Recently, AMR Research indicated that the global economic downturn and the need for improved inventory visibility and efficiency has led to a resurgence in vendor managed inventory...

Once, the objective of S&OP was to create a feasible plan. Today companies view sales and operations planning as a means to execute corporate strategy. A successful S&OP...

Typically, a variety of forecasting methods are applicable to any particular supply chain scenario. Smart supply chain planners use multiple forecasting methods tuned to perform...

Become a Consumer Demand Driven Company, eliminate having to forecast shipments, and enjoy a 50% improvement in forecast accuracy

by Andre Martin

Estimating future demand forecast accuracy is one of the most fundamentally valuable, but frustratingly difficult, challenges in supply chain optimization. Any discussion of this...