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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. When I hear companies discussing the implementation of a customer segmentation strategy, I ask a series of questions: Who is your customer? What are you trying to accomplish through the execution of a customer segmentation strategy? During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. How do they buy from you?

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The expanding scope of procurement analytics: Some initial thoughts

NC State SCRC

Procurement analytics, which supports decision making in procurement management, typically handles problems and decisions that are related to cost reduction, supplier management, cost modeling, procurement-led innovation, market strategies, supply chain risk, and stakeholder value improvement (Handfield, Jeong, and Choi 2019).

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. Most deployments focus on functional excellence–manufacturing, transportation, customer service or procurement. Figure 1 is a picture from a client.

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Is Covid-19 the Death of Global Supply Chains?

Supply Chain Game Changer

The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Globalization has dominated as a widely practiced business strategy during the past 15–20 years. Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. This raises the question….

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Management and planning of the entire network against a value network strategy. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Recognition of asset strategies in go-to-market plans. Focus is on make, source and deliver together.

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Rockwell Automation: Supply Chains to Admire Winner

Supply Chain Shaman

The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. Orbit Chart for Rockwell Automation at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the Period of 2006-2017. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006.

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Rockwell Automation: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. Orbit Chart for Rockwell Automation at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the Period of 2006-2017. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006.