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Sorry Planners, Your Plan is not Necessarily a Quality Decision

Supply Chain Trend

Decision making According to authors of the book Decision Quality , a decision is only made when resources are irrevocably allocation to the execution of the decision. Without it, multiple planning options, as advanced as they may be, remain calculations , maybe insights, at best recommendations. So, what’s that?

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Embracing AI and Predictive Procurement to Overcome Industry Challenges

Arkestro

Fortunately, procurement teams can overcome these challenges — but they need higher-quality procurement data and optimized procurement processes to make it happen. In this blog, we’ll share how to improve data quality, leverage attribution frameworks, and optimize cadence and tempo to increase cost savings.

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Cross Purposes: Does demand planning belong with merchandising or supply chain?

The Network Effect

Then I proceeded to describe the differences in skill sets, business relationships and aptitudes between a Demand Planner and a Supply Planner. Who does the Demand Planning group report to?”. The goal of the demand planning process is to create a sales forecast that is as accurate and unbiased as possible.

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A Demand Plan Sanity Check: Five Best Practices

Supply Chain Action Blog

There is a process that is fast becoming a necessary and key component of both demand planning and sales and operations planning. I have heard it described as “forecastability”and “demand curve analysis”, among other terms, but, here, I will call it a “Demand Plan Sanity Check” or DPSC for short.

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Does Your Demand Planning Process Include a “Quantitative Sanity Range Evaluation”?

Supply Chain Action Blog

There is a process that should be part of both your demand planning and your sales and operations planning. A quality quantitative forecast. If you are engaged in demand planning or sales and operations planning, I welcome to know your thoughts on performing a QSRE. A sanity range out through time.

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The Beautiful Complexity of Procurement Planning

The Good Spending

We must operate the inventory management plan to estimate the inventories at the beginning of the new budget period. You can easily download inventory reports when planning, but that would happen around Q3, while you need to forecast Q1 next year. Demand planning and consolidation 4. Each chunk of demand (e.g.,

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Beginners Guide to Supply Chain Management

World of Procurement blog

Supply Chain Lifecycle The supply chain lifecycle consists of several key phases: Planning : This involves the demand planning, supply planning, and overall business strategy. It involves selecting suppliers, negotiating price, delivery terms, and ensuring the supply of quality goods.