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Optimal Service-Parts Management: Lessons From the Cat Logistics Services, Inc. Best-In-Class Processes for Demand Planning

Overview This paper describes the best-in-class processes of Cat Logistics Services, Inc. The paper focuses on demand planning. Cat Logistics has leveraged its decades of experience managing large multitier networks and supporting the service-parts logistics needs of global companies to develop best-in-class processes that are applicable across a range of industries. The quality of service that organizations deliver can be a key competitive differentiator. And the quality and timeliness of that service delivery is directly impacted by the availability of parts that are needed to successfully conclude that service.

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Publisher	SAP	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2006	Downloads	32
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Warehouse Inventory Management, Service Level Management

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