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Through a restructuring plan, Avon has downsized the company aimed at improving supply-chain and global manufacturing efficiencies.
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Details of that plan are still evolving, said Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation, a U.S. trade group.
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What is new is that as manufacturing companies pursue these goals in an increasingly globalized supply chain, they need vastly improved information to design, plan, execute and measure operations across a complex and varied environment.
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If Qualcomm were to plan for orders from Apple, there would be a ripple effect through the supply chain.
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It is restructuring its supply-chain and manufacturing network in Australia as part of its global productivity plan.
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"It's about moving goods and replenishment and the ability to plan, " says Eric Nilsson , a vice president at Infor , a consultancy specializing in supply chain management.
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The other plan endorsed by the European retailers "introduces requirements, including governance and dispute resolution mechanisms, on supply chain matters that are appropriately left to retailers, suppliers and government, and are unnecessary to achieve fire and safety goals, " he said.
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