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Supply chain consultancies: what criteria should you use to advise your clients to switch from Excel to Colibri?

As a supply chain consultancy, you help companies ensure sales, control stocks, and optimise their processes according to their level of maturity. You are a source of proposals, particularly about the digitalisation of the supply chain. This is a major strategic challenge for the companies you support.
Because there is no question of recommending a tool that would prove unsuitable or ineffective, discover why COLIBRI will make your clients forget Excel!

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What is the bullwhip effect, and how to avoid it?

Within the supply chain, the issue of demand variations is at the origin of the Bullwhip effect, a phenomenon theorised as early as 1961. This is because estimating stock is difficult when each link in the chain increases the gap between the forecast and reality. Let’s look at how this “whiplash” or rather series of jolts interferes with the stock and profitability and the ways to avoid it.

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Service rate: what is it, and how to improve it?

In the logistics and supply chain sector, the service rate is an essential indicator (KPI) of quality for customers. It calculates the number of orders delivered compared to orders placed. Between Target Service Rate and Actual Service Rate, discover why this calculation is necessary and how to improve it through 5 tips.

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The carbon score: the new flagship indicator for S&OP

The environmental impact of companies has become a hot topic. Decision-making is no longer based on price only; it also considers indicators such as CO2 emissions. Companies are now making more informed (and responsible) decisions about the kind of products they manufacture, where they do it, and in what quantities. The carbon score is therefore becoming an increasingly important indicator in decision making, particularly in the context of the S&OP process. Let’s take a look.

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