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A resource library for supply chain analytics teams.

Tools, references, and frameworks built by practitioners. Free to use. Shaped by real enterprise consulting engagements.

For supply chain leaders in MedTech, consumer goods, footwear, and manufacturing: how the practice works

Explore by business problem

Metric definitions, dashboard patterns, and working reference builds, organized by the question they answer.

Demand Planning & Forecasting

How wrong the forecast is, in which direction, and where the error is worth fixing.

Reference build

Demand Forecast Accuracy

Forecast vs. actual units · 28 months

Also a reference build: S&OP / Demand Review

Everything for this domain

Data Foundation & Governance

Landing ERP data in a lakehouse without losing deletes, history, or control of who reads it.

Everything for this domain

Simulated data, frozen snapshot — not a live client system.

All 8 reference builds

Straight out of the library.

One real entry from each reference, pulled live from the same data that powers the library. Every entry carries field-level detail, relationships, and copy-ready Databricks SQL with each system’s quirks already handled.

From the F4211 entry: the Julian decode, ready to paste into Databricks.

3 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema_data>, <KCOO>

-- F4211 sales order lines, quirks handled
SELECT
  d.SDDOCO AS order_number,
  d.SDLITM AS item_number,
  CASE WHEN d.SDTRDJ IS NULL OR d.SDTRDJ = 0 THEN NULL
       ELSE DATE_ADD(MAKE_DATE(1900 + CAST(d.SDTRDJ AS INT) DIV 1000, 1, 1),
                     CAST(d.SDTRDJ AS INT) % 1000 - 1)
  END AS order_date,  -- CYYDDD Julian → DATE
  d.SDUORG AS qty_ordered,
  d.SDUPRC / POWER(10, 4) AS unit_price,  -- 4 implied decimals
  d.SDAEXP / POWER(10, 2) AS extended_price
FROM <catalog>.<schema_data>.f4211 d
WHERE d.SDKCOO = '<KCOO>'

Shaped by real work.

Analytics investments stick when the people building them understand the supply chain, not just the tools.

Nothing here started as content. Every reference in the library came out of enterprise consulting engagements — supply chains where exactly that gap was the problem, until someone got hands-on with both the business and the data.

The practice builds on Databricks and stays engaged through implementation, which is why the references read like working notes rather than vendor collateral. Consulting availability is selective; the library is how the work becomes public.

Industries
MedTech, consumer goods, footwear, manufacturing
Platform
Databricks — Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, AI/BI dashboards
Method
Medallion architecture into Kimball-style dimensional gold

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