1、Operations PracticeThe winning recipe for transforming advanced planning systemsMost supply chain leaders will overhaul their IT systems for planning in the coming years.This article shows how to increase the chances of success.January 2023by Valerio Dilda,Annouck Driesen,Pierluigi Fenelli,and Julia

2、n Fischer GCShutter/Getty ImagesThe winning recipe for transforming advanced planning systemsLast year,McKinsey conducted a survey of a dozen global supply chain leaders across industry sectors to understand what changes could be expected in IT for supply chain planning over the next five years.1 On

3、e of the surveys key findings was that 90 percent of respondents expected to overhaul their current planning IT.In recent years,the COVID-19 pandemic and various destabilizing geopolitical events have made the need to strengthen global supply chains more urgent.Many companies have shifted from manua

4、l short-term solutions to longer-term solutions that incorporate advanced technologies,such as advanced prediction and optimization algorithms.21 Maril Destino,Julian Fischer,Daniel Mllerklein,and Vera Trautwein,“To improve your supply chain,modernize your supply-chain IT,”McKinsey,February 9,2022.W

5、hat are advanced planning systems?Advanced planning systems(APSs)are applications or software that enable industry leaders to plan the end-to-end supply chain and coordinate tasks such as advanced forecasting,demand planning,supplier collaboration,material planning,production planning,distribution p

6、lanning,and order management(exhibit).Exhibit 1Sales and operations planning and integrated business planning.Advanced planning systems can enable integrated business planning of the end-to-end supply chain.McKinsey&CompanyForecastingAdvanced forecastingEg,machine learningbased forecasting consideri