| 81. |
Value Cycle Management: A "Non-Linear" Approach to Supply Chain Management by Exact Software
Abstract : Companies are moving away from the linear production path of the supply chain to embrace value cycle management (VCM). VCM is the optimization of supply chain functions across all levels of suppliers, partners, and customers through the integration, collaboration, and synchronization of technology, data, and people-centric processes. Learn how companies can employ VCM to make business processes smoother, more productive, and more profitable.
Type: White Paper
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| 82. |
The Bottom Line on Bad Customer Data by Baseline Consulting
Abstract : You can blame your sales people all you want, but if the lead data is bad, they’re not going to bring in business. You can blame your product managers for ineffective promotions, but if the target lists are redundant, the pitches fall on deaf ears. You can blame your customer service representatives for low satisfaction scores, but if customer data is missing, then no wonder the complaint resolution pipeline is backed up. Think it’s your customer resource management (CRM) system? Think again. It’s bad data, and it’s costing you millions. Request your copy of The Bottom Line on Bad Customer Data that delivers detailed advice from Jill Dyche, partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting, about what you can do to address the impact of bad data on your company. The report gives you insight into how bad data is impacting your company and what you can do about it. How to identify where the bad data is and quantify its impact, and different approaches to determine the sources and causes of bad data are all offered in this paper.
Type: White Paper
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| 83. |
Can Webplan Reconcile Planning and Execution? Part Two: Market Impact (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 1, 2004 Abstract : Increasingly, every user company's success is contingent upon its ability to make an almost immediate finished product or service delivery to customers. As supply chains become more dynamic and operate in near real-time, the lines between planning and execution continue to blur, which bodes well for their functional convergence. Thus, some supply chain execution (SCE) vendors have started to move beyond pure execution to offer some planning and optimization capabilities, often with the 'adaptive' moniker.
Type: Article
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| 84. |
Bridging the Reality Gap Between Planning and Execution Part One: The Problem (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 16, 2004 Abstract : At sites where both planning and execution modules are stand-alone implementations, neither deliver enough benefit because there are almost always manual connections and processes between these two crucial supply chain management (SCM) areas. Yet, planning and execution in the supply chain are slowly but surely converging because no plan is useful if it cannot be executed.
Type: Article
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| 85. |
Extending Quality's Reach to Manage Quality in the Supply Chain (3 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Jan 20, 2006 Abstract : Quality does not start at the receiving dock and end at the shipping dock. The focus on the supply chain demands that the quality department be involved from the beginning to the end of the supply chain.
Type: Article
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| 86. |
Supply Chain Economy (3 Pages)
by Ann Grackin
Sep 6, 2005 Abstract : The US Labor Department reported an increase in jobs in June and July ... but the manufacturing industry cut jobs for a third month in a row. We are moving from a manufacturing economy to a supply chain economy. This article gives the big picture.
Type: Article
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| 87. |
Supply Chain Planning – Issues for Continuous Chemical Companies (5 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Aug 4, 2002 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.
Type: Article
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| 88. |
Does Supply Chain Management Software Make Sense in Wholesale Distribution? Part 2: The Critical Objectives (7 Pages)
by Mark Wells
Sep 12, 2001 Abstract : There are critical objectives that Supply Chain Management Software must satisfy to meet the challenges faced by wholesale distributors.
Type: Article
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| 89. |
Supply Chain Planning – Issues for Continuous Chemical Companies (5 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Oct 16, 2000 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.
Type: Article
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| 90. |
The Essential Supply Chain (4 Pages)
by Steve McVey
Dec 28, 2002 Abstract : Supply Chain Management (SCM) once viewed as a way to obtain a competitive advantage, is now perceived as a logical and necessary extension of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reasons: First, traditional ERP systems lack the advanced planning tools necessary for companies to respond to an increasingly competitive business environment. Second, advances in computing power and data transmission enable disparate entities to communicate efficiently and at a low cost. Finally, vendors have observed the complementary nature of SCM and ERP and are engaged in consolidation of their product suites.
Type: Article
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