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Apr 24, 2014

Short-term vs long-term pricing analysis

Price elasticity is a misleading metric, learn how to work around it.

Apr 17, 2014

Ignore prices, only pricing strategies matter

Discover why a transition from an implicit pricing strategy to an explicit one is what your business deserves.

Apr 3, 2014

Control your service levels, don’t let them control you

Thanks to quantile forecasts, service levels can now be measured with high accuracy. Discover how.

Feb 6, 2014

New video: introduction to quantile forecasting

Where inventory optimization is concerned, classic methods often make no sense. Discover why.

Sep 20, 2013

Whitepaper: Quantitative Inventory Optimization

Discover this whitepaper, jointly published with Brightpearl, on Quantitative Inventory Optimization.

Sep 3, 2013

Promotion planning in general merchandize retail - Optimization challenges

There is no optimization without measurement. In the case of promotions, what are you actually measuring?

Aug 6, 2013

Promotion planning in retail – Process challenges

When are forecasts produced? How are they used? Our beliefs in terms of optimizing the forecasting process.

Aug 6, 2013

Promotion planning in retail – Data Challenges

The quality of data is often underestimated. See why this becomes a problem when forecasting promotions.

May 6, 2013

Optimizing inventory with kits or bundles

Do not store kits and store all kits pre-assembled, see how mixing the two approaches can maximise the ROI.

Feb 28, 2013

Subtleties in lead time calculations

Business days vs calendar days, reordering delays, etc. Stop the lead time calculation madness with our tutorial.

Nov 19, 2012

The best forecast error metric

Discover why money seems to be the one and only unit to be used to assess the performance of a forecast.

Aug 1, 2012

Spare Parts Inventory Management with Quantile Technology

Thousands of parts, high service levels and infrequent demand. Our solution to address these issues.