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Supply chain planners are looking to better serve customers by streamlining operations and processes while cutting costs. But customer-centric supply chains go beyond a focus…
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As supply chain planning becomes increasingly complex, supply chain professionals have an ever-widening field of concerns to be responsible for. At the same time,…
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As organizations continue to digitalize standardized supply chain processes and continue to progress in analytical maturity, they can expect more opportunities to leverage…
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Even in the most ideal market scenarios, organizations need to be able to react quickly to change and want their supply chains to be responsive and nimble. This now…
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A key element of supply chain planning is sales and operations planning (S&OP), an approach to synchronize the tactical plans of all functions including R&D, sales, marketing…
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Accurate demand data is critical for supply and production forecasts. Supply chain functions need effective demand planning data, which requires a thoughtful approach to…
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Complex supply chains have made it harder for organizations to effectively track their supply chain performance and determine how best to streamline operations. To address…
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In establishing a supply chain strategy, concerns for efficiency need to be balanced against risk. The recent global market disruptors of a pandemic and sharp economic…
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Are you able to fulfill your customers’ orders with what they want when they want it? What will the impact to your company be if you cannot? Unfulfilled sales order line…
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APQC’s Blueprint for Success: Supply Chain Planning details the framework and best practices that help optimize processes, governance, infrastructure, and organizational…
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Understanding Supply Chain Responsiveness
While COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health emergency in 2020, its impacts—which range from increased supply costs to inventory shortages to production slowdowns and…
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Supply Chain Management Costs
Data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in supply chain planning shows how organizations perform regarding supply chain management costs. There is a significant gap…
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This year is quickly turning out to be an unprecedented one for supply chain management. In late 2019 and early 2020, APQC conducted a survey of 234 supply chain…
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Supply chain functions that more frequently perform supply chain execution planning experience better business outcomes. According to APQC's Supply Chain Planning:…
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APQC has found that organizations using inventory and capacity allocation policies to schedule customer orders perform better on key performance indicators. According to APQC…
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