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White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
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White Papers
E-Business And The Supply Chain Management
Aug 2008
With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential...
Provided by Sayco
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White Papers
Getting To Win-Win: How Toyota Creates And Sustains Best-Practice Supplier Relationships
Mar 2010
Much has been written about "The Toyota Way" Why, then, add to that extensive body of publications? The answer is that many automotive executives that the authors talked with have raised questions...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Sourcing From China: Lessons From The Leaders
Jul 2007
As companies continue to stretch their supply chains around the globe, some are becoming adept at reaping the rewards of sourcing from rapidly economies (RDE5), such as China, India, and many...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
8 Ways To Boost Supply Chain Agility
Feb 2010
As the recent global recession deepened, some industries saw sales decline by 40 percent or more. Cash-strapped companies struggled with order cancellations, inventory pile-ups and underused...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Inventory Management & Finding The Right Outsource Partner
Jan 2010
The cost of inventory to a retailer is far greater than simply the invoice cost and freight. There are inventory carrying costs, shrink, damage and obsolescence costs, and even the cost of lost...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Move Old Inventory: Tips You Must Know
Jan 2009
Overall inventory turns help to determine a standard as to how often a company's inventory moves on an annual or monthly basis. Individual items can then be compared to the overall inventory....
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Consignment Inventory: What Is It And When Does It Make Sense To Use It
Jan 2010
Consignment Inventory is inventory that is in the possession of the customer, but is still owned by the supplier. In other words, the supplier places some of his inventory in his customer's...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
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White Papers
Negative Inventory: What You Don't Know May Make Things Worse
Jan 2010
People can get rather excited over negative inventory because the concept seems so ridiculous. Surprisingly, negative inventory is a very common occurrence and may even be a "normal" part of some...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
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White Papers
Just In Time (JIT) Inventory Model - Is It Effective?
Jun 2010
Just-in-time (JIT) refers to a collection of practices that is designed to eliminate waste. These organizational practices encompass the entire logistics flow of materials from purchasing through...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Drop Shipping And Virtual Inventories
Apr 2010
It seems as if nearly everything in the world can be done virtually. When you sit down in front of your computer you can create a whole other life for yourself complete with a house,...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Inventory Control With The Help From An Industrial Storage Company
May 2010
If you are in the business of selling consumer based products or goods, then you understand the importance of having the right inventory control. One way of providing the most competent customer...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Use Of Barcodes In Supply Chain Management
Mar 2010
Barcodes have influenced almost every aspect of Supply Chain Management. The use of barcodes makes business integration processes in supply chain management simpler and more efficient. Barcodes...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Bargaining Power And Supply Base Diversification
Dec 2009
Widespread poverty is an urgent challenge for the world. Creating opportunities for steady employment at reasonable wages is the best way to take people out of poverty. Reducing poverty through...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Integrated Optimization Of Procurement, Processing And Trade Of Commodities In A Network Environment
Apr 2010
In recent times there has been a growing dissatisfaction with both the market and the state as mechanisms to serve social needs, and to solve the interrelated social, economic and environmental...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Inventory Management With Partially Observed Nonstationary Demand
Jan 2009
The author considers a continuous-time model for inventory management with Markov modulated non-stationary demands. The author introduces active learning by assuming that the state of the world is...
Provided by Regents of the University of Michigan
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White Papers
Transportation And Logistics: Integrating Transportation Into Your Supply Chain
Dec 2009
There is much current talk about the importance and necessity of integrating the transportation function into the Supply Chain. It seems that, while there is much agreement on the value such...
Provided by Transite
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White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management/Transportation: Building A Global Network Of Scholars And Educators
Mar 2009
Much is understood about risk assessment and management related to general business operations. However, our understanding related specifically to effective assessment and management of Supply...
