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"In the last few decades efficient supply chain management has emerged as a critical component of shareholder and customer value creation. Effective SCs are increasingly buyer driven; starting with understanding the buyer\u2019s needs and subsequently working backwards through the supply chain. The implications are now visible with Supply chain management even being called \u2018demand chain management\u2019. But excessive focus on satisfying the customer by offering multitude of variants can increase the supply chain costs exponentially, especially when the organization tries to achieve responsiveness simultaneously."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.mbaskool.com/business-articles/operations/1191-a-case-for-supplier-segmentation.html>