Supply Chain Insights

JULY 22, 2016

To drive growth, supply chains must align the customer response into operations to reflect custom and customer segmentation policies, and so that they can align measures such as cost-to-serve with profitability. Build the organizational muscle to take supply chain segmentation into policy and execution.

Supply Chain Planning Software 110

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Understand the length of your product tail, and use this insight to design the supply chain segmentation strategy to manage manufacturing processes (outsourced or insourced). Reach Balance in S&OP. What does this mean?

Supply and Demand 60

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Rob Bingley, VP Supply Chain & Logistics for the Global Tools & Storage division at Stanley Black & Decker, outlined how the firm had made a journey toward becoming a connected and automated business. Supply chain segmentation in Europe.

Manufacturing 40

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

To bridge this gap and give executives the information they need to make more effective decisions, the sales and operations planning (S&OP) discipline was created. The two sides often worked in silos, with separate forecasts and plans that seldom aligned with each other or with the overall objectives of the company.

SCM 40

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2015

For many manufacturing companies, developing a customer-centric supply chain can be a long and daunting journey. The more advanced and innovative supply chain segmentation and customer-centricity steps of the five tenets we have discussed cannot be successfully adopted without a minimum level of operational efficiency.

Sourcing Strategies 40

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Arkieva

MAY 31, 2016

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. Some of them are more strategic or easier to produce.

Inventory Reduction 60

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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. This also includes Demand Management process, which will be the focus of my discussion in this blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

Today, companies attempting to drive additional improvements through demand sensing and better visibility in Sales & Operations Planning S&OP). Today, two in five companies believe their S&OP process is effective. Only one third report that they are able to execute the S&OP plan.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

We must have an ability to monitor the supply chain, and detect when it goes out of balance. This is why mature S&OP’s are needed. I say mature, as most supply chains can detect the cost based – unit demand vs unit supply imbalance. And this is where the US Election can teach supply chains.

Supply Chain Planning 100

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CHAINalytics

APRIL 21, 2020

It is often during seasons of tremendous uncertainty that … The post 5 Tips for Supply Chain Planning in a Turbulent Environment appeared first on Chainalytics. Almost every company is currently experiencing demand disruption. In both cases, planning for the future has become increasingly difficult.

Supply Chain Planning 81

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CHAINalytics

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The post 7 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Leaders in 2019 appeared first on Chainalytics.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 16, 2015

S&OP processes, which most all companies have in place, are too often “stuck” on analyzing forecast errors, such that demand-driven operations cannot gain traction. Fifth, other Initiatives can and should be linked to Demand-Driven Supply Chain goals such as reducing cost-to-serve and supply chain segmentation.

Modeling 100

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E2open

MARCH 13, 2018

Increasingly, these implementations are global deployments with regional differences respected through multiple planning and fulfillment modes as part of a larger supply chain segmentation strategy. . Multi-tier supply chain. Supply Chain Visibility. Business intelligence.

Supply Chain Planning Software 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

I am thinking a lot this month about business resilience and the role of supply chain leaders. Inflation is today’s reality. …or long laborious discussions of the differences between Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). The future is uncertain.

Supply and Demand 217

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