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As 1 April 2018 rushes towards us, most Kiwi businesses are well advanced in their planning. How can predictive analytics increase your confidence that your forecasts will be right? Business forecasting is fraught with difficulty. Even the smartest business people get it spectacularly wrong. According to an article in Forbes Magazine, former Microsoft CEO SteveRead more

There’s no crystal ball that can tell you everything happening in the market so you can perfectly predict product demand. However, there are quite a few ways to improve the accuracy of a demand forecast so you can increase operational efficiencies and profit throughout your organisation. 7 Ways to Improve the Accuracy of Demand Planning 1. QuestionRead more

Despite overwhelming evidence of the hard and soft benefits of cloud-based IBP, many organisations still cling to legacy technologies and habits. Move to Cloud-based IBP or Die with Your Spreadsheets As management leaders, we often measure our performance according to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).  We set goals and objectives and we review our progress towardsRead more

It takes competent supply planning to get products to market at a profit. It takes optimal planning to out-deliver the competition. This means knowing when, where and how to replenish raw materials, schedule production, deploy sales resources, and balance liquidity needs with capital investment. We invite you to a free webinar and software demo toRead more

Supply chain management (SCM) has traditionally followed a siloed structure, making it difficult to account for all the trade-offs in supply demand planning. Traditional supply chain design tends to be reactive and lacks the ability to sense, flex, and adapt, exposing the company to demand volatility. Conversely, modern day technology lets various teams share aRead more

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, hear top speakers and revitalise your business with Endeavour! The CIO Summit at Sky City is just days away, so consider this your timely reminder! This is a rare opportunity to connect with over 550 other CIOs and senior IT executives, and to hear over 50Read more

Many of us grew up with a Swiss Army Knife. It’s such a handy piece of mechanical technology that it has become a symbol worldwide for utility, versatility, and adaptability – a sort of all-in-one for life in the woods. It helps you cut, carve, saw, snip, stab, screw, file, chisel, whittle, uncork, measure, ply,Read more

The wholesale distribution of the medical supply industry has been a growth industry in recent years, and the trend is predicted to continue at a rate of 6.5 percent due to an ageing population and developments of new technologies.Medical supplies span a wide array of products ranging from surgical, medical, and hospital instruments and equipment toRead more

Now that we have a working definition of Demand Planning (See Demand Planning 101), I’d like to offer the following Top 10 Tips to help you think more like a demand planner. Remember, demand planners have it tough. Like noble refs, they get few accolades for making lots of good calls and plenty of guffRead more

As we bring on additional clients, employees, and channel partners here at Vanguard Software, I’m eager to explore common ground with new folks, and to initiate discussions on some of the key supply-chain domains that are so important to us all. Let’s start at the crux of it: Demand Planning 101. In this post, I’llRead more