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Collaborative Supply Chain Planning for the Orthopaedic Industry

OMTEC Presentation

Supply chain planning starts with a plan for customer demand, which then gets translated into a production and manufacturing plan, complemented by effective inventory management and network optimization for improved supply chain efficiencies in the long run. Traditional supply chains are driven by a halo mentality in which one function receives information from another and reacts with goods and service transfers or with more information. However, collaborative supply chains work on the basis of collective inputs from various supply chain participants including even the customer (CPFR) and the vendor (Supplier Managed Inventory and VMI).

This presentation we will discuss the key building blocks of supply chain collaboration including Demand Planning, New Product Development process, order fulfillment, manufacturing planning, integrated business planning (S&OP), customer focused planning, and a Supply Chain Score-card.