Provided by U.S. Department of Transportation
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White Papers
Controlling Transportation Activity And Spend: A Checklist For Transportation Executives
Jun 2009
Transportation remains one of the top five expenditures for manufacturers and distributors. As companies look to be more responsive to marketplace demand and economic fluctuations, gaining control...
Provided by Hitachi Consulting
-
White Papers
Five Key Obstacles To Building A Reliable Supplier Network For Small And Mid-Sized Manufacturers, And How Joining A Private Network Can Help Overcome These Obstacles
Sep 2009
For small and mid-sized manufacturers (less than $1 billion in revenues), the task of finding reliable and qualified suppliers can be even more difficult due to issues sited below. The top five...
Provided by PRIME ADVANTAGE
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White Papers
Creating Organizational And Personal Advantage Through Job Diversity
Jun 2009
Variety is an advantage. Broad sets of responsibilities and competencies are better than narrow ranges. One can do more with less. Supply management is responsible for everything. Challenge by...
Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group
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White Papers
A Solution For Transportation Planning In Supply Chain
Jun 2009
An advanced optimization system for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems (VRSP), which is one of the Supply Chain Planning modules, is introduced. An object oriented system, Computer Aided...
Provided by Sharif University of Technology
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White Papers
Key Performance Indicators For Responsible Sourcing: A Beyond Monitoring Trends Report
Oct 2009
Responsible sourcing practices have reached an inflection point. Leading companies are evolving their responsible sourcing programs from an approach based on policing compliance to one that goes...
Provided by BSR
-
White Papers
The Best Of Inventory: Fourteen Best Practices For Managing Your Merchandise
Jan 2010
Inventory management and forecasting are strategic issues. Companies that recognize this fact can typically provide higher levels of service to their customers and post higher profits. Developing...
Provided by F. Curtis Barry & Company
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White Papers
Turning Excess Retail Inventory Into Cash: How To Turn Excess Retail Inventory Into Cash
Jan 2010
Slowly, gradually, almost imperceptively over time, the percentage of dead inventory had grown. And as it was growing, the problem was thought to be modest, because the rate of growth appeared to...
Provided by Hurlbut & Associates
-
White Papers
Supplier Evaluation, Qualification And Selection Model: A Proposal
Mar 2008
The evaluation and selection of suppliers are strategic decisions to be made by the purchasing department with long-term implications. These decisions are highly complex and the most difficult...
Provided by Universidad de Oviedo
-
White Papers
Process Approach To supply Chain Integration
Sep 2008
Business renovation, the effective utilization of information technology and the role of business process modeling and simulation are all vital in supply chain integration projects. The main idea...
Provided by University of Ljubljana
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White Papers
Supply Chain Management In Emerging Markets - Implications Of Contextual Constraints For Internationalisation And Strategy
Sep 2008
The purpose of the paper is to explore the nature and implications of supply chain management in emerging markets. The paper is conceptual in nature, while it additionally draws on the author's...
Provided by Turku School of Economics
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White Papers
Trends In Supply Chain Management And Logistics Systems
Jun 2008
The objective of this paper is to discuss recent trends in approaches to supply chain management and logistics systems with particular reference to logistics centers. The literature on supply...
Provided by ESCAP
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White Papers
Electronic Supply Chain Management: Some Latest Issues And Practices
Nov 2007
Supply chain management (SCM), a management method to optimize internal costs and productivities, has evolved as an application of e-business technologies. SCM is a powerful strategic function...
Provided by King Saud University
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White Papers
Perspectives On Supply Chain Management And Corporate Real Estate
Jun 2010
A multinational company, trading and doing business all over, needs an effective real estate strategy to enable its global supply chain operations. Successful supply chain management solutions...
Provided by Jones Lang LaSalle
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White Papers
Towards A CRM And SCM Benefits Measurement Model
Jan 2009
Organizations invest heavily in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems, and their related infrastructure, presumably expecting positive benefits to the...
