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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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Consumers frequently order products using iPods, iPhones, smartphones and tablets and expect to receive their product within 24 to 48 hours. Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Yet remaining profitable and fast. 9]George C.

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

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Back then, Anderson et al suggested that customer be segmented based on the service needs, namely, "sales and merchandising needs" and "order fulfillment needs". However, in 2003 Robert Kaplan said that its difficult to maintain an ABC costing model to reflect the changes in activities, processes, products and customers.