Stop Batch-Based Planning From Slowing Every Retail Decision
- February 27, 2026
- Manhattan Associates
- Read time: 2 minutes
Ryan Gifford shares faster ways to plan, forecast, and fulfill.
Retail teams chase a moving target; many planning teams still crawl. In this NRF interview, Ryan Gifford explains how batch jobs, slow forecasts, and siloed org charts create blind spots that drain margin. He unpacks what changes when planners and operators share one real-time inventory plan and a bidirectional flow of information. You’ll learn how better visibility improves forecast quality, shortens reaction time, and turns plans into concrete action on the floor and online.
Watch this short conversation to understand modern supply chain planning, without buzzwords or fluff, and see what faster retail really demands for teams across every channel.
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