Strategic Sourcing and Segmentation: Prescriptive Control Tower Approach

This Aberdeen Group report describes what leading companies are doing to reengineer inventory and fulfillment flows from source to end consumer.

Today’s Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) is beset customer demands for cheaper, faster, and more efficient logistic processes from source to final delivery.

Under omni-channel competitive pressures, web and mobile orders tendered by 2PM must be fulfilled and shipped on the same day and home delivered within no more than 2 days.  Today, 61% of companies are shipping and labor costs and, if not optimized, impact margins and profitability across the entire supply-demand network.

Despite advancements in technology and new, more dynamic optimization models few companies have the capability and are operationally ready to embrace new strategies that address the changing customer requirements across B2B and B2C segments.


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