Reinventing the Supply Chain Life Cycle: Strategies and Methods for Analysis and Decision Making

7. Aligning Supply Chains to Meet Life Cycle Customer Demands

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7.1 Prerequisite Material

7.2 Demand Planning Procedure

7.3 Aligning Supply Chain Resources

7.3.1 Alignment and Integration

7.3.2 A Technology Approach to Aligning Supply Chain Resources

7.3.3 Synchronization of Supply with Demand

7.3.4 Strategic Alliances and Alignment

7.3.5 Using a Supplier as an Alignment Partner to Meet Customer Demand

7.3.6 Optimizing Life Cycle Production with Produce-to-Demand

7.3.7 An Academic Perspective on Alignment

7.4 Other Alignment Topics

7.4.1 Strategy for Dealing with Explosive Growth During Introduction and Growth Stages of Product Life Cycle

7.4.2 Dealing with a Logistics in Seasonal Growth Surge

7.4.3 Contingency Planning as a Growth Strategy ...