Demand Forecasting, Sales Planning, Big Data Analytics & IBP
Your best volume month could be your most dangerous data point for your forecast model… Volume spikes clearance sales You just sold off your slow moving and dated inventory in a … Read More
IBP Process for Omni-Channel Why Omni-Channel Without an Effective IBP Is Just Expensive Chaos? Most omni-channel operators are managing complexity, not orchestrating it. Demand signals from stores, marketplaces, DTC, and … Read More
In a previous post I had illustrated how Chronos 2 outperformed the standard Box Jenkins and Holt Winters forecasts from Python as well the forecasts from a popular Commercial time series forecasting … Read More
Foundation Model Amazon Chronos on Airline data We tested the Chronos Foundation model with just one simple time series data set that is available everywhere – the Airline Passenger … Read More
Fast planning isn’t smart planning. It’s one of those lessons every supply chain team eventually learns — usually the hard way, in the middle of a constrained quarter when a … Read More
New product forecasting is always a challenge for most organizations. FMCG and Food & Beverage companies, in particular, experience this frequently — sometimes as often as twice a year. Ironically, … Read More
In the post-pandemic World, it’s becoming increasingly important for companies to capture true demand – what the customers really wanted to buy rather than observing just what was shipped Understanding … Read More
There are major headwinds facing global supply chains heading into 2023. Are you ready and prepared for the storm?Here is a summary of the major threats that we need to … Read More
Zillow blew up last week – shut down their home buying business division and laid off a quarter of their workforce.Why?Some data science warriors on Linked-in are waging a war … Read More
If your company is concurrently experiencing growing backorders and ballooning inventory, you may be impacted by Sales Order Deadlocks. Sales Order Deadlocks occur when you have multiple orders with a … Read More
