By Dr. Chockalingam|2026-09-22T11:35:51+00:00September 21st, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: Demand Planning, Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, IBP, S&OP, Supply Chain Strategy|
The Hidden Bias That's Sabotaging Your Demand Forecasts Lately LinkedIn is buzzing with ML experts making outsized promises that automated algorithms crush human forecasts, and planners shouldn't touch a model ever again. The favorite talking point? π Β π ππΆπΊπ½πΉπ² [...]
By Dr. Chockalingam|2026-08-14T15:22:39+00:00August 14th, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: AI planning platform, Demand Planning, IBP, Inventory Optimization, S&OP, Supply Chain AI, Supply Chain Planning|
PlanVida 2.0 Most planning platforms do one layer well β forecasting, or inventory, or S&OP, and leave the rest to spreadsheets and workarounds. PlanVida 2.0 takes a different approach: one system spanning S&OE, S&OP, IBP, and executive decision-making. What's [...]
By Dr. Chockalingam|2026-08-12T11:38:46+00:00August 12th, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: CPFR, CPG Demand Planning, Demand Planning Maturity, Forecast Accuracy, Forecasting, IBP, POS, Retail Analytics, S&OP, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Planning|
POS-Based Demand Forecasting: Why CPG Companies Must Flip from Shipments to Sell-Through π Most CPG demand planning models may not be forecasting the right signal. We build sophisticated statistical and ML models on outbound shipments - what left our [...]
By Dr. Chockalingam|2026-07-30T11:40:50+00:00June 12th, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: CPG, Demand Planning, IBP, Inventory Optimization, S&OP, SAP Consulting, SAP IBP, SCM, Supply Chain, Valtitude|
Worst Practices Supply Chain Planning: Equal-Split Weekly Disaggregation That Erases Real Demand Patterns π Equal-split forecasts in SAP IBP: convenient, but is it costing you? π€ A pattern I see often in IBP implementations: the monthly forecast gets disaggregated [...]
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