Today, squeezing from Supply Chain flexibility brings less and less cost saving. Demand Planning and S&OP Optimization is as much important as Supply Planning and reaction. And Demand planners are challenged by ever-higher customer expectations, stricter regulations, changing market dynamics and the ongoing impact of the eCommerce - all of which are compelling you to reexamine and refine how you forecast and manage demand. 

The VCI Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Conference 2017, September 21-22,  2017, in Shanghai, China had served as a perfect platform for major industry players to look for insights into Demand Planning and S&OP in Omni-channel supply chain beyond the horizon of current best practices. VCIntegration would like to express special thanks to all the sponsors, supporters and high quality attendees who came together to make this event very successfully and informatively. 

The VCI Omni-Channel Retail Supply Chain Leaders Round Table 2016 was held on August 25, 2016 in a luxury collection hotel at No. 12 Hengshan Street, Shanghai, China, and it was a great success. This Round Table was organized by the VCIntegration, and were sponsored by oTMS, C. H. Robinson, Geoconcept, Cegid, Seko Logistics, Quantum Asia, UCO.com, A. T. Kearney and other partners.

Mobile Internet and the pattern of consumption of new generations are posing new challenges on traditional retail channels. As a result, retailers have to adapt to the fragmented channels and satisfy requirements of the new generations for speed and convenience. Cost is no longer the only KPI for supply chain. To address the new challenges, retailers have to modify their supply chain strategies and adopt innovative technologies and ideas.

《2017供应链总监沙龙之冷链仓配及最后一公里》于2017年1月12日在北京密云经济开发区召开，并取得圆满成功。本届总监沙龙由第一产业集团和VCIntegration共同举办，旨在探讨端到端冷链设计执行、冷库运作和温控管理、冷链最后一公里配送及创新的物流可视化和追溯技术在冷链领域运用的最佳实践。

导读： 宏观经济下行，市场增速放缓，企业更加注重供给侧的改善与优化，这将供应链计划效能需求提上了一个更高的台阶。 2016年， FuturMaster的高级计划系统（APS），作为细分市场主导者被Gartner列入供应链计划记录系统魔力象限。但鲜有人知晓，这家总部位于法国巴黎，在全球服务65个国家，超过500家客户和10,000位用户的软件公司，其创始人和掌舵者是一个中国人。为此，VCIntegration专访了FuturMaster创始人及CEO周波博士。  

在一体化供应链的建设中，需求是制定供应链计划最重要的依据，在前端，企业越来越关注如何做好更细更准的需求预测，在小组讨论环节：嘉吉动物营养亚太供应链总监姜青林先生，维他奶中国区制造总监周卫国先生，汤臣倍健供应链中心总监卜翠红女士和FuturMaster创始人兼CEO周波博士围绕各自公司的需求预测实践，针对需求预测的组织架构、分工及职责，需求预测的确认流程，以及促销、新品上市、渠道库存等因素对需求预测准确性的影响展开了深层的探讨。

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[ 导读 ]  人口红利刺激下的快速增长放缓，企业更加注重供给侧的改善与优化。建立需求驱动、快速响应市场变化的一体化供应链至关重要，为此，VCIntegration独家专访了日立咨询（中国）有限公司副总裁陈锡泓先生。