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A Better Approach to Supply Chain Segmentation?

ToolsGroup

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. In a blog earlier this year entitled What's wrong with ABC inventory classification?

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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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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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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

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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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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

It’s a problem of “lost in translation”—the differing lingo used by the finance side versus planning, supply, production and logistics. The language of finance is numbers, but they’re different numbers than the ones used by supply chain. Finance and supply chain spoke the same language—the language of success.

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Keeping Tire Manufacturing on Track in the New Normal: Supply Chain Optimization is the Best Route Forward

BlueYonder

Sandwiched between increasing raw material costs on one side, and a stable (if not deflating) price point for the customer on the other, manufacturers have come to realize that the supply chain isn’t just a way to ensure availability through improved collaboration and the right placement of inventory further upstream at their plants.