{"id":574996,"date":"2021-11-16T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=574996"},"modified":"2021-11-16T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:38:01","slug":"mike-mills-of-blue-ridge-sees-automating-performance-starts-with-demand-and-inventory-forecasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/mike-mills-of-blue-ridge-sees-automating-performance-starts-with-demand-and-inventory-forecasting_574996.html","title":{"rendered":"Mike Mills of Blue Ridge Sees Automating Performance Starts with Demand and Inventory Forecasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1635647277.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Mike Mills of Blue Ridge Sees Automating Performance Starts with Demand and Inventory Forecasting \" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1635647277.jpeg\" alt=\"Mike Mills of Blue Ridge Sees Automating Performance Starts with Demand and Inventory Forecasting \" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mike Mills, Director, Business Consulting at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/\">Blue Ridge<\/a> was featured in the recent issue of Robotics &amp; Automation News. Mills discussed how the use of supply chain planning software, coupled with price optimization, better demand forecasting, and integrated business-planning technology improve agility and margins for distributors, retailers, and manufacturers. Read the full article <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.blueridgeglobal.com\/robotics-and-automation-in-demand-and-inventory-forecasting\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mills shared, &ldquo;The ability to compete in new areas with this level of agility will be the key to unraveling chaos. As e-commerce continues to threaten the market with competitive products that are available nearly instantly, shifting consumer trends can make stocking shelves even more challenging. Automation has become a full imperative; COVID has magnified the need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mills, companies with better data and predictions control the business most effectively. Helping companies focus on proactive planning, rather than reacting to economic trends is a critical shift. Consumer demand metrics and improved supply chain analytics can also offer insights where additional costs are incurred and managed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robotics &amp; Automation News, established in 2015, is one of the most widely read industrial publications globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More information about the Blue Ridge platform can be found on the company&rsquo;s freshly updated website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=new%20platform%20launch\">www.blueridgeglobal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Blue Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Achieving a resilient supply chain sits at the intersection of demand, price, and inventory &ndash; where a company&rsquo;s customers, suppliers, and their operations meet. Blue Ridge&rsquo;s cloud-native integrated planning and pricing platform gives Wholesale Distributors, Specialty Retailers and Discrete Manufacturers app simplicity that uniquely integrates data science-rich inventory forecasting capabilities with price optimization insights.&nbsp;From modeling, right-sizing inventory and seamless collaboration, Blue Ridge bases success off increases in customer profitability and service levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learn more at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=prqualitydigestlive\">https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/<\/a> or request a demo at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/request-demo\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=prqualitydigestlive\">https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/request-demo\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/blueridgeglobal.com_67290.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blue Ridge Solutions, Inc.<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Carolyn Dinapoli<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=mike-mills-of-blue-ridge-sees-automating-performance-starts-with-demand-and-inventory-forecasting\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> (877) 547-0346<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong>280 Interstate North Circle, Suite 610  <br \/><strong>City:<\/strong> Atlanta<br \/><strong>State:<\/strong> GA<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=mike-mills-of-blue-ridge-sees-automating-performance-starts-with-demand-and-inventory-forecasting\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Mills, Director, Business Consulting at Blue Ridge was featured in the recent issue of Robotics &amp; Automation News. Mills discussed how the use of supply chain planning software, coupled with price optimization, better demand forecasting, and integrated business-planning technology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/mike-mills-of-blue-ridge-sees-automating-performance-starts-with-demand-and-inventory-forecasting_574996.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[401,421,410,417,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Business","category-Computers-Software","category-Manufacturing-Industry","category-Marketing-Sales","category-Technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}