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The objective of supply chain logistics - to provide goods to the right place at the right time in the right quantity - is
easy to understand, but achieving this objective while minimizing costs is not an easy task. (...)
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The objective of supply chain logistics - to provide goods to the right
place at the right time in the right quantity - is easy to understand, but...
Published:
2001-12-02
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There are critical objectives that Supply Chain Management Software must satisfy to meet the challenges faced by wholesale
distributors. (...)
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There are critical objectives that Supply Chain Management Software must satisfy to meet the challenges faced by wholesale
distributors.
Published:
2001-09-12
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Through this effort, they express how their customers, and the industry in general, are creating a more
innovative supply chain. (...)
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Thro...
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2001-12-08
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The dynamics of today’s global supply chain are changing rapidly because of volatile fuel costs, overseas wage increases,
security concerns, and global economic issues. In this environment, some US manufacturers are exploring ways to claim a competitive
advantage by bringing operations back to the US. (...)
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Right-shoring: Claiming Competitive Advantage by Managing Complexity across the Changing Global Supply
Chain. Source: Exel. Document ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Transforming an enterprise to a lean supply chain requires both enabling technology and discipline. By following some specific
guidelines to extend lean methodology, you can proceed through your supply chain transformation to become effectively lean. (...)
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Transforming an enterprise to a lean supply chain requires both enabling technology and discipline. By following some specific
guidelines to exten...
Published:
2005-09-14
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Abstract:
The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requirements for a Supply Chain Planning (SCP) system. This article discusses some of these unique needs. (...)
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requir...
Published:
2002-08-04
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Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and key operational metrics? Do they have the tools to available to consider a broad set of possible
options and their inherent trade-offs? (...)
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Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance She...
Published:
2003-07-21
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To meet these challenges, heavy investments have been made in extensive spare ad replacement parts networks. (...)
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To mee...
Published:
2005-07-30
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Abstract:
Since supply chains, by definition, are about the end-to-end inter-enterprise process, we highlight the growing importance
of looking outside your four walls when thinking about supply chain performance management. If you are overwhelmed by the
number of supply chain measures you are tracking, it’s bet (...)
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Since supply chains, by definition, are about the end-to-end inter-enterprise process, we highlight the growing importance
of looking outside your...
Published:
2005-05-20
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Globalization, the Internet, and demand-driven supply networks are driving technology change. When it comes to supply chain
management, globalization has created a need for supply network integration and real time data with event visibility. (...)
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Globalization, the Internet, and demand-driven supply networks are driving technology change. When it comes to supply chain
management, globalizat...
Published:
2006-02-09
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If the key financial metrics for creating corporate value relate to costs, capital charges and consumption, and profitability,
then the corporate capabilities or competencies required to drive those metrics must include controlling supply chain costs,
managing supply chain cycle time, and optimizing resp (...)
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If the key financial metrics for creating corporate value relate to costs, capital charges and consumption, and profitability,
then the corporate ...
Published:
2002-11-12
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This is a transcript of an audio conference on Supply Chain Management presented by TechnologyEvaluation.Com. The presentation
used the TEC patented selection engine WebTESS, to conduct a live real time evaluation and selection. It then reviewed the
critical differentiating supply chain management crite (...)
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This is a transcript of an audio conference on Supply Chain Management presented by TechnologyEvaluation.Com. The presentation
used the TEC patent...
Published:
2000-06-23
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Abstract:
Traditionally, the consumer packaged goods supply has been driven to market mostly by upstream manufacturers. But progressive
companies are realizing the enduring value of being driven by the market, and they are starting to use demand as a guiding
light. (...)
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Traditionally, the consumer packaged goods supply has been driven to market mostly by upstream manufacturers. But progressive
companies are realiz...
Published:
2009-08-26
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If you're in the supply chain business, right up there with Newton's law of gravity stands Murphy's other law stipulating
that demand and supply, if left to their own tendencies, will always tend to diverge and get you in trouble. Welcome to
the world of predictive demand and supply planning whose miss (...)
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If you're in the supply chain business, right up there with Newton's
law of gravity stands Murphy's other law stipulating that demand and supply, ...
Published:
2004-12-23
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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Abstract:
Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right.
Looking for a precise calculation of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Abstract:
Because the technology has become easier to implement, use, and maintain, many of the challenges to achieving the benefits
that supply chain management software applications can provide have been removed. (...)
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Because the technology has become easier to implement, use, and maintain, many of the challenges to achieving the benefits
that supply chain manag...
Published:
2001-09-14
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Here we are in the New Year. So, what should the going forward picture be of the Supply Chain portfolio? Something old, something
new, something from a service provider, something blue. OK, enough of that. (...)
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Here we are in the New Year. So, what should the going forward picture be of the Supply Chain portfolio? Something old, something
new, something f...
Published:
2004-02-12
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November 2, 1999 05:30 PM BARNEVELD, Netherlands and HERNDON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Baan Company N.V., a global provider
of enterprise business solutions, today announced the release of two major new additions to its Supply Chain Solutions suite:
Baan Supply Chain Solutions Planner 2.0 for factory (...)
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November 2, 1999 05:30 PM BARNEVELD, Netherlands and HERNDON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Baan Company NV, a global provider
of enterprise busin...
Published:
1999-11-08
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Abstract:
Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right.
Looking for a precise calculation of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18