Category Archives: Forecasting and Planning

Feature Definition – Cut-out optimization for meat packers

Lately I had multiple discussions with meat packers of different sizes about cut-out optimization models. Most companies have pretty ambitious visions on what a system can do for them, and to say it upfront, there are no computer systems to … Continue reading

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Business Intelligence is out – Business Analytics is in

Yesterday I went to a business mixer of a group of Germans in San Diego. I have not been at that meeting for probably 5 years, but it was interesting nonetheless. Beside meeting a bunch of other interesting individuals, I … Continue reading

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Forecasting for Fresh Foods

One of the hottest topics has been forecasting and planning every since I started working with business and ERP applications in fresh food industries. That was almost 20 years ago. Not much has really changed, it still seems that this … Continue reading

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