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Time to Look at After-Market Optimization? Cathy Humphreys, UK Country Manager at INFORM, Explains Why Inventory Optimization and a New Look at ERP are Vital for Companies Serving an After-Market (After-Market)
Supply Chain Europe 2011, March-April, 20, 2
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During the recession, supply chain management teams have continued to evolve and begun to look at risk evaluation alongside their current process optimization strategy. This helped to position organizations so that they could better manage risks such as failure to supply, higher costs, negative impacts on service levels or significant fire fighting. This strong understanding of the efficiency of a standard supply chain operation is commendable, but many have forgotten the after-market. With product lifetimes lengthening, companies are beginning to see demand patterns changing. If ever there was a time for after-market supply chain needs to be at an optimum, rather than being treated as an "also ran" division, is it not now? Demand Volatility