Demand Planning & Forecasting

Discover why managing critical spare parts is so challenging for aftermarket companies and learn proven strategies to overcome these obstacles. This article provides actionable insights to enhance inventory management practices and drive operational efficiency

Achieving greater operational efficiency not only improves financial outcomes but also enables businesses to adapt to changing customer demands and position themselves as leaders in their industry.

Inventory management is a business process that directly influences a company's profitability and competitiveness. The key lies in achieving a balance between having enough stock to meet demand and minimising storage costs and the risk of obsolescence...

Pharmaceutical companies play a crucial role in ensuring that life-saving medicines reach the people who need them most...

Improving supply chain planning is crucial for boosting efficiency, cutting costs, and responding faster to market demands. However, the key to successful improvement is involving the right people throughout the process.

Purchasing plays a very important role in the activity of a company, especially if we take into account its weight in the accounts of most organisations.

The intelligent software Slim4 ensures optimal in-season allocation, reduces stockouts, overstock, and markdowns, and contributes to a higher full-price sell-through rate.

In the realm of inventory management, aurea mediocritas embodies the ideal equilibrium between avoiding excessive stock accumulation, which risks obsolescence and ties up capital...

Stockouts and overstocks are two sides of the same coin. Importantly, though, both are very damaging to a company's bottom line. On the one hand, breakages result in lost sales and revenue that your company will miss or, at the very least, realise at a later date. On the other hand, overstocks become obsolete in your inventory and therefore devalue your stock.

Discover how AI-powered demand planning tackles supply chain challenges. Learn skills needed & career paths in this evolving role. Explore now!

Daan Majoor, Slimstock´s CTO with over 25 years at the helm of our product development, is responsible for advancing the Slimstock platform to help businesses conquer their supply chain challenges and forge a competitive advantage.