Forecasting

Jon Golovin, CEO and Chairman of RSi, discusses how daily alerting, as an integral part of collaboration programs, can help retailers and suppliers achieve better top line sales, bottom line profit and improve customer satisfaction.

A new initiative is expected to help project managers and planners enhance collaboration, decision-making and execution throughout the project lifecycle.

CGT introduces you to six technology innovations that aim to drive business outcomes for competitive consumer goods companies.

A new book from Supply Chain Insights Founder Lora Cecere uncovers actionable steps to align and balance the supply chain to drive value.

The concept of measuring retail/supplier performance is fundamental to improving a relationship. It sounds so easy to do, but it is not. After a decade of implementation and use, progress on retail scorecards and the measurement of progress in a relationship is happening very slowly.

Shell was the first oil and gas company to recognize that it could sense demand much like a pure-play consumer products company, creating daily forecasts that reflect current market conditions by using demand signals.

While supply chain leaders will stand up at conference after conference and brag about how they saved money, improved inventory and driven improvements in customer service, we find that nine out of 10 supply chains are stuck at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin. So, did these supply chain leaders deliberately lie in their presentations? No, we don't think so. Why the gap?

Legacy can be a fine thing, and Land O'Lakes, Inc. has it in spades. But in the world of technology, legacy has different implications. Land O'Lakes' legacy IT platform was not providing accurate, real-time access to information needed to meet strategic growth objectives. Here's a peek inside Project Bedrock, the IT initiative that will get them there.