Provided by Queensland University of Technology
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Whitepapers
Three Steps To Improving Your Bottom Line With Better Inventory Management And Control
Jan 2008
Despite this realization, many manufacturers and distributors face stock shortages and overages, shrinkage, obsolescence, operation disruptions, purchasing problems, and difficulty picking and...
Provided by Intuit
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White Papers
Polymer Supply Chain Management
Jul 2009
A typical polymer supply chain network includes multiple plants, large number of storage terminals, customers and consignment locations, and complex distribution requirements. Here, the author...
Provided by Aspen Technology
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White Papers
Inventory Is The Store
Jun 2010
Successful retailing boils down to profitable inventory turn, and the best way to improve profitability and turn is to forget everything they thought that they knew about the mundane...
Provided by ZIH
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White Papers
Inventory Management Breakthrough: A New Approach To Measuring And Reducing Inventory Exposure In The Supply Chain
Feb 2009
The first and most fatal flaw is that inventory is a post-performance metric. In other words, companies only recognize that there is a problem once they have the inventory on hand. By then, it is...
Provided by Kinaxis
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White Papers
Evolution To World-Class Inventory Management
Jan 2010
The evolution from elementary to world-class inventory management is one of progressive organizational maturity and management focus. This white paper provides an overview of the growth process...
Provided by Tompkins Associates
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White Papers
A Shared Vision Of Supply Chain Integration
Dec 2009
This white paper will be of interest to treasury, trade and procurement staff at companies that have either domestic or cross-border payables and receivables, or both. Articulate emerging...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Optimizing Performance Across Your Supply Chain
Dec 2007
Typically a manufacturer or distributor referred to its supply chain it primarily considered business processes directly within its control. Yes customers and vendors mattered, but these factors...
Provided by Information Builders
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White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management/Transportation: Building A Global Network Of Scholars And Educators
Mar 2009
Much is understood about risk assessment and management related to general business operations. However, our understanding related specifically to effective assessment and management of Supply...
Provided by U.S. Department of Transportation
-
White Papers
Transportation And Logistics: Integrating Transportation Into Your Supply Chain
Dec 2009
There is much current talk about the importance and necessity of integrating the transportation function into the Supply Chain. It seems that, while there is much agreement on the value such...
Provided by Transite
-
White Papers
Inventory Management With Partially Observed Nonstationary Demand
Jan 2009
The author considers a continuous-time model for inventory management with Markov modulated non-stationary demands. The author introduces active learning by assuming that the state of the world is...
Provided by Regents of the University of Michigan
-
White Papers
Integrated Optimization Of Procurement, Processing And Trade Of Commodities In A Network Environment
Apr 2010
In recent times there has been a growing dissatisfaction with both the market and the state as mechanisms to serve social needs, and to solve the interrelated social, economic and environmental...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Bargaining Power And Supply Base Diversification
Dec 2009
Widespread poverty is an urgent challenge for the world. Creating opportunities for steady employment at reasonable wages is the best way to take people out of poverty. Reducing poverty through...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Use Of Barcodes In Supply Chain Management
Mar 2010
Barcodes have influenced almost every aspect of Supply Chain Management. The use of barcodes makes business integration processes in supply chain management simpler and more efficient. Barcodes...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Inventory Control With The Help From An Industrial Storage Company
May 2010
If you are in the business of selling consumer based products or goods, then you understand the importance of having the right inventory control. One way of providing the most competent customer...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Drop Shipping And Virtual Inventories
Apr 2010
It seems as if nearly everything in the world can be done virtually. When you sit down in front of your computer you can create a whole other life for yourself complete with a house,...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Just In Time (JIT) Inventory Model - Is It Effective?
