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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

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Long lead times for imported products, wild currency fluctuations and demand spikes caused by government contract tenders all conspire to make planning difficult …. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

In order to make the best possible supply chain decisions, it is vital to make a distinction between the various optimisation areas: the supply chain network and the associated stock allocation, the usually monthly supply and demand planning, weekly and daily production planning and scheduling, risk mitigation and the cost to serve.