Change is the only constant in supply chain and often can cloud our visibility. ChainLink Research examines the need for accepting change and the importance of discovery as two foundations to help supply chain teams move forward and succeed in their use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). As supply chainers we have learned and already codified much about …
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AI/Machine Learning for the Supply Chain – How Do We Use It? Practical and Visionary Use Cases
New innovations in supply chain technology are bringing opportunities for needed change in how we serve our customers and design, manage, and measure our supply chains. This paper published by ChainLink Research explores the use cases for AI and machine learning from pricing to promotions, demand planning and forecasting, and inventory management. The use cases for artificial …
AI for Supply Chain: Debunking the Myths
Supply chains are complex. Today, there are new problems to solve, markets are volatile, the workforce is evolving, customers are changing, and there is a world of vast data that is left untouched. This research from ChainLink Research explores common myths around the need for and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain. …
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Inventory Optimization 2019 Vendor Assessment
Logility has been named a Leader in the recently published IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Demand Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment (doc # US45672017e, December 2019). This IDC MarketScape is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor's success in the supply chain inventory optimization (IO) space and helps assess current and …
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Sales and Operations Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment
Logility has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Sales and Operations Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment (doc # US45598017, November 2019). This IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters that assesses providers relative to one another and to those factors expected to be most conducive to success in a …
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Overall Supply Chain Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment
Logility has been named a Leader by International Data Corporation (IDC) in the recently published IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Demand Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment (doc # US45863417ee, January 2020). This IDC MarketScape is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor's supply chain planning capabilities and in addition …
Leveraging Inventory for Profitable Growth
Every supply chain team must optimize inventory investments with service level performance. Without proper balance, organizations run the risk of excess inventory and trapped working capital, or too little inventory and lost sales. Finding the right balance is critical to boosting service levels while reducing inventory costs. This research examines the current state of …
How Merchandise Planning Drives Enterprise Success
Merchandise planning matters. And not just to get the right product in front of consumers. The right assortment dictates what size a store should be. It determines what the work force to staff that store should be like, what those employees need to know and how they need to be trained. It helps influence how many of those associates need to be in stores in the first place. It …
Advanced Analytics: Supply Chain Executives Speak Out
“The Keys to Creating and Leveraging Actionable Information,” published by Peerless Research Group and sponsored by Logility, highlights feedback from top supply chain executives on their supply chain artificial intelligence and advanced analytics needs as well as the current state of their systems. The study is based on a survey of 95 top supply chain executives who are …
Demand Segmentation Users Better Equipped to Manage Channel Challenges
Demand volatility and customer mandates are two of the top three pressures on business behavior today, driving the need for demand segmentation. As the speed of business continues to increase, the question for companies is: How should we respond? There is no time to waste-systems and processes must work seamlessly, and it starts with establishing the most accurate statement …
