by Marcia Williams | Feb 29, 2024 | Excel
Demand planners are often inundated with data from numerous sources. In order to develop good forecasting models for a product or service, you have to understand both local and global trends, historical contexts, in addition to the standard in-house sales and finance...
by Marcia Williams | Feb 23, 2024 | S&OP/ IBP
Did you know that Nike outsources 100% of footware and apparel manufacturing? The contract manufacturing industry is like secret AI, growing fast but just a few talk about it. Research indicates that this market was valued at $211.9M in 2021 and it is expected to grow...
by Marcia Williams | Feb 15, 2024 | Excel
As a Supply Chain Manager, you have probably used Microsoft Excel for inventory control, financial-supply chain planning and a myriad of other tasks. More often than not, multiple employees and other stakeholders work collaboratively on an organization’s spreadsheets....
by Marcia Williams | Feb 13, 2024 | S&OP/ IBP
It’s shocking to see how similar S&OP and FP&A are. To be more precise, demand planning in S&OP resembles FP&A the most. In fact, the skills required in FP&A matches those in demand planning. In this article, you will learn the following: What’s...
by Marcia Williams | Feb 9, 2024 | Demand Planning, Forecasting
Confession to make. When I was reading Eric Wilson’s insightful and entertaining article about what forecasters can learn from Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day, I couldn’t stop thinking about a couple of sentences, like those songs that get stuck in your head. No...
