Articles & Use Cases
Forecast management is a today’s challenge for all industrial companies. Afterward, what about improving accuracy with the mix of sales and supply chain skills? We are working with multiple Supply Chain teams of industrial companies from different fiels (Aerospace, pharmaceutics,
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Today’s Supply Chain managers must define their supply chain strategies regarding multiple methodologies available. But it’s not black and white! You can’t be completely PULL with a spread product mix. Supply chain push, pull or demand driven ? What about
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When we talk about the Demand Driven supply chain, people often ask for additional references to learn more about this supply chain management methodology. As demand-driven supply chain trainers and consultants, we share our top 4 websites to visit if
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Why do we need to launch a Supply Chain Network design analysis? New suppliers, new customers, new market rules, … There are so many changes in our markets today and impacting the management of our global supply chain(s). We know
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He/She is now almost essential in the organization chart of our companies, whether industrial, distribution, retail… However, when we ask people to explain the role of their company’s Supply Chain Manager (SCM), the vacuum quickly emerges or – conversely –
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DDMRP implementation in Automotive Industry CONTEXT An industrial company that designs, manufactures, and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, and motorcycles. The company has 69 manufacturing sites & 130 retail
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The survivor bias applied to DDMRP projects. First, let’s recall what survivor bias is: Survivor bias is a selection bias. It consists of overestimating the effectiveness of a method by focusing on those who used the method successfully…. (and ignoring
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The DDMRP model is based on the use of buffers that adapt to changes in demand or in the production environment. This adaptation comes mainly from the regular updating of the parameters that govern the size of the buffers. However,
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If we have often had the opportunity to recall here the strong dynamics of innovation that reigns at AGILEA (cf. AGIRE joint research lab), we have rarely spoken of those who do. Those who think beyond the current practices and
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If you are working in supply chain management, you know planning management could be a nightmare. Supply or demand planning in our supply chain scheduling process is complex. We can see multiple planning within one week due to changes from
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