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COVID-19’s Grim Milestones: Change in Demand pattern is Real & Opens Up New Growth Areas

We might be amid the largest drawdown in demand since the Second World War. Having experienced a new way of living, consumers are recalibrating their spending, increasing the likelihood that spending may permanently shift between categories and that online services could get adopted far faster. Every country is experiencing greater shifts in people’s daily behaviours. The resulting demand shock cuts global GDP growth for 2020 in half, to between 1 percent and 2 percent, and pulls the global economy into a slowdown, though not recession. In this scenario, a global slowdown would affect small and mid-size companies more acutely. Less developed economies would suffer more than advanced economies. Unsurprisingly, sectors will be affected to different degrees. Some sectors, like aviation, tourism, and hospitality, will see lost demand (once customers choose not to eat at a restaurant, those meals stay uneaten). This demand is largely irrecoverable. Other sectors will see delayed
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An Introduction to Demand Forecasting

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BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A STRONG SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK ACROSS THE FMCG SECTOR

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SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN

SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN- KEY DRIVER FOR PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Supply chain network design is a process that determines the best mix of suppliers, locations, logistics and production facilities for optimizing product manufacture and distribution. The network design addresses industry solution like where to source raw materials, how to transport products, what's the optimal location for production lines, product storage warehousing, and the best methods for delivering goods to customers. It uses methodological approach to determine the best location and optimal size of the facilities to be included in the supply chain, and to ensure an optimal flow of products using advanced statistical and analytical modelling. Plants, suppliers, and warehouses are foremost entities which are part of supply chain network. For any successful supply chain, the number of facilities and their locations are a critical factor and how the product flows from each of the origin