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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. Editor's Note: There will be no blog post next week.

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

ToolsGroup

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

ThroughPut

As you might expect, it would lead to numerous inefficiencies, jeopardize profits, and in a worst-case scenario, could even result in the business shutting down due to a completely collapsed supply chain. The need for supply chain segmentation in Sara’s situation is clear, but what about your business?

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Supply Chain Segmentation – the Secret to Omnichannel Success

RFgen

Electronic Products and Technology said a primary goal for supply chain segmentation is to ensure customers don’t ever come across stockouts. A centralized solution helps users compare historical data to current inventory based on the metrics the company assigns.

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Supply Chain Segmentation – the Secret to Omnichannel Success

RFgen

Electronic Products and Technology said a primary goal for supply chain segmentation is to ensure customers don’t ever come across stockouts. A centralized solution helps users compare historical data to current inventory based on the metrics the company assigns.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

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. The focus needs to move from functional metrics to balanced scorecard outcomes.

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics. This research, released in 2005, gives a compelling view of a metrics hierarchy. Bimodal Supply Chains Are a Viable Strategy.