ToolsGroup

MAY 24, 2016

Gartner research director Jennifer Loveland calls it end-to-end segmentation, where you determine first what your customers want, then create end-to-end models—from sales through sourcing, delivery, and customer service—to serve them. She says that companies typically create 2 to 5 customer segments.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2015

When I was asked to organize the Innovation and Thought Leadership track at FOCUS 2015 , I recognized that I would need to assemble some high-impact speakers who would get attendees thinking about the radical changes they need to make in their supply chains.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. Supply chain segmentation.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 11, 2024

Burton and Vreeswijk conclude, “In the great supply chain reset, companies need to reconfigure from linear to segmented, rebalance from primarily offshore to multi-sourcing, and become more resilient by forming longer-term, mutual partnerships. The post What Kind of Reset Does the Supply Chain Need?

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BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2015

I have written in the past about how this multi-dimensional ATP capability supports supply chain segmentation for manufacturers (see Supply Chain Quarterly ). Now, let’s fast forward to 2015. These capabilities also augured the introduction of sophisticated demand shaping capabilities.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

SanDisk began leveraging JDA’s advanced planning solutions in 2006 to create a more responsive supply chain. As part of the project, SanDisk implemented a series of supply chain initiatives including postponement strategy, product delay, supply chain segmentation, allocation management, inventory optimization, and profit optimization.

Modeling 40

Modeling Supply Chain Transformation Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning 40

Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Understand the length of your product tail, and use this insight to design the supply chain segmentation strategy to manage manufacturing processes (outsourced or insourced). This column was first published in Supply Chain Movement 17 | Q2 -2015.

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