Agile Supply Chain VS Efficient Supply Chain
FROM EFFICIENCY TO AGILITY
The ideal strategy to survive and prosper in a dynamic environment is to have an agile behavior that is conducive to change....
DDMRP – What Have You Got To Lose?
Today I’ll be talking to you about Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning, or as it’s more commonly referred to DDMRP, which is a new and very different approach to...
Machine Learning: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
How Daft Punk Inspires us on Supply Chain Planning
In their 2001 hit “Harder,
Better, Faster, Stronger”, Daft Punk demonstrated how using electronic music
did not mark the...
Consumer Products Supply Chain Disruptor: 3D Printing
The use of advanced technologies is significantly transforming the manufacturing of all products and having a tremendous impact on the supply chain. Internet of Things, BOTS, Machine Learning, Blockchain,...
Demand-Driven Supply Chain Management: What’s in it for you
Our customers reduce inventories by over 30 % and increase service levels by 14 %-points on average using Demand-Driven Supply Chain Management
Why Conventional Supply...
Wobbly Toddlers and Advanced Technology
As part of my role at QAD I have the great honor of being part of the core advanced technology team. I am often engaged with discussions around...
Supply Chain Analytics to Enhance Your S&OP Process
In the last decades, the S&OP/IBP (Sales & Operations Planning / Integrated Business Planning) process has been continuously changing, adapting to the moving needs of the companies but also...
Descriptive, Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics
How it is changing the demand planning game?
Demand planning plays a crucial role in supply chain management as it has a pervasive impact on...
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Cloud: Too Many Acronyms?
Today, companies are facing supply chain challenges that are becoming harder to overcome: globalization, increasing organizational complexity, mobile and distributed workforces, connection to Internet of Things (IoT) data and...
Mobility: Game-Changing Challenges and Opportunities
The chances are you are reading this article on your phone or tablet. The devices we use nowadays to consume media have changed and we take our portable...