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Over the last decade, many companies faced extreme supply chain challenges that stretched their capabilities to the breaking point. Both the preponderance of natural disasters and huge economic swings caused extreme challenges across the supply chain. These challenges have not...
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Demand management activities in any global supply chain consist of three activities: demand management, demand planning, and sales forecasting management (Mentzer and Moon 2004b). The role of sales forecasting changes depending on the position in the supply chain that a company...
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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals defines supply chain management as follows: "Supply Chain Management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities.
The Global...