The Trillion-Dollar Trap: Why Your Demand Plan Is Holding Your Capital Hostage

Fecha de grabación: June 24, 2026
Duración: 34 mins
Invited guests: Erik Bush and Wally Leasure

Vista general

For thirty years, U.S. manufacturers have invested in better forecasting software, larger demand planning teams, more sophisticated S&OP, and ever more capable ERP — and inventory-to-sales ratios have gotten worse, not better. Roughly one trillion dollars now sits on those balance sheets. A ten percent release would unlock one hundred billion in working capital.

Para quién es

  • Líderes de minoristas y cadena de suministro

  • Planificadores de la demanda y gerentes de pronósticos

  • Ejecutivos de operaciones y planificación

Lo que aprenderás

  • Why SKU-level forecast accuracy hits a wall of diminishing returns — and why leading consumer goods companies are dismantling centralized forecasting organizations entirely
  • What demand-driven, AI-powered execution actually looks like: replenishment triggered by real consumption, not prediction
  • How to reposition the forecast as a simulation tool — stress-testing your operating model against future scenarios instead of driving day-to-day replenishment
  • Why releasing just 10% of excess inventory unlocks a measurable working capital impact

Conoce a los ponentes

Erik Bush

EVP, Internal Operations, Algo

Wally Leasure

Vice President Business Development, Americas

Ver el seminario web

In this webinar, drawn from the position paper “The Trillion-Dollar Forecast”, we explain why no additional investment in forecasting accuracy will move that number — and what will. You’ll see why the two foundational assumptions of forecast-led planning no longer hold, how the forecast’s role can be repositioned from master plan to stress test, and the five questions every board and CFO should be asking their supply chain leadership before endorsing another transformation that won’t bend the curve.