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It’s Still Just Lipstick on a Pig: The Challenges of Spreadsheet-Based Supply Chain Planning

Productivity tools are wonderful inventions used for their intended purpose, making writing, calculating, and presenting information much easier and faster.…

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Order Up! Constrained Capacity Production Leveling for Food and Beverage Manufacturers

The food and beverage industry continues to encounter new challenges and compound those already unique to their world. Fertilizer shortages,…

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Wanted: Supply Chain Planning Top Model

There’s more to a much-anticipated release of a new fashion line than the stroll down the catwalk. Thousands of details,…

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The ABCs of Machine Learning in Demand Forecasting

Accurate demand forecasting is crucial to the success of any manufacturing company. It ensures companies have the right amount of…

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The Taught String Theory

In the April Issue of our newsletter we introduced our “Taught String Theory” which illustrates how effective data sharing can…

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Four Strategies to Help You Meet the New Normal, Head-On

Back in January we posted our Supply Chain Resolutions for 2011. In our March newsletter, we shared our four improvement…

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Practical Guide to Contingency Planning

We recently posted a blog, “The Crisis in Japan & the need for Contingency Plans”, and have had a few…

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A Quick Inventory Opportunity Assessment

When we meet with a company for the first time, we like to ask three simple questions to allow us…

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Don’t be Naive About Inventory Management

For the first part of this posting, you have to pretend that it is 1975 and not 2011. You are…

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Variation and Inventory

No one wants to hold inventory. It is necessary because of variation: variation in demand, variation in lead times, variation…

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