply chains are within reach

A future in which supply chains are ‘self-driving’ is closer than many people think, and the coronavirus pandemic has brought that future even closer. That was the key conclusion from a webinar organized by Supply …

Planning, Software, Trends

Moving closer to a self-driving supply chain

New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are giving sales & operations planning (S&OP) an extra boost. The use of external data and scenario planning provides even better guidance when aligning …

software

Planning, Visibility, Software, Trends

SCM survey: Software for end-to-end visibility in great demand

Over the next 12 months, European supply chain software implementations will be mainly focused on sales & operations planning (S&OP) and end-to-end supply chain visibility. The plans to invest in a particular type of supply …