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What is Your Demand Plan? Sales Strategies for Success

Sales strategies and customer programs are pivotal to developing a demand plan in support of sales revenue growth goals. SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning) will translate these sales forecasts into operations and supply plans for review with cross-functional teams to ensure the sales plans are fulfilled successfully and efficiently.
2024-06-06T08:26:31-07:00April 30, 2024|Categories: Demand Planning, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Strategies for Gaining Packaging Efficiencies in Your Supply Chain

Since packaging is typically 10-40% of the retail price of products, there is no doubt it adds up to a relevant factor in product cost and waste.
2024-06-07T15:21:48-07:00March 7, 2024|Categories: Cost reduction / Margin improvement, In The News, Manufacturing, Media, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Does Customer Service Matter: Uber vs Taxis?

Prior to Uber, a medallion (a transferable permit that allows a taxi driver to operate) cost $1 million dollars in New York city. It was a powerful permit with substantial value. After Uber started up, the low point for a medallion was around $25,000. That is a 40-fold reduction [...]

2024-06-06T08:36:13-07:00August 3, 2023|Categories: Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Supply Chain: Innovate to Thrive in the Next Decade

Originally posted in ASI - Adhesives & Sealants Industry - June, 2023 Innovation allows companies to achieve higher levels of growth, profitability, employee engagement, and success. According to the Global Innovation Index (GII), Switzerland ranks first in the world with the US edging out Sweden for the second position. [...]

2023-09-18T16:47:22-07:00June 6, 2023|Categories: In The News, Innovation, Manufacturing|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Shortages Impacting Revenue & Forecasts

2021 was plagued with shortages. As discussed in clients’ demand planning/ forecasting meetings, history is not representative of the future. In one example, the client experienced material shortages and couldn’t sell what customers requested, and so carrying that forecast into the New Year would deliberately carry that issue into 2022.
2023-09-19T15:35:45-07:00January 10, 2022|Categories: Demand Planning, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Have Your Product Development Efforts Been Successful?

If you are already in a product development cycle, take a step back to think about whether you think achieving 30% of total sales within 3 years is feasible.
2024-06-14T17:18:28-07:00September 22, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Innovation, Manufacturing|Tags: , |
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