JDA TV – Forecasting and Servicing Customers Profitably: Moving from an Inside-Out to an Outside-In Approach
In this episode of JDA TV, Doug Kimball, Senior Product Marketing Director at JDA, and Amitabh Kumar, Senior Global Value Delivery Director at JDA, discuss how manufacturers can adapt their processes to deal with forecasting challenges and meet the ever-changing needs of their customers.. …
Inside the Voice of the Category Manager Survey Results: Solving the Compliance Conundrum
Today’s modern shopper has sky-high expectations when it comes to customer service and product availability, leaving retailers and manufacturers with little room for error. Getting merchandise assortments right the first time is crucial to ensuring shopper satisfaction, as well as profitability. Yet nearly 70 percent…
Lessons Learned from the Beer Game
At Blue Yonder, one of the vehicles we’ve been using to demonstrate the benefits of effective supply planning and collaboration across the supply chain is the Collaborative Flow Planning workshop — AKA, The Beer Game. Most supply chain professionals have played the beer game at some…
JDA TV – Does Speed of Planning Trump Everything Else in the Digital World?
In this JDA TV video, Doug Kimball, Senior Product Marketing Director at JDA, and Puneet Saxena, Vice President of Manufacturing Solutions Strategy at JDA, discuss the impact big data will have on the future of manufacturing planning, the importance of delivering both better and faster…
JDA TV – IBP, S&OP and S&OE – What’s the Difference?
In this JDA TV video, Salim Shaikh, Senior Solutions Strategy Director at JDA, discusses the definitions of integrated business planning (IBP), sales and operations planning (S&OP) and sales and operations execution (S&OE), and how the definitions often differ depending on a company’s level of maturity….
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Continues to Grow
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This quick roundup of news includes a look at the index of U.S. manufacturing activity in May, how advancements in artificial…
JDA TV – Powering the Digital Supply Chain for Manufacturing
In this JDA TV video, Doug Kimball, Senior Product Marketing Director at JDA, talks about what’s driving the shift to the digital supply chain and how manufacturers can leverage digital signals to reduce risk throughout the supply chain. For more interesting, educational, and insightful…
Examining the Skills Gap in Manufacturing
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at the skills gap in manufacturing, how small businesses are benefiting from…
Where, Oh Where Should Demand Planning Go? – Part 4 of 4
Now that we’ve established that forecasting is important, you know what your demand planning organization is going to do and how you plan to structure it, here we’ll address where to put it. Demand planning can work well within a number of organizations as long…
How Manufacturers Can Keep Up in an Omni-Channel World
Ah, the old joke always comes up when manufacturers talk about serving a retail customer, “They can have it faster, cheaper, or better … pick two!” But by merging planning and execution in an intelligent way, it’s possible for you to deliver all three and…