Planners are the unsung heroes of consumer brands, holding together supply chains through spreadsheets and sheer force of will. But they deserve better tools. We built Atomic to be the inventory planning system we …

How much inventory should you carry? 8 weeks feels ‘safe’, right? Maybe 10?I did not come into demand/supply planning with formal training in supply chain formulas - I was a political science major in …

Controversial opinion alert: If monthly S&OP feels like torture - you might want to consider doing it weekly.What? Insanity! In fact, many Operations leaders we talk to say they want to reduce S&OP frequency …

“That’s the best we can do for forecast accuracy - and this is really overfitting it”“Ok then. I guess we’re all getting fired”It was late 2017, in less than a year we would be …

Food rots while apparel goes out of style  - a simple difference that drives totally different inventory planning needs. For planners who cut their teeth in apparel before joining food & beverage companies, the …

For most companies, inventory management starts simple - a few spreadsheets to track stock levels and do basic forecasting.  But as your business grows more complex, maintaining those worksheets becomes a full-time job (in …

All physical goods companies have the same operating model: they procure goods, find customers, and sell finished goods to those customers. True, no company is the same. There are so many differences - in …