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How COVID-19 Will Change Supply Chains For Good
As the COVID-19 outbreak progresses, I’ve been watching the effects on supply chains and the impact of true demand (N95 masks) versus hyped demand (toilet paper). Both examples are currently seeing stock-outs, but the toilet paper shortage is more of a logistics issue...
ToolsGroup Customers Navigate Supply Chain Planning for COVID-19
ToolsGroup customers around the world have had to drastically adjust their supply chain planning in response to COVID-19 demand volatility. Between restrictions on the global movement of people and goods and economic ramifications such as soaring unemployment and...
How to Find Business Opportunities Amid the Coronavirus Supply Chain Crisis
Here are ideas for grasping opportunities in the midst of the Coronavirus supply chain challenges The coronavirus’ supply chain and business impacts are being felt around the world and in our backyards: this strange time is slamming markets, causing confusion and...
Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19
With supply chain planning software you can automate the achievement of service levels, even under changing constraints resulting from major disruptions. As COVID-19 continues its malevolent spread around the world, concerns grow regarding the continued impact on...
Is Your Supply Chain ‘Ready for Anything’?
Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are...
What Is Demand Sensing and How Do You Get Started?
“Good old supply chain. It just gets simpler every year!” … said no VP of supply chain ever. We’ve created quite a monster with all the sophisticated tools we use to influence demand with pricing, new product introductions and promotions. Internet-fed trends are...
Overcome Manufacturing Supply Chain Challenges with Digital Planning
The manufacturing industry has a strong heritage of adopting game-changing technologies to deliver higher quality products more efficiently. With the introduction of digital supply chains, the industry is moving into an era arguably on par with the industrial...
Business Intelligence vs. Inventory Optimization: Are You Solving Symptoms Instead of the Real Problem?
In my decades of working in replenishment and inventory optimization, I’ve noticed that many companies seek solutions to symptoms rather than the underlying problem. I want to let you in on a secret: software companies are happy to sell you something you don’t need....
Six Most-Read Supply Chain Planning Blogs of 2019
Happy New Year! 2019 is officially in the books, and it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past 12 months as we dive into planning for 2020. Throughout the year our ToolsGroup supply chain planning blog contributors kept you up to speed on the trends, technologies and...
Four Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Inventory Planning and Sustainability
You can’t scan the headlines without coming across an article or advertisement about sustainability, but there is precious little information about how supply chain planning software supports green initiatives. I think it’s time we started spreading the good news:...