Atomic Supply Blog
Insights, news, and best practices in supply chain management, demand planning, and inventory optimization.
By Atomic Supply Team | December 21, 2025
How Vincero transformed their planning process from a full day monthly to 30 minutes weekly using AI-powered planning, while de-risking the transition with a 6-month parallel run through peak season.
Case Study
Planning
DTC
By Atomic Supply Team | December 9, 2025
Join us for an in-depth webinar on setting smarter, more achievable goals for your supply chain operations in 2026. Learn practical strategies from industry experts.
Webinar
Planning
Strategy
By Atomic Supply Team | November 15, 2025
Listen to Michael's conversation with Gina Jones McPherson, Senior Manager of S&OP at Starface World, as she shares her journey and insights on modern supply chain planning.
Podcast
Interviews
S&OP
By Michael Rossiter | June 1, 2025
Every ops leader eventually faces the “how do we level‑up planning?” decision. We see FIVE typical options for ops leaders and teams at brands...
Supply Chain
Demand Planning
Technology
By Michael Rossiter | May 25, 2025
Planners are the unsung heroes of consumer brands, holding together supply chains through spreadsheets and sheer force of will. But they deserve better tools.
Funding
Company News
Startup
By Michael Rossiter | May 18, 2025
How much inventory should you carry? 8 weeks feels ‘safe’, right? Maybe 10? Most planners use common sense and rules of thumb...
Inventory Management
Supply Chain
Best Practices
By Michael Rossiter | May 11, 2025
Controversial opinion alert: If monthly S&OP feels like torture - you might want to consider doing it weekly. Atomic clients are running plans weekly or daily.
S&OP
Planning Process
Efficiency
By Neal Suidan | May 4, 2025
If you’re like almost every planner we talk to, it’s probably a love-hate relationship. Spreadsheets are a prototyping tool, not a production system.
Spreadsheets
Planning Tools
Productivity
By Neal Suidan | April 27, 2025
Many are scarred from unending ERP implementations. At Atomic, our starting point is your spreadsheet. We do the heavy lifting.
Implementation
Onboarding
Software Adoption
By Michael Rossiter | April 20, 2025
Everyone’s first instinct to ‘fix’ stock outs or excess inventory is to go after the demand forecast. But what if the planning itself was automated?
Forecasting
Supply Planning
Automation
By Michael Rossiter | April 13, 2025
A simple difference that drives totally different inventory planning needs. Comparing F&B and Apparel industries.
Industry Insights
Food & Beverage
Apparel
By Michael Rossiter | April 6, 2025
For most companies, inventory management starts simple. But as your business grows, maintaining those worksheets becomes a full-time job. 7 signs it's time to upgrade.
Spreadsheets
Software
Planning Tools
By Neal Suidan | March 30, 2025
Revenue and inventory have a love-hate relationship. Excess inventory results from mismatches in supply and demand at the unit level.
Inventory Management
Supply Chain Challenges
Planning Strategy
By Michael Rossiter | March 23, 2025
Atomic operates from the unit level of demand and supply in a powerful, simulation-based model of the business. Demand, Supply, and Finance modules.
Atomic Platform
Solution
Supply Chain Management