Jun 2010
Just-in-time (JIT) refers to a collection of practices that is designed to eliminate waste. These organizational practices encompass the entire logistics flow of materials from purchasing through...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Negative Inventory: What You Don't Know May Make Things Worse
Jan 2010
People can get rather excited over negative inventory because the concept seems so ridiculous. Surprisingly, negative inventory is a very common occurrence and may even be a "normal" part of some...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
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White Papers
Consignment Inventory: What Is It And When Does It Make Sense To Use It
Jan 2010
Consignment Inventory is inventory that is in the possession of the customer, but is still owned by the supplier. In other words, the supplier places some of his inventory in his customer's...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
-
White Papers
How To Move Old Inventory: Tips You Must Know
Jan 2009
Overall inventory turns help to determine a standard as to how often a company's inventory moves on an annual or monthly basis. Individual items can then be compared to the overall inventory....
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Inventory Management & Finding The Right Outsource Partner
Jan 2010
The cost of inventory to a retailer is far greater than simply the invoice cost and freight. There are inventory carrying costs, shrink, damage and obsolescence costs, and even the cost of lost...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
8 Ways To Boost Supply Chain Agility
Feb 2010
As the recent global recession deepened, some industries saw sales decline by 40 percent or more. Cash-strapped companies struggled with order cancellations, inventory pile-ups and underused...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Sourcing From China: Lessons From The Leaders
Jul 2007
As companies continue to stretch their supply chains around the globe, some are becoming adept at reaping the rewards of sourcing from rapidly economies (RDE5), such as China, India, and many...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Getting To Win-Win: How Toyota Creates And Sustains Best-Practice Supplier Relationships
Mar 2010
Much has been written about "The Toyota Way" Why, then, add to that extensive body of publications? The answer is that many automotive executives that the authors talked with have raised questions...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
E-Business And The Supply Chain Management
Aug 2008
With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential...
Provided by Sayco
-
White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
-
White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
White Papers
Improving Retail Supply Chain Planning
Jan 2010
The functional areas of distribution, inbound logistics, and outbound transportation rely on good supply chain volume plans (units or cartons to be processed) as a starting point to build a budget...
Provided by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group
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White Papers
Applying The 80/20 Rule To Your Inventory
Apr 2010
The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle, simply means that roughly 80 percent of the effects of anything you might be doing come from 20 percent of the causes. For example, 80 percent...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Demand Estimation And Assortment Optimization Under Substitution: Methodology And Application
Dec 2007
Assortment planning at a retailer entails both selecting the set of products to be carried and setting inventory levels for each product. The authors study an assortment planning model in which...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Supplier Networks, The OEM Hub And Sourcing Efficiency
Oct 2007
in this paper, the authors explore how sourcing costs within a firm's supply chain can be better managed by managing upstream supply network of the .rm. Building on the three-year empirical...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Evolution Of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research
Feb 2008
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the field of closed-loop supply chains with a strong business perspective, i.e., the authors focus on profitable value recovery from...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Seeking Inventory Control Answers Via Research. Incomplete Inventory Information: The Next Challenge In Inventory Control
Jul 2008
Inventory control is one of the most important topics in management science. A systematic analysis of inventory problems began with the development of the classical Economic Order Quantity formula...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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White Papers
Slotting Allowances And Endogenous Shelf Space
Jun 2009
Slotting allowances are upfront payments that manufacturers make to retailers to obtain shelf space. They are widespread in the grocery industry and are of concern to antitrust policy makers...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r; nQ; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Aug 2008
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r; nQ; T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Serial Supply Chains With Economies Of Scale: Bounds And Approximations
Aug 2007
The authors consider two models of stochastic serial inventory systems with economies of scale for which the forms of optimal policies are known. In the first model, each stage has a fixed-order...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Optimal And Heuristic Echelon (s; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Dec 2007
This paper considers a periodic-review, serial inventory system with echelon (s; T) policies. This paper assumes that a fixed cost is incurred for each inventory review, and provides a method to...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Quality, Operational Logistics Strategy, And Repurchase Intentions: A Profile Deviation Analysis
Oct 2007
The last decade has seen an increased focus on eBusiness as a method to create customer-driven value in a firm's logistics operations (e.g., Boyer and Olson 2002; Esper et al. 2003; Rodrigues,...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
Spread Components In The Hungarian Forint-Euro Market
Jan 2010
The authors apply the spread decomposition model by Huang and Stoll (1997) to a new data set on the Hungarian Forint-Euro market. The results show differences between the small and less liquid...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
The Customer Value Proposition Should Drive Supply Chain Design: An Example In Mass Retailing
Oct 2009
A successful company typically starts with a deep understanding of customer needs in a segment and translates these needs into a value proposition. Then it develops its supply chain capability to...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Evaluation Of Supply Chains With Inventory Record Inaccuracy And Implications On IT Investments
Mar 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Inventory Management Of A Fast-Fashion Retail Network
Aug 2007
Working in collaboration with Spain-based retailer Zara, Authors address the problem of distributing over time a limited amount of inventory across all the stores in a fast-fashion retail network....
