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Globalization Drives Market Need for SC Segmentation

Supply Chain Movement

The survey uncovered these top supply chain challenges: Rising transportation costs (50%). Download “Globalization Drives Market Need for Supply Chain Segmentation: Research & Key Strategies” to read about the full results of the study, as well as strategies companies can implement to combat these challenges. >

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

ToolsGroup

3-9% reduction in transportation costs as a percentage of sales (overhead costs and profitability). To achieve Gartner’s Stage 4 maturity requires aligning the S&OP plan to reach revenue projections profitably “based on a more accurate understanding of distinct supply chain segments and corresponding cost to serve.”

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX Solutions

Supply chain integration Supply chain software provides businesses with full supply chain integration by ensuring that the various supply chain segments communicate seamlessly. We’ll now further explore some additional capabilities emerging in the software space.

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Building your Supply Chain Strategy: The Five Tenets of High-Performing Supply Chains

BlueYonder

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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The State of Supply Chain Management: An Interview with CSCMP’s Rick Blasgen

BlueYonder

still needs to make repairs and further invest, but in other countries, for example, there are no cold supply chains or distribution capabilities with extensive consolidation functions, or warehousing and transportation functions that are seamlessly connected like we enjoy for the most part here.

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Resilient and Cost Efficient Supply Chains

Operations and Supply Chain Management

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. So what’s a manager to do to keep the supply chain both resilient and efficient?

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Secret Confessions of a Supply Chain Junkie

BlueYonder

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.