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What’s the Difference Between Fulfillment and Replenishment?

Supply Chain Game Changer

But what does that mean in terms of the Supply Chain? Fulfillment. Aside from the demand planning, customer order management, and supplier order management activities associated with Fulfillment most people traditionally think of Fulfillment in the context of the Warehouse or Distribution Centre.

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7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained

Supply Chain Opz

Back then, Anderson et al suggested that customer be segmented based on the service needs, namely, "sales and merchandising needs" and "order fulfillment needs". 3) Align Demand Planning Across Supply Chain. But in the reality, only Walmart is actively sharing the demand data to trading partners.