Supply chain planning takes place at various time horizons. Each time horizon usually has its own model associated with it. Long-term planning – often called strategic planning ...

Many supply chain leaders recognize the need to develop a new type of professional equipped with both strong soft skills (e.g ...

Supply chain planning is done for different forecast horizons – factory scheduling and fulfillment planning may be focused on what will be made and delivered in the next week.

In response, forward-thinking supply chains are turning to decision-centric planning (DCP) for business decision-making. Being decision-centric means that processes are designed to create the best ...

To better connect the long and short game in your supply chain planning processes, consider the following three actions: 1. Establish continuity in decision-making. Establishing alignment between the ...

Plantensive, a MorganFranklin company, is a supply chain and retail planning solutions provider to many of the Fortune 500 and mid-market companies across the consumer packaged goods, distribution ...

Key Supply Chain Planning Elements. Sales and Operations Planning. This is the key business planning element for marketing and sales leaders to interface with their internally-focused colleagues from ...

Granted, there’s been talk of a convergence of supply-chain planning and execution cycles for years, but like many other big ideas, this one was ahead of its time. In the past, the underlying ...

How to increase supply chain transparency. As previously alluded to, supply chain transparency is immensely improved by more sophisticated supply chain planning technology. We need these tools to ...