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Segment Supply Chains Align Strategy 4110300 3 Supply Chain, Segmentation, Demand, Supply, Product, Market, Customer, Capabilities, Strategy, Align Dividing a business into subsets ('supply chains') of product/market combinations that have common needs. Supply chain segmentation is dependent upon product segmentation and market segmentation strategies and typically involves understanding product and market characteristics
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Segment Supply Chains
The activities associated with dividing a business into subsets ('supply chains') of product/market combinations that have common needs. Supply chain segmentation is dependent upon product segmentation and market segmentation strategies and typically involves understanding product and market characteristics.
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Supply Chain Segmentation Matrix. A tool for grouping, visualizing, structuring the analysis of a business and determining the supply chains required to meet customer expectations and strategic objectives. The matrix links the supply and demand:
- Demand
- Market
- Geography
- Customer types -- Business-to-Business, Business-to-Customer, Business-to-Employee, Business-to-Government, Consumer-to-Consumer
- Customer needs -- Speed, Cost, Reliability
- Customer requirements -- Mode of transport, VMI, Express Delivery, Customized Delivery
- Supply
- Product, product families or product lines
- Geography
- Type (Discrete/Process)
- Make/Buy
- Process capabilities -- Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, Engineer-to-Order, Reverse Logistics
- Technology
Alternative methods include the Two-by-Two matrix. Supply Chain Outline
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| ID | Name | Clear | x |
|---|---|---|---|
| B2B | Business-to-Business | B2B | |
| B2C | Business-to-Customer | B2C | |
| B2E | Business-to-Employee | B2E | |
| B2G | Business-to-Government | B2G | |
| C2C | Consumer-to-Consumer | C2C | |
| ETO | Engineer-to-Order | ETO | |
| MTO | Make-to-Order | MTO | |
| MTS | Make-to-Stock | MTS | |
| RL | Reverse Logistics | RL | |
| SCO | Supply Chain Outline | SCO |