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Single-Stage Bounds For Optimal Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Non-Stationary Demand
Mar 2010
This paper considers a two-stage serial inventory system with a finite planning horizon. The downstream stage, referred to as stage 1, orders from stage 2, which orders from an external supplier...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Optimizing Replenishment Intervals For Two-Echelon Distribution Systems With Fixed Order Costs
Mar 2010
The authors consider a periodic-review inventory system with one warehouse and N non-identical retailers. Each location has a positive lead time and orders according to a base-stock policy in...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Coordination Mechanisms In Decentralized Serial Inventory Systems With Batch Ordering
Feb 2009
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial supply chain in which materials are ordered and shipped according to R(nQ) policies. Three information scenarios are considered, depending on the level...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Evaluation Of Cycle-Count Policies For Supply Chains With Inventory Inaccuracy And Implications On RFID Investments
Nov 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
The Hollow Corporation Revisited: Can Governance Mechanisms Substitute For Technical Expertise In Managing Buyer-Supplier Relationships?
Oct 2009
This paper considers how a firm's system of exchange skills including internal technical expertise and supplier governance mechanisms influence supplier performance, both independently and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Performance: Real-Time Demand Information And Flexible Deliveries
Jul 2009
In some supply chains, materials are ordered periodically according to local information. This paper investigates how to improve the performance of such a supply chain. Specifically, the authors...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
-
White Papers
E-Business And The Supply Chain Management
Aug 2008
With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential...
Provided by Sayco
-
White Papers
Getting To Win-Win: How Toyota Creates And Sustains Best-Practice Supplier Relationships
Mar 2010
Much has been written about "The Toyota Way" Why, then, add to that extensive body of publications? The answer is that many automotive executives that the authors talked with have raised questions...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Sourcing From China: Lessons From The Leaders
Jul 2007
As companies continue to stretch their supply chains around the globe, some are becoming adept at reaping the rewards of sourcing from rapidly economies (RDE5), such as China, India, and many...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Inventory Management & Finding The Right Outsource Partner
Jan 2010
The cost of inventory to a retailer is far greater than simply the invoice cost and freight. There are inventory carrying costs, shrink, damage and obsolescence costs, and even the cost of lost...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
How To Move Old Inventory: Tips You Must Know
Jan 2009
Overall inventory turns help to determine a standard as to how often a company's inventory moves on an annual or monthly basis. Individual items can then be compared to the overall inventory....
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Consignment Inventory: What Is It And When Does It Make Sense To Use It
Jan 2010
Consignment Inventory is inventory that is in the possession of the customer, but is still owned by the supplier. In other words, the supplier places some of his inventory in his customer's...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
-
White Papers
Negative Inventory: What You Don't Know May Make Things Worse
Jan 2010
People can get rather excited over negative inventory because the concept seems so ridiculous. Surprisingly, negative inventory is a very common occurrence and may even be a "normal" part of some...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
-
White Papers
Just In Time (JIT) Inventory Model - Is It Effective?
