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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth
Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Yet, in today’s...
Supply Chain Sustainability: The Business Case for Growth and a Competitive Advantage
If the term supply chain sustainability causes you to break out in hives, you’re not alone. With the number of challenges facing the supply chain (shortages, demand volatility, increased transportation costs, inflation), sustainability may not be at the top of your...
Avoiding Stagnation: How Ratioform Stays Agile with Supply Chain Automation
In episode eight of Be Ready for Anything, we hear from Mathias Kempe, the Director of Operations at Ratioform. Mathias takes us through Ratioform’s journey from manual planning to an automated system that could adapt to uncertainty. Listen to find out how Ratioform...
A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption
Levent Ozsahin, Managing Partner at Advancetics B.V. It’s human nature to miscalculate how best to respond to supply chain disruptions–either over- or under-steering in anticipation of a crisis. Optimists often delay preparing for supply chain disruption for fear that...
Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization vs Inventory Optimization
The subway system is the lifeblood of New York City, pre-COVID carrying an average of 5.5 million people per day in 6,684 cars across 472 stations1. Each station is part of a larger system and operates on a set schedule under one management umbrella. Imagine what...
Probabilistic Planning and Forecasting Demystified
This post was originally published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/primer-probabilistic-planning-forecasting-stefan-de-kok/ I have been blogging and advocating for the past 15 years on probabilistic approaches to planning and forecasting, and am happy to see in the...
A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021
In episode seven of Be Ready for Anything, industry insider Bob Ferrari discusses the pivotal factors affecting global supply chain revitalization in the coming year. Discover how to pinpoint your investments in supply chain management and regain your balance, even in...
Fashion Industry Challenges Require Elegant Demand Planning
When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain complexities and analytics required to ensure the fashion items you’re craving are in-stock. While sophisticated...
Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) vs. S&OP
S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) or SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) is a well known supply chain planning process, yet not all supply chains have embraced Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE). As we all know, what you plan for and what...
Inventory Planning vs. Inventory Optimization: What’s the Difference?
What’s the difference between traditional inventory planning and inventory optimization? Anyone can come up with a plan. The real challenge is making sure it’s a good plan. Optimizing your inventory is a different beast than simply planning your inventory. If my time...