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• Close coordination with suppliers.
• Reduce inventory levels
• Speed, reliability, and consistency in inventory movement
• Faster replenishment cycle
• Shorter performance cycle
• Flexible manufacturing cycle
• Asset utilization and productivity
• Innovations for value additions in customer service offerings
In a nutshell, logistics is the key to the success of SCM. The degree of success depends on the
level of integration between them using the enablers such as information and communication
technology.
3.4 MAPPING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
To understand the implications of cost and value additions at the different ...