Demand Solutions


This session will be presented by members of the Demand Solutions team.

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  • Day 2

    Tuesday, March 26

  • 1:00pm  - 1:45pm
    Safety stock causes headaches for most manufacturers and distributors—but it doesn’t have to. In this customer case study, you’ll learn how one company thought outside the box to optimize its safety stock levels and deliver lasting benefits to the bottom line.
    Inventory Planning

  • 1:55pm  - 2:40pm
    It’s an exciting time for manufacturers and distributors to be thinking about machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). But it’s not easy to find a layperson’s explanation of what these technologies are and why they’re becoming essential in so many areas of the business. Join us as we demystify cognitive technologies, show you where and how you can best apply them, and reveal how we plan to deploy them in Demand Solutions software.
    Machine Learning

  • 3:00pm  - 3:45pm
    Until recently, capacity planning involved multiple databases. We’ve rewritten Demand Solutions APS to enable you to run capacity planning and finite scheduling in the same database. Join us to learn how this new feature—and our enhanced look and feel—can help you streamline your manufacturing optimization processes.
    Manufacturing

  • 3:00pm  - 3:55pm
    For retail companies, high-level forecasts only tell part of the story. Join us to hear how an international design, marketing, manufacturing and sourcing company using DSX shares the secrets of its success in using advanced BOMs. You’ll learn how to use historical trends to create detailed forecasts that drill down to every possible variation of your products.
    Manufacturing

  • 3:55pm  - 4:40pm
    Anomaly detection helps us identify unusual patterns that do not conform to expected behavior. Through an innovative pilot project, a Demand Solutions customer is using anomaly detection to improve its forecasting. Join us to find out how implementing this machine learning technique in Demand Solutions can significantly improve your forecast accuracy by detecting and smoothing historical outliers.
    Demand Planning

  • 4:50pm  - 6:35pm
    Thinking about expanding or upgrading your Demand Solutions implementation, but don’t want to mess up your integrations? We’ve got you covered. Demand Solutions now offers two powerful methods of performing integrations with all your third-party solutions. In addition to our highly reliable DIET, we now offer Adaplink—a tool that provides templates to streamline highly complex integrations with ERP systems. Join us to find out which of these solutions can help you extend your functionality, enhance your workflows—and even accelerate your move to the cloud.
    Integrated Supply Chain

  • 4:50pm  - 6:35pm
    Seasonality happens. There’s not much we can do about the unexpected—but for scheduled interruptions such as plant shutdowns, Chinese New Year, and reserved receiving days, Demand Solutions DSX gives you the tools to plan and compensate. Join us to learn how calendars, build plans, and the right implementation strategies can help you thrive in adversity.
    Manufacturing

  • Day 3

    Wednesday, March 27

  • 8:00am  - 8:45am
    The digital supply chain is here, but what does that mean for enterprises? Join this session and hear what the advantages are of running your supply chain in the cloud. This session will turn cloud jargon into business language to help you maximize your understanding of cloud deployments. Hear how the cloud enables greater collaboration, understand what rapid scalability offers, and how consolidating your data offers real business benefits. Have questions about the security of your data in the cloud? This session will address these topics as well.
    Industry

  • 12:00pm  - 12:45pm
    Ready to make the move beyond legacy DS1? Join us to learn how to move as quickly as possible from DS1 to this powerful new platform. We will show you the dramatic difference in the look and feel of DSX SaaS and will also talk about how to plan your migration path and engage your IT team in the process.
    Training

  • 12:00pm  - 12:45pm
    Forecast improvement is all about accuracy—and Demand Solutions DSX is designed to make it possible. Learn about powerful features such as scaling, expanding collaboration, and forced formulas that can help you drive focused improvements to your demand planning processes.
    Training

  • 1:00pm  - 1:45pm
    Generating better supply plans is all about accuracy—and Demand Solutions DSX is designed to make it possible. Learn about powerful features such as expiration date planning and allocation that can help you drive focused improvements to your overall supply chain processes.
    Training

  • 1:00pm  - 1:45pm
    You’ve heard the buzz about Demand Solutions DSX—but what’s the real difference between legacy DS1 and our newest solution? Join us to explore this topic in depth. You’ll learn about the most important new systemwide capabilities—such as advanced analytics—that make it worth migrating. You’ll also find that DSX SaaS has been designed to make your migration much simpler than implementing an entirely new solution.
    Training

  • 2:00pm  - 2:45pm
    Learn how DS customers are using DS to help them manage unique supply chain challenges: product lifecycles of less than one week; suppliers on boats subject to weather and harvest restrictions; changing consumer tastes; product substitutions based on harvest quality and dictated by customer contracts. Using DS, these enterprises handle daily buying patterns, manages frequent new product launches, and adjusts BOMS to account for day-to-day adjustments in product quality. In this session you will hear more about the challenges these customers face and how they continue to meet their service goals.
    Training

  • 2:00pm  - 2:45pm
    Embedded analytics isn’t just another buzzword. All through the supply chain discipline, execution is catching up with hype. Join us to see how data visualizations within the Demand Solutions platform can give you valuable insight into what’s really happening across your supply chain. You’ll discover how your planners, supply team, manufacturers, and sales reps can all benefit from having role-based analytics at their fingertips in Demand Solutions DSX.
    Training




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