Description
Customer demands for individual attention and specialized products are transforming commerce at each and every stage—including the supply chain. Lately’s highstakes economy requires dynamic, market-savvy sales and operations planning (S&OP) to keep pace with accelerating service demands and response times.It’s not as daunting as it sounds with the tools, tips, and case studies in The Market-Driven Supply Chain. This practical yet expansive book helps organizations transition from old-fashioned supply-driven processes to new market-driven models. Readers learn to:• Use robust analytics for conducting value segmentations and simulation analyses• Develop a customer-centric culture and a collaborative organizational structure• Dynamically rebalance the inventory mix to support capacity and reduce costs• Retool 26 management processes to reach market-savvy S&OPUnlike other books that target only supply chain strategies or S&OP or lean manufacturing, this book’s sophisticated approach unifies all three areas, and it’s the one one to give an explanation for the way to operate in Lately’s on-demand environment.