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Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

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One example of a changing user requirement is the ascendancy of supply chain modeling to the highest priority in Gartner’s Market Ranking of S&OP Capabilities. Source: Gartner Research, 2017. Source: Gartner for Supply Chain Leaders Toolkit, 2014. Some vendors did. Some not so much.

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

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Monetizing” the S&OP discussion to focus on value means translating supply chain planning unit and volume numbers into the value-driven financial measurements. In another Gartner report, How to Create an Effective S&OP That Drives Results , the research firm relates an example of two companies.

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Supply Chain Segmentation: A Smarter Strategy for Satisfying Customers and Increasing Profits

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Here’s a simple yet illustrative example: Sara’s Sweets is a fictional bakery that collaborates with local cafes and also handles custom online orders directly from consumers. The need for supply chain segmentation in Sara’s situation is clear, but what about your business? The solution lies in supply chain segmentation.

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How to Attain “Stage 4” Supply Chain Planning Maturity

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For example, MEIO enables inventory policy to accurately reflect all the sources of demand and supply variability across the enterprise chain. Build more resilient supply chain plans (e.g.,

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Globalization Drives Market Need for SC Segmentation

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Particularly among companies with thousands of SKUs and diverse product lines, there is a need for differentiated replenishment and logistics approaches across complex supply chains. For example, an organization may need supply chain processes that are specialized for goods with unpredictable demand, such as the latest fashion.

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Logistics Center of Excellence: Delivering Value to Organizations

Talking Logistics

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. After all, you can’t source, make, move, store, deliver, measure or improve what you can’t see. Source: GEODIS.

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2012 Supply Chain Predictions: Is the End of the World Nigh?

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As Gartner predicts “Supplier risk will continue to be a major focus, and companies will look to technology for a scalable risk assessment and management solution” (Predicts 2012: Supply Chain Predictions: Talent, Risk and Analytics Dominate: Published: 18 November 2011). Supply Chain “clock speed”.