Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

At this time of year, we find many companies planning workshops to stimulate thinking on building a digital supply chain and igniting next-generation supply chain thinking. How do you stack up to your peer group? Customer-Centric Supply Chain Research. How to keep up? Forge a strategy?

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2015

How to adopt customer-centric practices from retailers. In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. New distribution channels and increased logistics complexity.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2017

Finance speaks a different language than supply chain. But by monetizing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain planners can speak the language of finance while developing S&OP into a more mature process. Gartner’s research is echoed by Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

Building a High-Performing and Profitable Supply Chain. In Part I of my Supply Chain Strategy series, I explained why the five tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains remain a great starting point to build your supply chain strategy. Figure 4 – Maturity Model for Customer-Centric Supply Chains.

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BlueYonder

JULY 16, 2012

In each issue we aim to cover a cross-section of topics that span regions, industry verticals and business functions with a goal of introducing strategies and best practices that resonate with a broad cross-section of supply chain practitioners.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Arkieva

MAY 5, 2016

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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Logility

JULY 23, 2014

Companies often overlook important nuances as they try to segment their customers. Segmentation strategy is a hot topic, especially in the supply chain. For example, many CPG companies will segment Target, Wal-Mart, Other. The naïve Pareto is missing an opportunity to pull more profit from your supply chain.

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Logility

JULY 23, 2014

Companies often overlook important nuances as they try to segment their customers. Segmentation strategy is a hot topic, especially in the supply chain. For example, many CPG companies will segment Target, Wal-Mart, Other. The naïve Pareto is missing an opportunity to pull more profit from your supply chain.

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Arkieva

MAY 31, 2016

Companies that have a good SiOP process can’t imagine how to live without it. There is no one-size-fits-all in your supply chain. Segmenting customer and products, and differentiating service across those different segments is crucial in many ways: It clarifies strategic choices: what is more or less important.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

My hand was enjoying the warmth from the porcelain coffee cup and I was loving the solitude when a supply chain leader approached me with a cup of tea in his hand. I would recommend that you stabilize your efforts on demand planning and learn how to use demand data. Actively design the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Mark Hersh (shown here) is now a Director of Supply Chain Strategy at Clorox while Dave retired in 2018. Mark and Dave, both career Clorox employees, drove a program to customize the supply chain response using Value Chain Segmentation. Designing a Fit For Purpose Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Perhaps the most overworked word in the supply chain management lexicon is “visibility.” Yet it’s difficult to overstate the importance of a view into what’s going on in the supply chain. It’s also important to have the capability to track shipments anywhere along the supply chain, and receive alerts on potential delays.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 20, 2013

In global supply chain , obtaining products or services from outside the country to achieve cost effectiveness is one of the most widely used strategy. How to Make Reshoring Decision? Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide. Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. The Anatomy of Supply Chain Strategy.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The next time you feel the need to toast someone, raise your glass to all the supply chain professionals involved in omnichannel retail operations. To meet consumer needs, everyone in the supply chain needs to work harmoniously together or risk bad reviews and loss of business. Segmented Supply Chain Processes.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

How do you match the varied tastes of everyone on your list with a personal gift sure to delight? Today’s supply chains are facing similar challenges with personalizing logistics operations for customers. How do they fulfill omni-channel orders and still delight the customer?

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