Jun 2010
Just-in-time (JIT) refers to a collection of practices that is designed to eliminate waste. These organizational practices encompass the entire logistics flow of materials from purchasing through...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Drop Shipping And Virtual Inventories
Apr 2010
It seems as if nearly everything in the world can be done virtually. When you sit down in front of your computer you can create a whole other life for yourself complete with a house,...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Inventory Control With The Help From An Industrial Storage Company
May 2010
If you are in the business of selling consumer based products or goods, then you understand the importance of having the right inventory control. One way of providing the most competent customer...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Use Of Barcodes In Supply Chain Management
Mar 2010
Barcodes have influenced almost every aspect of Supply Chain Management. The use of barcodes makes business integration processes in supply chain management simpler and more efficient. Barcodes...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Bargaining Power And Supply Base Diversification
Dec 2009
Widespread poverty is an urgent challenge for the world. Creating opportunities for steady employment at reasonable wages is the best way to take people out of poverty. Reducing poverty through...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Integrated Optimization Of Procurement, Processing And Trade Of Commodities In A Network Environment
Apr 2010
In recent times there has been a growing dissatisfaction with both the market and the state as mechanisms to serve social needs, and to solve the interrelated social, economic and environmental...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Inventory Management With Partially Observed Nonstationary Demand
Jan 2009
The author considers a continuous-time model for inventory management with Markov modulated non-stationary demands. The author introduces active learning by assuming that the state of the world is...
Provided by Regents of the University of Michigan
-
White Papers
Transportation And Logistics: Integrating Transportation Into Your Supply Chain
Dec 2009
There is much current talk about the importance and necessity of integrating the transportation function into the Supply Chain. It seems that, while there is much agreement on the value such...
Provided by Transite
-
White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management/Transportation: Building A Global Network Of Scholars And Educators
Mar 2009
Much is understood about risk assessment and management related to general business operations. However, our understanding related specifically to effective assessment and management of Supply...
Provided by U.S. Department of Transportation
-
White Papers
Controlling Transportation Activity And Spend: A Checklist For Transportation Executives
Jun 2009
Transportation remains one of the top five expenditures for manufacturers and distributors. As companies look to be more responsive to marketplace demand and economic fluctuations, gaining control...
Provided by Hitachi Consulting
-
White Papers
Five Key Obstacles To Building A Reliable Supplier Network For Small And Mid-Sized Manufacturers, And How Joining A Private Network Can Help Overcome These Obstacles
Sep 2009
For small and mid-sized manufacturers (less than $1 billion in revenues), the task of finding reliable and qualified suppliers can be even more difficult due to issues sited below. The top five...
Provided by PRIME ADVANTAGE
-
White Papers
Creating Organizational And Personal Advantage Through Job Diversity
Jun 2009
Variety is an advantage. Broad sets of responsibilities and competencies are better than narrow ranges. One can do more with less. Supply management is responsible for everything. Challenge by...
Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group
-
White Papers
A Solution For Transportation Planning In Supply Chain
Jun 2009
An advanced optimization system for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems (VRSP), which is one of the Supply Chain Planning modules, is introduced. An object oriented system, Computer Aided...
Provided by Sharif University of Technology
-
White Papers
Key Performance Indicators For Responsible Sourcing: A Beyond Monitoring Trends Report
Oct 2009
Responsible sourcing practices have reached an inflection point. Leading companies are evolving their responsible sourcing programs from an approach based on policing compliance to one that goes...
Provided by BSR
-
White Papers
The Best Of Inventory: Fourteen Best Practices For Managing Your Merchandise
Jan 2010
Inventory management and forecasting are strategic issues. Companies that recognize this fact can typically provide higher levels of service to their customers and post higher profits. Developing...
Provided by F. Curtis Barry & Company
-
White Papers
Turning Excess Retail Inventory Into Cash: How To Turn Excess Retail Inventory Into Cash
Jan 2010
Slowly, gradually, almost imperceptively over time, the percentage of dead inventory had grown. And as it was growing, the problem was thought to be modest, because the rate of growth appeared to...
