Posted on October 20, 2016 in Forecasting & Replenishment
10 Lead Time Reduction Tips to Making Forecast Errors Less Painful
By John Kimball, Senior Consultant, Lanham Associates How important would forecast error be if lead times from suppliers were one day? Your mantra would be “We don’t know what we need next month but I can get what we need tomorrow quickly.” Lead times of one day may be impossible in your business, but […]
Posted on October 5, 2016 in Latest from Lanham
Count In, Count On, Count Down to NAVUG!!!
Yes, it’s that time of year again! Time to count down to the NAVUG Summit 2016 in Tampa next week. We’re packing our bags (and sunscreen) and can’t wait to see what’s new in the NAV community and share what we’ve been up to! As Summit’s Premier NAV Sponsor again this year, Lanham will have […]
Posted on September 19, 2016 in Latest from Lanham
Directions 2016 Here We Come!!!
It turns out time flies not only when you’re having fun but also when you’re working hard. And the Lanham team is looking forward to sharing the results of the past year’s hard work at the Directions 16 Conference Sept.25- 28 in Phoenix, AZ. (Full disclosure: we’re also looking forward to having some fun as […]
Posted on September 2, 2016 in Latest from Lanham
How Many Mountains Have You Climbed Lately?
By Mary Lanham Lanham has always been focused on achieving new heights in productivity, and has been promoting its relatively new Lanham Supply Chain Summit with the aid of mountain summit images. So it’s no wonder this charitable adventure caught our attention. We decided to share it in case you can help! Matt Muir (pictured […]
Posted on August 26, 2016 in Forecasting & Replenishment
Ben Franklin’s Approach to Getting Sales History Right for Forecasting
By John Kimball, Senior Consultant, Lanham Associates We have all heard the saying, “garbage in – garbage out”. So when we gather sales histories everyone tries to “scrub”the history to make sure it is representative of future expected sales. But that takes time and we might miss something! Is there a better way? […]
