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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

3) Align Demand Planning Across Supply Chain. Supply chain practitioners are taught to share the demand data with trading partners so nobody has to keep the unnecessary stock. So, logistics network design is a kind of initiative driven mainly by customer. In general, this principle holds true.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #6

Supply Chain Trend

Duncan Alexander has been a specialised consultant in the field of S&OP and IBP since 2003, preceded by many years of real-life industry experience including senior roles in sales, marketing, supply chain, finance and of course S&OP / IBP. In 2003 I left to join StrataBridge as a consultant.

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Integrated Business Planning: A New Narrative for an Old Process

Supply Chain Trend

New Product Review, a Demand Review, a Supply Review, and a Management Business Review. Operational IBP decisions (4-12 months ahead) are less frequent and time urgent than in the S&OE horizon, but still have low impact/value and apply at a detailed level so that planning and decision making can be automated as well.