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. Frequent product portfolio changes. Increasing demand volatility.

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BlueYonder

JULY 16, 2012

Global manufacturers will be interested in David Johnston’s piece, “ The Shift to Reshoring ,” which discusses the current trend in near-shoring and how supply chain segmentation can help balance global production strategies and enhance profitability.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2015

Today is the right time to take a fresh look at these strategic pillars and to explore their full potential as part of your supply chain strategy. Figure 1: A fresh look at the Five Tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains. This set the scene for the fourth tenet of high-performing supply chains: Supply Chain Segmentation.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the project: Project goal: SanDisk’s goal was to operate a responsive, best-in-class supply chain for flash memory products that would achieve optimal balance between service level and inventory turns across scenarios to create a better experience for its commercial and retail partners and customers.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There are tons of articles, white papers and blogs about today’s supply chain challenges: globalization, off-shore manufacturing, supply chain segmentation, big data, mobility, social media, price optimization, warehouse throughput, labor scheduling and in-store picking.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 22, 2013

In part one of our conversation we covered the evolution of supply chain management, how supply chain practices vary around the world, and what has driven the near-shoring trend. SCN: Supply chain segmentation is a hot topic right now. Also, most of these companies have return policies.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2015

When I was asked to organize the Innovation and Thought Leadership track at FOCUS 2015 , I recognized that I would need to assemble some high-impact speakers who would get attendees thinking about the radical changes they need to make in their supply chains.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 20, 2013

In part II of this blog, we’ll learn Mr. Blasgen’s thoughts on supply chain segmentation, the changing roles of forecasting and planning, and what is being done about the talent gap. Executive Insight Retail Supply Chain Supply Chain Management supply chain supply chain management'

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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. John McAteer, Vice President of Sales, Retail, and Technology at Google, writes, “In retail, there’s no space for standing still. They have it tough.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

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.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 20, 2015

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.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

« Use of Predictive Analytics in Supply Chain | Main | Is Agile methodology a good solution for ERP implementations » Adding intelligence in the Forecasting process to support Supply Chain Segmentation. Industrial Manufacturing. Logistics and Distribution. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

MAY 14, 2014

The authors say, however, that managers actually can reduce the risk of major disruptions while improving supply chain efficiency by taking certain steps, such as supply chain segmentation, to achieve both goals.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For example, a survey of 100 organizations found that only 8% of manufacturers had achieved an advanced segmentation capability. Can supply chain segmentation underpin competitive advantage in the emerging age of micro-segmentation and a one-to-one paradigm? What is supply chain segmentation?

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

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. In Part II , we saw how seeking inspiration from retailers can help manufacturing companies to embrace customer-centricity.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain. Consultancy UK).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Managing After-Sales Service by coupling CRM and Asset Management | Main | Adding intelligence in the Forecasting process to support Supply Chain Segmentation » Use of Predictive Analytics in Supply Chain.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Industrial Manufacturing. Logistics and Distribution. Media and Entertainment. Medical Devices.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

It’s also vertical-agnostic: flow management greatly benefits such sectors as high-tech, industrial, automotive, retail, fast-moving consumer goods, and healthcare where a unified, optimized supply chain is imperative to sell across multiple channels or serve volatile markets.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

It’s no wonder that retail customer returns were 10% of the total 2015 holiday sales. Today’s supply chains are facing similar challenges with personalizing logistics operations for customers. Let’s look at some key steps on the journey to a customer-focused supply chain. almost half of U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As noted in Figure 2, the margins for retail averaged 7%, while personal products were 10% and consumer products household goods were 16%. While many in the industry believe that there was significant improvement in data sharing and collaboration within and across supply chains over the past decade, this was not the case.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 16, 2015

Often, Demand-Driven Supply Chain improvements can come from collaborative processes such as shared forecasts, shared methodologies, and early alerts on promotions or new product introductions. Years ago it was thought that such collaborations required the retailer, or the supplier, to “get its house in order first”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Clorox based on their supply chain segmentation work is also clearer on strategy helping the company to be more balanced cross-functionally as they face the headwinds of market turmoil. As I worked on the Supply Chains to Admire report (to publish this week), I thought a lot about cash flow and business continuity.

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