Provided by Hurlbut & Associates
-
White Papers
Supplier Evaluation, Qualification And Selection Model: A Proposal
Mar 2008
The evaluation and selection of suppliers are strategic decisions to be made by the purchasing department with long-term implications. These decisions are highly complex and the most difficult...
Provided by Universidad de Oviedo
-
White Papers
Process Approach To supply Chain Integration
Sep 2008
Business renovation, the effective utilization of information technology and the role of business process modeling and simulation are all vital in supply chain integration projects. The main idea...
Provided by University of Ljubljana
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Management In Emerging Markets - Implications Of Contextual Constraints For Internationalisation And Strategy
Sep 2008
The purpose of the paper is to explore the nature and implications of supply chain management in emerging markets. The paper is conceptual in nature, while it additionally draws on the author's...
Provided by Turku School of Economics
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White Papers
Trends In Supply Chain Management And Logistics Systems
Jun 2008
The objective of this paper is to discuss recent trends in approaches to supply chain management and logistics systems with particular reference to logistics centers. The literature on supply...
Provided by ESCAP
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White Papers
Electronic Supply Chain Management: Some Latest Issues And Practices
Nov 2007
Supply chain management (SCM), a management method to optimize internal costs and productivities, has evolved as an application of e-business technologies. SCM is a powerful strategic function...
Provided by King Saud University
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White Papers
Perspectives On Supply Chain Management And Corporate Real Estate
Jun 2010
A multinational company, trading and doing business all over, needs an effective real estate strategy to enable its global supply chain operations. Successful supply chain management solutions...
Provided by Jones Lang LaSalle
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Towards A CRM And SCM Benefits Measurement Model
Jan 2009
Organizations invest heavily in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems, and their related infrastructure, presumably expecting positive benefits to the...
Provided by Queensland University of Technology
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Whitepapers
Three Steps To Improving Your Bottom Line With Better Inventory Management And Control
Jan 2008
Despite this realization, many manufacturers and distributors face stock shortages and overages, shrinkage, obsolescence, operation disruptions, purchasing problems, and difficulty picking and...
Provided by Intuit
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Polymer Supply Chain Management
Jul 2009
A typical polymer supply chain network includes multiple plants, large number of storage terminals, customers and consignment locations, and complex distribution requirements. Here, the author...
Provided by Aspen Technology
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Inventory Is The Store
Jun 2010
Successful retailing boils down to profitable inventory turn, and the best way to improve profitability and turn is to forget everything they thought that they knew about the mundane...
Provided by ZIH
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White Papers
Inventory Management Breakthrough: A New Approach To Measuring And Reducing Inventory Exposure In The Supply Chain
Feb 2009
The first and most fatal flaw is that inventory is a post-performance metric. In other words, companies only recognize that there is a problem once they have the inventory on hand. By then, it is...
Provided by Kinaxis
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Evolution To World-Class Inventory Management
Jan 2010
The evolution from elementary to world-class inventory management is one of progressive organizational maturity and management focus. This white paper provides an overview of the growth process...
Provided by Tompkins Associates
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A Shared Vision Of Supply Chain Integration
Dec 2009
This white paper will be of interest to treasury, trade and procurement staff at companies that have either domestic or cross-border payables and receivables, or both. Articulate emerging...
Provided by Bank of America
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Optimizing Performance Across Your Supply Chain
Dec 2007
Typically a manufacturer or distributor referred to its supply chain it primarily considered business processes directly within its control. Yes customers and vendors mattered, but these factors...
Provided by Information Builders
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SAS Analytics For Inventory Optimization
Jul 2007
Inventory optimization has been residing in the realm of the business innovator or supply chain visionary. Forward-thinking companies have taken these toolsets and shown huge improvements to...
Provided by SAS Institute
