ToolsGroup | SupplyChainBrain

A Different Approach to Fixing Your Long Tail

November 19, 2015

Jeff Bodenstab, Vice President of Marketing, ToolsGroup

Long tails can get, well, rather long. Some see this as a mandate to hunt down and kill off the items furthest out on the tail.

Seven Steps to Pick the Right IO Tool

November 3, 2015

Nucleus

ToolsGroup Issues 'Instant Replay' for Supply-Chain Simulation

May 21, 2015

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup has released Instant Replay, a new supply-chain simulation tool. It allows planners to review historical events and compare multiple scenarios at the daily, customer and SKU-location levels.

How Predictive Commerce Helped Costa Express Cope With Growth

October 21, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

"Predictive commerce" is a new concept that links customer demand data, planning and the execution of transportation. Pat Smith, general manager of ToolsGroup, tells how it was implemented at Costa Express, the U.K.'s fastest-growing coffee shop chain.

Next-generation Forecasting is Closer Than You Might Think

October 11, 2013

Joseph Shamir, CEO, ToolsGroup

Surrounded by an explosion of data, most forecasting systems have no way to leverage or take advantage of it.

Automotive Supplier Gets Into Gear With New Demand-Planning System

August 22, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Sweden's HÃ¶ganÃ¤s AB, a producer of metal powders, implements a system to improve its access to market intelligence, plan for demand and optimize inventories, while ensuring just-in-time delivery to the assembly line.

How Demand Modeling Can Improve Your Forecast

July 9, 2013

Patrick Smith, General Manager, North America, ToolsGroup, Inc.

For Smiths Medical, Service Quality Is an Ever-Moving Goal

June 15, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The maker of sophisticated medical equipment had reached a "plateau" in its efforts to boost customer service and optimize costly inventory within its global operation. Then it found a way to climb higher.