Demand Planning

4 Ways to Change Customer Ordering Behavior through Demand Management

Influencing the demand behavior of customers (external demand management) means influencing when and how customers place their orders for your products or services. These customers could be end consumers, individuals, other companies, internal departments, or anyone else who is the recipient of the output of a business’s operations. In this article, we’ll look at some […]

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Capacity utilization in demand and capacity planning

10 Causes of Demand Variability in Operations & Supply Chain

Understanding, anticipating and reducing demand variability is a key role of supply chain management.   Variation in demand can significantly impact many areas of a business, and so identifying the causes aids with demand planning and forecasting, both crucial for optimizing resource allocation and enhancing overall operations performance.  This article explores ten causes of demand

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Forecasting and demand management: demand smoothing

Demand Smoothing – Improve your Operations

The Challenges of Uncertainty in Operations and Supply Chain Management Uncertainty and variation pose significant challenges in all areas of supply chain management and operations management. This challenge is especially prominent with regards to the uncertainty and variation of “demand”.  Uncertainty and variation of demand can cause: If you want to learn more about demand

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