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Decision-centric Planning: the AI-Enabled Path to Decision Velocity

Today’s world is more unpredictable than ever. From regulatory upheavals and trade tariffs to sudden shifts in consumer demand, businesses must be ready to respond swiftly and decisively. Traditional planning processes struggle to keep up with the urgent risks and opportunities that arise between meetings, triggering constant re-planning and creating room for misalignment and disorder.

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Shaving Strokes Off the Supply Chain Process For PING

Demand planners now actively participate in supply planning meetings, reviewing level-loaded production plans and monthly buy recommendations.

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AI in IBP: From Data to Decisions

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc.

Using a practical, nine-step framework and real examples from demand and supply planning, including AI-generated scenarios that surface capacity risks before a Supply Review even begins, JT will show what's possible today, what's still emerging, and how to avoid the governance pitfalls that derail AI adoption.

Upcoming Webinar Oliver Wight Wed Oct 14 2026 2p Et

From rapid mobilization to measurable value: Evermark’s Kinaxis transformation journey with 4flow

Join Evermark and 4flow to learn how the team accelerated its Kinaxis transformation through rapid mobilization, disciplined prioritization and a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)-first implementation strategy. Whether you're navigating a merger, modernizing planning or leading a business transformation, you'll gain practical insights for delivering change at speed while creating a foundation for long-term success.

Upcoming Webinar 4flow And Evermark Supply Chain Brain Webinar Thu Sep 17 2026 11a Et

Why Supply Chain Transformation Has Moved to the Physical Edge

The future of logistics belongs to those who successfully bridge the human-machine frontier at the physical execution layer, but the window to act is closing.

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Watch: The Rise (or Revival) of DDMRP in North America

John Rogelstad, managing consultant at The Logic Factory, explains the concept behind Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP), and how it’s impacting North American manufacturing.

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Why RFID Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage in Supply Chain and Logistics

Supply chains are under increasing pressure to handle higher volumes, tighter delivery expectations, and more complex flows with fewer resources and less tolerance for error. This article explores five key trends shaping the shift from basic operational visibility to measurable business value.

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How eGourmet Solutions Scaled Order Management to Meet Rapid Growth

When e-commerce demand surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, cold chain logistics provider eGourmet Solutions faced a defining test of its operational scalability.

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How AstraZeneca Built Constraint-Based Planning With OMP

Maintaining exceptional service levels to ensure quality patient care is critical to AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company. But for years, its exceptional service levels came at a cost for the company in the form of elevated inventory levels and planning decisions made with limited end-to-end visibility into its supply chain, which impacted agility and growth.

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Reality-based Planning in Pharma: The Key to a High-Performing Supply Chain

Life sciences supply chains are among the most complex in the world. Every day, supply chain leaders must balance shifting demand, constrained supply, and strict regulatory requirements, all while ensuring patients get the medications they need. The margin for error is small, and disconnected, stage-by-stage planning just cannot keep up.

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Smarter, Faster Decisions: Bekaert Drives Agility with Advanced Scenario Planning

How do you plan for a technology that doesn't exist yet, while keeping today's production lines running? That's the challenge Bekaert faced with its titanium fiber-based porous transport layers, a breakthrough component powering industrial-scale green hydrogen production

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How Heineken Scaled Global S&OP Across 40+ Operating Companies with Sunstice

Heineken operates one of the world's most complex brewing supply chains, producing more than 350 brands across 160 breweries and serving nearly 190 markets. At this scale, planning requires continuous alignment of demand forecasts, production capacity, and inventory flows across dozens of operating companies — a challenge compounded by the historical reliance on locally developed planning tools that varied from market to market.

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