We are mid-way through the decade of luxury shopping, and if marketers aren’t already tapped into the luxury market they may be a little late to the ‘party’…
Demand Management
Demand management such as forecasting, customer analytics, demand generation, demand shaping, pricing, promotion, order management, etc.
Predictive Demand Supply
If you’re in the Supply Chain business, right up there with Newton’s Law of Gravity stands Murphy’s Other Law stipulating that Demand and Supply, if left to their own tendencies, will always tend to diverge and get you in trouble.
N-Tier Demand Management
The classic bull-whip effect means that the further a supplier is removed from the end-consumer, the worse are the fluctuations in demand that they see. This has led many to recommend an n-tier approach to demand management, where everyone gets visibility to the end-customer demand at the same time.
APS Implementation Truths
After significant negativity in the press, we decided to find out what the true story was — was APS worth it?
Forecasting – The Endless Search
We have talked for years about the many who are on an endless search for the “silver bullet” to increase in stock, anticipate demand, and have the goods in the right place at the right time. Most continue to look for the perfect forecasting system to address their needs.
From Forecasting to Integrated Demand Planning
Years ago back in my early Wal-Mart days, collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment was the next step to taking inventory and cost out of the network while increasing product availability at shelf, in-stock and sales.