Supply Chain Planning Blog 

The anticipation, the demand curve and spending patterns during the promotion, and the post promotion periods all require unique logic with machine learning to keep customers happy and balance inventory. 

Demand forecasting augmented by machine learning helps you better meet customer expectations with reduced inventory investment.

Is the latest technology enabling some mid-market companies to leapfrog supply chain planning (SCP) stages of maturity?  The evidence suggests that it is.

You know that great feeling you get when you have an expert getting the job done? More and more businesses are hopping on the outsourcing bus and letting the experts take the wheel to drive supply chain planning processes. Several years ago ToolsGroup pioneered business process outsourcing (BPO) as an alternative to in-house supply chain planning (SCP). Now Gartner reports that SCP BPO is...

After decades of longer and more global supply chains, some are becoming shorter and more localized. This trend has important implications to supply chain planning.  But first let’s take a look at the factors driving this change.