What is a Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)?
The United States Foreign-Trade Zones program was established in 1934 when Congress passed the US Foreign Trade Zones Act. The act allowed for the creation of “Foreign-Trade Zones” — that is,...
Key Benefits of Demand Planning
The importance of demand planning isn’t lost on businesses. With demand planning you’re able to improve product forecast accuracy, increase supply chain scheduling, optimize your labor management, and it...
How to Gather Data for demand planning
When deciding to implement a demand planning cycle, one of the crucial elements of getting your demand plan right is the data you use to create it. Is the...
Performance in the Demand Planning Cycle
We’ve discussed the benefits of gathering data and coming up with a strategy of collaboration when implementing a demand planning cycle. Now it’s time to walk through the importance...
Advanced Analytics for Supply Chain: 10 use cases
Are you interested in Advanced Analytics for your Supply Chain? Manage costs, improve profit: these are the top priorities for supply chain executives today (cf. PwC Global Supply Chain Survey). But...
How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool
How to Select a Supply Chain Planning Tool.
So you’ve finally had enough! You’ve just been chewed out by the Head of Accounts because she...
Promotion Planning for Supply Chain Planning (part 1)
Trade promotions have always been murky water. Manufacturers give millions of dollars annually to retailers in the form of slotting fees, sample and trial items, reverse logistics fees, new...
The Benefits of Integrating Compliance and Multi Carrier Shipping Solutions
Shifting geopolitical relationships creates challenges for enterprises that source and ship around the world. In this QAD Precision Report, we look at how integrating compliance and multi carrier shipping helps multinationals...
Promotion Planning for Supply Chain Planning (part 2)
In the previous article, we have developed four dimensions of a comprehensive promotion planning process. Promotion planning success depends upon the scope, the performance measurement, the accuracy of the...
Bend but Don’t Break: 3 Issues Facing Today’s Supply Chain
The year 2020 was a big year of disruption for people around the world. All facets of life as we knew it were impacted, changed and altered by the COVID-19 pandemic....