A Look into the Future: Top Tech Trend Predictions
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: top 10 tech trends to watch in 2018, details about the Dr Pepper Snapple and Keurig merger, the impact…
Far From Dying, Retail Supports 1 in 4 Jobs in the U.S.
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: The death of retail jobs has been greatly exaggerated; new IoT sensors are making in-store fulfillment more efficient; U.S. manufacturing…
Building a Home or Planning a Vacation: Think about S&OP and S&OE
I recently had the opportunity to contribute an article, S&OP Vacation, to the Winter 2017 edition of Supply Chain World magazine1 about the sales and operations planning process. In working with many customers over the years, I’ve discovered that the term means different things to…
Manufacturing Has a New Look – Focused on the Consumer!
For manufacturers, the age of “we’ll build it, and customers will just have to buy what we make” is long over. The consumer is driving the supply chain, both in retail and manufacturing, and it’s not always about leading the pack to be successful. Many retailers are…
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…