What’s missing from your demand forecasting?

What’s missing from your demand forecasting?

Published on June 25, 2014
‘We already have sophisticated demand forecasting. There’s a ton of potentially useful informat...

Improving KPIs in passenger rail operations

Improving KPIs in passenger rail operations

Published on May 26, 2014
Real integrated planning goes beyond planning on a single platform. Here are a couple of questi...

Big data’s two big myths

Big data’s two big myths

Published on April 18, 2014
How should you approach big data initiatives and what should you focus on? Discover the small s...

Collaborative logistics: Just do it?

Collaborative logistics: Just do it?

Published on April 7, 2014
Very few companies have actually implemented collaborative logistics. Even fewer have fully exp...

Supply chain agility: How big is your gap?

Supply chain agility: How big is your gap?

Published on January 31, 2014
I think you’ll agree that supply chain efficiency is no longer a differentiator. As C.K.Prahala...

When supply chain KPIs aren’t enough

When supply chain KPIs aren’t enough

Published on January 14, 2014
How do supply chains fail even when they appear to succeed? In the case of a KPI like delivery ...

How good is your production scheduling?

How good is your production scheduling?

Published on November 29, 2013
It’s one of those questions that seem simple enough - but aren’t. When I ask supply chain manag...

Standardizing scheduling systems: How far do you go?

Standardizing scheduling systems: How far do you go?

Published on November 19, 2013
Just the other day, I was chatting with a customer who was preparing to roll out a new scheduli...

What’s new in supply chain planning?

What’s new in supply chain planning?

Published on October 28, 2013
The easy answer, of course, is optimization. The interesting answer is that the legacies of Tay...

Achieving supply chain maturity

Achieving supply chain maturity

Published on October 10, 2013
Are your business goals aligned with your technology priorities? A Gartner survey of 2053 CIOs ...

ERP upgrades: Where’s your focus?

ERP upgrades: Where’s your focus?

Published on September 27, 2013
ERP upgrades are a fact of life. According to a study conducted last year, 73% of Oracle custom...

Why supply chain optimization is the next big thing

Why supply chain optimization is the next big thing

Published on September 19, 2013
Here’s a prediction some may find surprising: The era of significant supply chain improvements ...

What is integrated business planning?

What is integrated business planning?

Published on September 6, 2013
It isn’t difficult to understand why integrated business planning heads the Gartner-SCDigest ‘P...

Supply chain optimization: 3 tips you shouldn’t ignore

Supply chain optimization: 3 tips you shouldn’t ignore

Published on May 3, 2013
It's tempting to assume that supply chain optimization is a simple matter of 'getting it right'...

Creating a profitable postal service

Creating a profitable postal service

Published on April 29, 2013
It’s clear that what the postal industry desperately needs is a return to profitability. Plumme...