Episodes

  • Inventory Optimization Models and Simulations (With Nicolas Vandeput)

    Inventory Optimization Models and Simulations (With Nicolas Vandeput)
    Mar 10 2021
    Historically, programming has often been seen as an intimidating task reserved for computer whizzes and IT practitioners. Nowadays, however, with the rise of tools such as Python, programming has become that much more accessible. For this episode of LokadTV, we're joined, once more, by Nicolas Vandeput to discuss just how simple programming can actually be.
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    26 mins
  • Beyond Statistical Modeling

    Beyond Statistical Modeling
    Feb 24 2021
    Despite many companies currently investing huge amounts of resources into establishing data science capabilities, the hard truth is that the majority of these projects fail to impact upon daily business operations. As such, we look beyond classic statistical modelling and explain why the impact of a proper data science department must run far deeper than just collecting data, manipulating it and getting an output.
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    23 mins
  • Maintainability of Supply Chain Software

    Maintainability of Supply Chain Software
    Jan 27 2021
    When investing in a piece of supply chain software, there is the expectation that it will last a company decades, rather than just a few years. However, with a rapidly changing tech landscape, this becomes a complicated endeavour. For this episode of LokadTV, we discuss this challenge of maintainability and how it can be impacted by good design.
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    25 mins
  • A Day in a Life of a Supply Chain Scientist (With Maximilian Barth)

    A Day in a Life of a Supply Chain Scientist (With Maximilian Barth)
    Jan 13 2021
    We've previously discussed the importance of a supply chain specialist over someone with more classic data science capabilities. At Lokad, we call them "Supply Chain Scientists". We're joined by one of our Supply Chain Scientists, Maximilian Barth, to learn more about what their role entails.
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    25 mins
  • The Future of Work in Supply Chains (With Markus Leopoldseder and Knut Alicke From McKinsey)

    The Future of Work in Supply Chains (With Markus Leopoldseder and Knut Alicke From McKinsey)
    Dec 23 2020
    Mahatma Gandhi famously said that “The future depends on what you do today.” ― and for the organizations of tomorrow to be successful they already need to start establishing the right set up and supply chain operating model. We're delighted to welcome Markus Leopoldseder and Knut Alicke from McKinsey to discuss with us which capabilities organizations should be focusing on, and what the future of work in supply chains may look like.
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    30 mins
  • Numerical Recipes for Supply Chain

    Numerical Recipes for Supply Chain
    Nov 18 2020
    Much like a great chef in a Michelin star kitchen, the best data scientists have to craft statistical solutions that adapt and evolve to every scenario. As such, we investigate what it takes to create these numerical recipes and what characterizes the solutions built for our supply chains.
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    24 mins
  • Financial Optimization of Supply Chains

    Financial Optimization of Supply Chains
    Nov 4 2020
    Dollars of profits and losses are the only metric that matter in the long run for any company. At Lokad, we emphasize a strict financial optimization of the supply chain. This approach should not be confused with short-sightedness and other kinds of pseudo-rational methods which are prevalent when finance gets in charge of the strategy. This approach goes against the idea of service levels, and most of the other KPIs similarly defined through percentages.
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    26 mins
  • The Unification of Pricing and Planning

    The Unification of Pricing and Planning
    Oct 28 2020
    Historically, pricing and planning have been dealt with by separate divisions within companies. This has resulted in inconsistent strategic thinking and data silos. For this episode of LokadTV, we discuss why these two challenges should be dealt with in tandem and how they are actually, in reality, two sides of the same coin.
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    24 mins