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Theory & Practice (Demand Planning)

The Network Effect

An idea that a hockey-loving French Canadian, an American MRP guru and a couple of process designers from a large Canadian retailer had. At the time a theory that the retail supply chain could be seamlessly connected by a single forecast only at product store level. Exactly Armstrong’s point! In practice, you can’t.

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383: Transform Your Supply Chain and Retail Planning, with RELEX Solutions

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Today Katie Malakhov, Vice President of Professional Services, joins me to talk all about her recent women in supply chain award win; her experiences as a woman in the industry; and her career journey. 18.29] The landscape of retail supply chain, and the challenges that organizations are facing across the industry.

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

3) Align Demand Planning Across Supply Chain. Supply chain practitioners are taught to share the demand data with trading partners so nobody has to keep the unnecessary stock. But in the reality, only Walmart is actively sharing the demand data to trading partners.

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How Did AI Hurt Red Lobster But Help ALDI?

Procurement Insights

“Thai Union exercised an outsized influence on the Company’s shrimp purchasing,” Red Lobster alleged in its bankruptcy filing.

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The Thanksgiving Turkey Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As such the supply-demand planning of the Frozen Turkey Supply Chain is more concerned with the amount of supply and the volume of demand, with less consideration for meeting last minute, real time delivery needs. The fresh turkey supply chain is much more difficult to execute.

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What’s the Difference Between Fulfillment and Replenishment?

Supply Chain Game Changer

But what does that mean in terms of the Supply Chain? Aside from the demand planning, customer order management, and supplier order management activities associated with Fulfillment most people traditionally think of Fulfillment in the context of the Warehouse or Distribution Centre. Fulfillment.

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Solving the Out of Stock Problem! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

It is also crucial to invest time regularly into demand planning and sales forecasting and to put an up-to-date inventory management system in place. One method they suggest is to implement inventory controls by eliminating stock issues for the 20% of items that account for 80% of total sales.