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A Better Approach to Supply Chain Segmentation?

ToolsGroup

Editor's Note: There will be no blog post next week. Most companies segment their supply chain by breaking it down according to operational and logistical metrics. But there is another way to segment supply chains that begins with the customer.

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How to Attain “Stage 4” Supply Chain Planning Maturity

ToolsGroup

In their recent report titled Carefully Assess Which Tools Are Right for Each Stage of Supply Chain Planning Maturity (20 October 2017, Tim Payne & Amber Salley), the analyst firm describes the right tools to get from one level to the next. For this blog, we’ll focus on just one of those steps, from Stage 3 to Stage 4.

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Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SiOP) – Part One

Arkieva

I pride myself on being an expert in designing and implementing Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning. In Part One of the SiOP series of blogs we’ve distilled from the many projects we have done over the last 10 years. There is no one-size-fits-all in your supply chain. Product Management. We are humans.

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My Biggest Mistake: Inventory Levels are the Thermometer for the Management of the Company

Arkieva

As a Phd in inventory optimization, I’ve started my supply chain career in adjusting inventory parameters with surgical precision. I was, and I still am passionate about applying statistics and advanced analytics to the supply chain domain. I’m still training supply chain experts on how to do this.

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics. In a nutshell, the research states there is a correlation between cost, inventory, and forecast performance. In 2016 I wrote 35 blog posts.

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Why Segmentation and Profitability Go Hand in Hand

BlueYonder

The conference format and size were just right to allow comfortable sharing of ideas and lessons learned about various topics from S&OP and supply chain planning, to inventory optimization and transportation. It was the general consensus of the group that there is value to be delivered from supply chain segmentation.

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7 Supply Chain Challenges That Exist Today

4WL Consulting

A lean manufacturing environment should involve a shorter lead time, lesser inventory and improved throughput. A consolidated supplier base eliminates variances in inventory and reduces overheads, particularly for the supply of C-parts. . #5