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Demand Forecasting

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Connected Supply Chain Planning for Manufacturers — A Conversation with Bob Honer of Anaplan

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Bob Honer, Anaplan’s Senior Director of Supply Chain Practice, to talk about connected supply chain planning and what it means for manufacturers. Today’s business landscape is one of frequent disruption and changing customer expectations. Demand planning has never been more complicated, and fulfilling the S&OE requirements of shifting demand with an evolving footprint across a logistical network undergoing sometimes dramatic transformation is a challenge that can only be addressed by having everyone in the value chain sharing the same information and making decisions with the whole picture in mind. What does that look like for manufacturers? What does it allow them to do that they cannot do any other way? How does it allow the strategic and tactical level to align and coordinate? What is involved in moving to a connected supply chain model? For all these questions and more, give this episode a listen!

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AI-First Demand Forecasting: Leveraging Human Insight with AI-Driven Planning
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AI-First Demand Forecasting: Leveraging Human Insight with AI-Driven Planning

Sulaiman Panjwani is the Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Logility. With close to 10 years in Supply Chain across many roles including procurement, supply chain and product marketing, he possesses a deep understanding of the intricate nuances of supply chain management. Sulaiman enjoys translating complex technical solutions into compelling value proposition and leverages his expertise to bridge the gap between technology and customer needs.

Joe Slater has been with Logility for 8 years and got his start as an implementor of their Inventory and Constrained Supply Planning capabilities working with a variety of clients across a broad range of industries like Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, Retail & Apparel, Consumer Durable Goods, and more. For the past several years he’s brought that deep domain expertise to the presales team working with prospective and existing clients to understand their business challenges and align them to capability in Logility’s end-to-end digital supply chain planning platform.

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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies
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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Dheeraj Prasad to talk about how AI is helping supply chain organizations reduce waste, improve processes, enhance sustainability, and empower workers. From end to end of the value chain, AI-enabled automation is transforming how companies use data and allow their teams to be more productive without increasing headcount by using the right data to create an accurate demand forecast, which improves S&OP, and inventory management, and on and on step-by-step. Throughout the organization, people are freed from mundane repetitive tasks and data analysis to focus on the issues that matter most, which both boosts productivity and job satisfaction. What does training and coaching a workforce to engage with these tools effectively look like? How should supply chain organizations build trust for AI systems that are directing and prioritizing work? Listen to this episode for more!

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