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A women's collegiate soccer team was gearing up for their Fall season and, while most…
Santiago Garcia-PovedaAugust 4, 2023
Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) serves as a vital bridge between a company's financial targets and…
Santiago Garcia-PovedaJuly 20, 2023
Traditional demand forecasting For a long time, traditional demand planning solutions have relied on univariate…
Nikhil GuptaJune 7, 2023
In the words of Hannah Montana, everybody makes mistakes. And, respectfully, Hannah Montana never even…
Josh BordersJune 6, 2023
Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) is a retail industry best practice that aims to align a…
o9 SolutionsApril 27, 2023
The cycle of metals throughout global supply chains is long and complicated. Mammoth ocean shipping…
Guillaume BothierFebruary 28, 2023
There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from targeted…
Guillaume BothierFebruary 27, 2023
So, you have a poor forecast? Inefficient planning systems, with siloed data, and disconnected processes…
o9 SolutionsFebruary 21, 2023
The importance of data-driven planning and decision-making is increasingly recognized as a key lever for…
o9 SolutionsFebruary 16, 2023
The energy trilemma of energy security, sustainability, and affordability is kicking in full gear in…
o9 SolutionsJanuary 5, 2023
Supply chains stretch from sourcing to the final product. Supply chains play a fundamental role…
o9 SolutionsDecember 28, 2022
The landscape is changing for capital goods manufacturing. Traditional delivery models still focus on executing…
o9 SolutionsOctober 27, 2022
When we talk about project-based services, we think about very complex equipment, long lead times,…
o9 SolutionsOctober 27, 2022
It’s a toy story. The holiday season is a massively challenging time for retailers. Determining…
o9 SolutionsOctober 25, 2022
To automakers, “normal” meant in former times to produce vehicles with internal combustion engines and…
o9 SolutionsOctober 25, 2022
There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to global supply chain shortages. There is not a…
o9 SolutionsOctober 25, 2022
It goes without saying that we now live in an era of continuous global disruptions…
o9 SolutionsOctober 5, 2022
Archaic legacy systems can point operators to inventory locations and provide advanced shipping notices (ASNs).…
o9 SolutionsJuly 8, 2022
Cost, quality, and speed are the hallmarks of any supply chain tradeoff discussion. High-quality items…
o9 SolutionsJuly 8, 2022
The telecommunications industry is shaping the world around us. Devices are everywhere; globally, the number…
o9 SolutionsJuly 8, 2022
The #1 Spring 2022 Fashion Trend is… platforms! To make sure that this stylish footwear is…
Vikram MurthiJune 10, 2022
5G is here! The “5G” identifier on mobile devices says so. Along with the ubiquitous…
o9 SolutionsMay 25, 2022
Day three of aim10x global 2022 brought new voices to the event with four presentations…
o9 SolutionsApril 13, 2022
While day one of aim10x global 2022 provided context for why the digital transformation of…
o9 SolutionsApril 13, 2022
Circumstances changed faster than anyone could have imagined in 2020 and 2021. In 2022—with the…
o9 SolutionsApril 13, 2022
The crisis in Ukraine has shaken the entire world. As the Russian invasion rages on,…
o9 SolutionsMarch 11, 2022
Supply Chain Control Towers were first introduced in the 1990s. In the last 30 years…
o9 SolutionsMarch 11, 2022
When you think about quick service restaurant (QSR) promotions or limited time offers (LTOs), what…
Thomas GonzalezMarch 8, 2022
The game has changed for industrial manufacturing companies. Though industry dynamics have always made for…
Jaafar BeydounFebruary 11, 2022
Global supply chains have gained more prominence than ever before. Supply chain challenges are increasing…
o9 SolutionsFebruary 10, 2022
Written by Vikram Murthi, Vice President Retail NA, and Santiago G-Poveda, Vice President Retail EMEA…
Vikram MurthiFebruary 4, 2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. But how much? New Zealand…
o9 SolutionsJanuary 21, 2022
Cyber Attacks Patrick van Hull In 2022, a supply chain will suffer a cyber attack so…
o9 SolutionsJanuary 19, 2022
How good is your crystal ball? Accurate forecasts drive efficient inventory management for retailers
Written by:— Dirk Niederhäuser – Supply Chain Management Practice, IBM Consulting— Vikram Murthi – VP Industry…
o9 SolutionsJanuary 19, 2022
Ensuring inventory availability is necessary to keep businesses running smoothly in the retail world. But…
aim10xDecember 30, 2021
‘The Champagne is drying up!’ While this phrase may engender an image of a harried…
Charlie JermynDecember 21, 2021
The discontinuation of support for SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimization) is right around the corner. As…
o9 SolutionsDecember 20, 2021
As Thomas Edison said, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” It’s great to have a vision—a confident prediction…
Vikram MurthiDecember 3, 2021
There have been countless articles and reports about supply chain challenges that companies across multiple…
Thomas GonzalezNovember 17, 2021
The Korean TV show Squid Game on Netflix has taken the world by storm. The…
Simon JoinerNovember 1, 2021
Though covid-related disruptions resulted in a temporary growth windfall for grocers due to consumers dining…
Vikram MurthiOctober 20, 2021
Evolution is the development of something from a simple to a more complex form. The…
o9 SolutionsOctober 19, 2021
Mark Twain once remarked, “There are two certainties in life. Death and taxes”. Our modern…
o9 SolutionsOctober 15, 2021
Rapidly changing consumer item and channel preferences, along with the recent step-change transition to omnichannel…
Vikram MurthiOctober 1, 2021
The evolution of convenience shopping At Groceryshop 2021 in Las Vegas, we heard a lot…
Thomas GonzalezSeptember 30, 2021
The retail landscape has probably changed more in the past year than in the past…
Vikram MurthiSeptember 23, 2021
SAP APO is sunsetting in 2025. In our previous blog, we outlined the reality that APO users…
o9 SolutionsSeptember 17, 2021
My refrigerator stopped making ice a few days ago. The rest of it works just…
o9 SolutionsSeptember 16, 2021
The Covid pandemic brought incredible disruption and uncertainty to industries across the globe. Retailers, in…
Vikram MurthiSeptember 7, 2021
It is widely acknowledged that uncertainty resulting from the pandemic created many opportunities for grocers…
Vikram MurthiAugust 12, 2021
The world is on fire. And drowning. And drying out. All at the same time.…
o9 SolutionsAugust 12, 2021
Retailers and CPG manufacturers will have to continue to address the key dynamics of increased…
Vikram MurthiMay 27, 2021
We discuss our learnings, including 3 key capabilities that enterprises should invest in, to give…
Stephan de BarseJune 22, 2020
Over the past weeks, we have been speaking with a large number of Fortune 500…
Stephan de BarseMay 22, 2020
This article was also published on Medium. As stated by our CEO and co-founder, Chakri Gottemukkala, o9 Solutions…
Tanguy CailletApril 10, 2020
