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  • Sense and Respond Supply Chains - Enabling Breakthrough Strategy
  • by IBM UK

  • Published:May 2006
  • Format: Portable Document Format (.pdf)( 199.6 KB )
  • Length: 16 pages


  • Overview


    These challenges span the entire supply or value chain process. In the planning stage, fragmented information hinders synchronization of supply and demand. Ever-shifting global sourcing patterns make it difficult to find low-cost goods.

    Your company may be forced to build inventory at every stage of the supply chain process, due to poor or nonexistent integration with suppliers and contract manufacturers. And there’s a lack of global visibility into products in transit and in the pipeline, which interferes with the ability to meet customer service levels. Finally, there’s no ability to effectively up-sell, cross-sell across business units and actually condition market demand.

 
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