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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

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3) Align Demand Planning Across Supply Chain. Supply chain practitioners are taught to share the demand data with trading partners so nobody has to keep the unnecessary stock. So, logistics network design is a kind of initiative driven mainly by customer. In general, this principle holds true.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #6

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Duncan Alexander has been a specialised consultant in the field of S&OP and IBP since 2003, preceded by many years of real-life industry experience including senior roles in sales, marketing, supply chain, finance and of course S&OP / IBP. Based in the UK he has consulted in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

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