by ToolsGroup Finstock | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Featured
Earlier this week we held our annual supply chain conference, TG/20, in a virtual format in order to keep the conversation going amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Industry insider Bob Ferrari attended our conference and highlights main takeaways from the...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Featured
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...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, Featured
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...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Featured
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...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, demand forecasting, Featured, inventory optimization, machine learning, supply chain planning
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...
by ToolsGroup Finstock | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog, Featured, supply chain planning
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...