by ToolsGroup Finstock | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
In episode five of Be Ready for Anything, hear from George Fowler, Group Vice President at Spinnaker SCS, about how strategic digital transformation initiatives prepare supply chains to successfully withstand significant business disruptions. Podcast: Reinforcing...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, supply chain planning Image: coffee equipment in kitchen
Melitta is a household name for anyone who drinks coffee, but the Melitta Group’s business activities extend far beyond drip filters for your morning brew. With a revenue exceeding 1.6 billion Euros, Melitta products also include kitchen staples like aluminum foil and...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog, Featured
Optimize /ˈɒptɪmʌɪz/ verb 1. make the best or most effective use of (a situation or resource). (Oxford Languages) One of the hardest parts of my job is helping customers get to grips with complex, counterintuitive supply chain concepts. Take the “bullwhip effect”: a...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog
ToolsGroup’s GM of North America, David Barton, sat down for a video interview with Robert Bowman, managing editor at Supply Chain Brain, to share anecdotes and advice for supply chain planners in a year no one could have planned for. What are your customers...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog
Have you noticed how the clock speed of just about everything has sped up considerably in just a few years? Supply chain practitioners know trends like product line proliferation, shorter product life cycles, increased complexity, massive amounts of data and ever more...
