JDA Day - Philippines

Last year... our boss, fe, and I attended the annual JDA Day gathering here in the Philippines together with other representatives from other business units. And it was held in Makati Shangrila Hotel… and I just realized that 2 months from now…
JDA DAY 2009 NA!!!!

... topics discussed last year were more of strategic business services and retail trends. To encapsulate… here are from my notes. ( i believe na pag-nagsusulat ako while listening sa kahit na anong discussion, mas na-aabsorb ng utak ko, hehehehe… so break a leg!) =)

JDA Vision:
-Integrated Planning and Execution
-One Synchronized View of Demand
-Subscription to Innovation
-Additional JDA Modules
-Investment Protection
-Staying Current
-Existing Version
-Major Innovations
-Assortment Planning
-Planogram Generator
-Transpotation – The next generation
-Sales and Operations Planning – Executive Dashboard
-Assortment Planning
-Planning and Analysis
-Space Management
-Price and Promo Management
-Advanced Optimization
-Demand Management
-Allocation and Replenishment
-Purchase Order Management
-Planogram Generator
-Automate planogram creation
-Localize assortments and customer presentation

- JDA enables the adoption of “Integrated Planning and Execution” Model.
- Delivering the ability to capture “One Synchronized View of Demand”.
- Fastest time to value proposition.

JDA and the SUPPLY CHAIN:

The state of Supply Chain:
-Industry forces
· Economic Uncertainty
· Rising input cost
· Shifting consumer behavior
· Market Price Challenges
· Globalization and emerging markets
· Product proliferation
· Sustainability
· Constrained skill poll

“Heightening the need for a supply cahin that delivers competitive advantage”

The Supply Chain Transformation

Moving from:
o Shipment-driven demand management
o Disconnected Plans within a “Rigid” network
o SOP process to balance supply and demand
To:
o Consumer-driven, collaborative demand management
o Connected plans optimized across a flexible network
o SOP process to align operations with the strategic business plan.

Area of Supply Chain Innovations
Consumer Centricity
The challenging consumer:
-More educated on product purchases
-Shopping for price, quality and innovation
-Shifting buying habits due to economic pressures
Supply Chain Challenges
-Not connected to consumer at the shelf
-Growing numbers of new product intro., product phase-outs
-Poor coordination for promo
-Breaking down silos across supply chain to deliver flexibility and reduce cycle times
-Higher availability with lower working hours
Innovation Initiatives
-Advance automation to manager statistical forecast
-Investment in promo/pricing management; sense and respond forecasting
-Development of a single repository for all demand streams.
-Leverage POS data to gain a view of consumer demand.
-High optimized and connected plan, distribution, production, scheduling and logistic planning
-Transpo. Planning and execution technologies
-Network design and inventory policies (service level and replenishment strategies).
Business Process Changes
-Leverage POS sales
-Full time organization responsible for continuous global network optimization initiatives
-Holistic policies and service level targets across the supply chain.

Integrated Business Planning
Business Challenges:
-Aligning required resources
-Shaping demand and utilizing resources
-Strategic business goals drive operational decision
Initiatives:
-Top down, bottom up consensus demand management
-Visibility across the extended supply chain
-Comprehensive integrated business planning
-Picture of time phased capacities
-Scenario planning
-Trade-off with strategic business planning

“Innovation for a Highly Optimized, Flexible and Consumer –Driven Supply Chain”

JDA Supply Chain Plans

-Demand Signal Analytics
-Integrated Planning
-User Productivity
-Manufacturing Optimization
-Advanced Automations

Retail Trends 2008

-Consumer Behavior
-Multi-channel Selling Environment
-Supply Chain Globalization
-Private Label Proliferation
-Illusive Consume Insight
-Economic Fears

Significant Retailing Trends
-Consumer Centric Merchandising
-Store and Cross Channel Operations
-Supply Chain Synchronization

- Consumer Centric Merchandising
Consumer behavior
- More intended or product purchase
- Demanding unique assortment
- Visibility to inventory availability
Retailing Initiatives
- Store and web technology
- Business intelligence
- Assortment management
Business Process Initiatives
- Integrating cluster into mdse and assortment planning process
- Shelf and floor capacities in defining assortment list by location
- Utilizing a consensus demand forecast to support all aspect of planning including promotions

- Store and cross Channel Operations
Retailing challenges
- Customer intimacy
- Product availability
- Employee efficiency
Initiatives
- Workforce management (time, attendance, labor forecasting)
- Inventory optimization (service level with distribution network); order forecast

- Supply chain synchronization
Retailing challenges
-Visual floor sets matching assortment criteria
-Execution of promo events
-Supply chain responsive

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
- is a retailer or supplier process of managing categories as strategic business units to produce enhanced business results by focusing on delivering consumer value.

ECR Principle:
- max. revenue and minimize supply chain cost
- go-to-market strategy for its time and was based upon the efficient consumer response approach to supply chain management.

Issues Facing Trade Partners:
- Promo Efficiency / Effectiveness
- New Product Intro
- Category Management
- Assortments
- Understanding Consumer
- Private Label
- Vendor Relationship
- Space Management
- Customer Loyalty

CPFR : Collaborative Planning and Forecasting Report

Category Management Applications:
- Channel Clustering
- Efficient Item Assortment
- Space Planning
- Floor Planning
- Intact Knowledge Base
- Web Publisher

Merchandise Planning
- Planning Best Practice
o Strategies Level of Detail
o Accountability and comm. Deliveries
o “post mortem” planning scorecards

o Processes simple and streamlined
o Centralize planning data and processes
o Data compilation
- Location (Channel) Planning
o Sometimes managed by store operations, dept., not typically re- planned once the financial period commences
o Reconcile with operations
- Benefits (entry level)
o Fast ROI ( returns of investment); lower initial cost, faster implementation, technology infrastructure
o Achieve change management
o Intro. Of structured planning process based upon Best Practice Templates.
o Building block for Key Item Planning and Assortment Planning

Strategic Plan
- Completed by the executive team to establish pre-season budgets.
- Cover from 1-5 years
- Includes sales, GM, inventory

TOP DOWN PLANNING:

- Completed by planning manager or merchandise manager prior to financial period commencing to create budgets.
- Financial year or half

BOTTOM DOWN PLANNING:

- Merchandise planner prior to financial period
- Usually planned for each individual department down to subclass by month
- Reconciled with top-down merchandise plan.

... what we enjoyed in a whole day affair like this?....

1.) yummy foods

2.) freebies

3.) pictures

4.) the facilities

5.) group kulitans =)