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Discover all the trends in supply chain

Driving your transition to Industry 4.0: Insights and guides to digitally transform your supply chain.

Team analyzing predictable and unpredictable demand in a supply chain planning meeting.
Demand Planning

Predictable and Unpredictable Demand: When to Use Forecasts and When to Use Buffers

Executive analyzing operational stress testing in a production plant.
Strategy and Resilience

Operational Stress Testing: How to Identify Which Part of Your Supply Chain Will Fail First

Production team analyzing production changeover costs.
Production and Capacity

Production Changeover Cost: How to Measure It and Use It to Plan Better

Supply chain team planning FEFO to avoid expiries and waste.
Inventory Management

Planned FEFO: how to prevent expiries, waste and stock-outs

Leadership team in a decision-led S&OP meeting.
S&OP

Decision-Led S&OP: How to Avoid Meetings That Don’t Drive Impact

Procurement planning with volume discounts and full pallets.
Procurement and Suppliers

Commercial Purchasing Terms: How to Stop Them From Breaking Your Plan

Demand forecasting bias analysis.
Demand Planning

Demand Forecasting Bias: How to Detect BIAS in Your Forecast

Supply chain planning with AI-based pricing models.
Technology and Digitalization

AI in Pricing and Supply Chain: How to Optimize Revenue with Advanced Planning

Master production schedule stability: how to optimize production.
Production and Capacity

Master Production Schedule Stability: How to Reduce Replanning and Its Impact on Service and Cost

Supplier negotiation in a constrained procurement environment.
Procurement and Suppliers

Constraint-Based Procurement Planning: MOQ, Supplier Capacity and Loading Windows

Inventory types in a business explained by root cause.
Inventory Management

Inventory Types: How to Analyze Your Stock by Root Cause and Make Better Decisions

Misaligned S&OP: a 10-sign checklist to identify plan misalignment early.
S&OP

Misaligned S&OP: 10 Early Warning Signs Your Plan Is Breaking Down

Factory worker in a batch production environment with work-in-progress inventory.
Inventory Management

Why Your Inventory Keeps Creeping Up: The 5 Decisions Behind It

Team reviewing the inventory cover policy in a meeting.
Inventory Management

Risk-Based Inventory Cover Policies: Set Target Cover Without Inflating Inventory

Supplier risk assessment with artificial intelligence.
Procurement and Suppliers

Supplier Risk in the Supply Chain: How to Get Ahead of It With Data and AI

Product mix optimization in the supply chain.
Procurement and SuppliersProduction and Capacity

Product Mix Optimization: How to Decide What to Make and Buy to Maximize Profitability

Obsolescence Management in the Supply Chain: How to Anticipate It and Reduce Financial Impact
Inventory Management

Obsolescence Management in the Supply Chain: How to Anticipate It and Reduce Financial Impact

Critical KPIs for COOs in supply chain.
Strategy and Resilience

Critical KPIs for COOs: Connecting Operations, Demand and Finance

Decision-making process around slow-moving inventory management.
Inventory Management

Advanced Strategies for Slow-Moving Product Management in the Supply Chain

Advanced management of promotional demand.
Demand Planning

Advanced Promotional Demand Management: Practical Techniques to Forecast Peaks and Prevent Stockouts

Team analyzing demand variability during a planning meeting.
Demand Planning

Managing Demand Variability: Advanced Techniques That Actually Work

Supply chain team analyzing a new product introduction plan.
Strategy and Resilience

New Product Introduction (NPI) Planning: How to Avoid Stockouts, Overstocks and Forecast Errors

Smart traceability as a key differentiator.
Technology and Digitalization

Blockchain, AI and Analytics: Smart Traceability in the Supply Chain

Decarbonizing the supply chain with AI.
Strategy and Resilience

Decarbonizing the Supply Chain: Cutting Scope 3 Emissions with Predictive Planning