The study by WMG, University of Warwick and Blue Yonder examines how retailers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure their survival The report highlights many points, particularly the need for human intervention as existing processes couldn’t keep up with changes in the market

As industrial businesses in Europe slowly start to reopen, we’re guessing that a lot of businesses are having the same realization all at once: the old way of doing things isn’t necessarily going to cut it anymore. With production planning and scheduling, for instance, you might have bee

When a particular business process isn’t yielding the results you want, there’s always something of a chicken and egg question: is your quarterly S&OP meeting, for instance, failing to have measurable results on your supply chain efficiency because individual department heads don&rsq

Aligning demand with supply is a critical function for any company.  And it’s one with a lot of moving parts.  The right demand plan must have a balance of inputs from all areas of the company to create forecasts that accurately predict a product’s future requirements.  Th

Supply chain analytics isn’t a new concept – in fact the manufacturing sector has long been an enthusiastic adopter of data-driven techniques. So apart from a fancy new name, what’s really new? A combination of three emerging developments is changing the game: Computationa