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New Data Triggers for International Supply Chain Finance (5 Pages)
by David Gustin
Jul 8, 2005 Abstract : Corporations have drastically changed their global supply chain models over a short period. The market is also in the early stages of migrating to data triggered finance, creating opportunities for banks and logistic companies to develop international supply chain finance solutions.
Type: Article
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Predictive Demand Supply (5 Pages)
by Lonnie Childs
Dec 23, 2004 Abstract : 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 mission is to predict imbalances as far in advance as possible, in order to provide ample time and opportunity to design and implement corrective sales and operations solutions. So how do we design a system for identifying potential issues and expressing them via a commonly understood key process indicator (KPI) where the cause and effect of our actions can be readily measured? Read this article by the former director of Dell's operations and demand management.
Type: Article
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Service Supply Chain Strategies to Increase Corporate Profitability (6 Pages)
by Morris Cohen
Jun 22, 2004 Abstract : This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service management decision hierarchy, and highlights the dramatic value proposition available to companies that deploy advanced service strategies and decision-support tools to address these challenges. Brief case studies from leading service organizations Cisco and KLA-Tencor show examples of successful deployments of service supply chain strategies.
Type: Article
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mySAP® - Supply Chain Management by SAP
Abstract : This document describes how SAP’s mySAP supply chain management (SCM) software can help a company transform its sequential supply chain into an adaptive supply chain network to remain competitive and successful.
Type: White Paper
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Increasing the Value of Your Enterprise Through Improved Supply Chain Decisions Part 3: Conclusion (3 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Nov 13, 2002 Abstract : There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However, executives who bear bottom line responsibility for the performance of the enterprise would do well to evaluate every potential new program from the perspective outlined here.
Type: Article
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Increasing the Value of Your Enterprise Through Improved Supply Chain Decisions (3 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Nov 11, 2002 Abstract : Improving the decision process around inventory and supply chain flexibility will drive sustainable, measurable benefits in the near term that are disproportionate to the effort required.
Type: Article
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Does Supply Chain Management Software Make Sense in Wholesale Distribution? Part 3: Meeting the Objectives (5 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Sep 14, 2001 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.
Type: Article
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| 38. |
SCT Fygir To Lubricate Valvoline’s Supply Chain (3 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Jul 25, 2000 Abstract : On the heels of its win at Equilon, SCT Corporation recently secured another high-profile contract in the petroleum products sector with Valvoline, the $1.1 billion lube oil division of Ashland Inc.
Type: Article
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Computer Associates, Baan Japan and EXE Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide Total Supply Chain Management Solutions (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 13, 1999 Abstract : On October 4, Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA), Baan Japan, and EXE Inc. announced a strategic alliance designed to enable Japanese companies to create total solutions for the rapidly growing supply chain management (SCM) field. The companies will jointly market the new solutions, which will be built on Unicenter TNG, CA's industry-leading enterprise management software.
Type: Article
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How to Optimize Application Integration in Manufacturing by Cast Iron Systems
Abstract : Data integration is a key enabler for supply chain modernization. Competition is driving increased integration of the supply chain, both due to direct cost pressures and to increased globalization. There can be little doubt that well implemented supply chain integration saves labor costs and improves inventory control. This has often been a complex and costly proposition. Standards, improved products and a common understanding of best practices for distributed systems are reducing the price of entry to supply chain automation. This will, in turn drive broader integration of manufacturing and distribution endpoints.
Type: White Paper
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