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Industrie 4.0: Its Impact on Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

The German government kicked off the initiative with a focus on advanced manufacturing, but businesses are also linking Industrie 4.0 to supply chains. The clearest impact on supply chain planning involves demand. as the cyber/physical model of digitized manufacturing is more adept at customizing goods.

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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. About three hundred supply chain professionals from various pockets of the world representing manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and technology vendors took part in the summit.

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Customer Segmentation Strategies Are Missing the Point

Logility

The isolation of these customers is partially based on volume and partly based on governance. They can exert power and manufacturers know this. The naïve Pareto is missing an opportunity to pull more profit from your supply chain. What is the special treatment the ‘A’ customers receive?

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Customer Segmentation Strategies Are Missing the Point

Logility

The isolation of these customers is partially based on volume and partly based on governance. They can exert power and manufacturers know this. The naïve Pareto is missing an opportunity to pull more profit from your supply chain. What is the special treatment the ‘A’ customers receive?

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2012 Supply Chain Predictions: Is the End of the World Nigh?

Supply Chain Network

As Gartner predicts “Supplier risk will continue to be a major focus, and companies will look to technology for a scalable risk assessment and management solution” (Predicts 2012: Supply Chain Predictions: Talent, Risk and Analytics Dominate: Published: 18 November 2011). Supply Chain “clock speed”.

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Supply Chain Segmentation – the Secret to Omnichannel Success

RFgen

Electronic Products and Technology said a primary goal for supply chain segmentation is to ensure customers don’t ever come across stockouts. If a company has solutions for consumer data collection, they can build supply chains that provide special services for each of their customers. Product Demand.

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Supply Chain Segmentation – the Secret to Omnichannel Success

RFgen

Electronic Products and Technology said a primary goal for supply chain segmentation is to ensure customers don’t ever come across stockouts. If a company has solutions for consumer data collection, they can build supply chains that provide special services for each of their customers. Product Demand.