What if Forecasts Were More Accurate and Reliable?
It often seems like supply chain executives are too busy trying to improve forecast accuracy to wonder: would it really change the game?
Month: November 2022
Fuzzy Logic for an Uncertain World
The supply chain world has developed powerful algorithms, but they are running on fuzzy data. What’s a manager to do?
How to Keep it Simple: Replenishing a Distribution Network
Most manufacturers use Distribution Resource Planning, or DRP, to replenish global distribution networks. But DRP doesn’t always put stock in the right place — and makes it much harder to manage scarcity. Is there a better way?
Capacity Management and Load Balancing, Made Simple
The world is complicated. Your production order routings don’t have to be — even if you manufacture both to stock and to order and have dozens of workstations, operations, and floating bottlenecks. Here’s why.
