The document summarizes key insights from a report on improving demand planning processes. It discusses challenges with current demand forecasting approaches and the need to shift to a more demand-driven, market-oriented focus. New approaches leverage big data from a variety of sources to better sense market demand and orchestrate responses across the extended supply chain in a more collaborative way.
16. Demand-side Views Supply-side Views
Hole in Enterprise
Architectures
Account-Level
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A Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier
Downstream Data Distribution Distribution Distribution
Network Network Network
19. Looking at Supply Chain as a Complex System
Growth
Corporate Revenue Cost of Goods
Trade-offs
Working Capital
Corporate Social Responsibility
Investment
Trade-offs R&D Strategy and Investment Asset Strategy and Investment
Forecast Accuracy Customer Service Inventory
Supply
Chain Product and Service
Channel Strategy Supplier Strategy
Portfolio
Trade-offs
Sales Distribution Manufacturing Logistics Procuremen
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Supply
Chain Backorders First Pass Material
Returns Empty Miles
Waste Obsolescence Yield Yield