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White Papers
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
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White Papers
The Demand-Driven Supply Chain
Jan 2009
The report was based on desk research and in-depth interviews with executives from around the world about the challenges and opportunities they face in developing more demand-driven global supply...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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Whitepapers
Orchestrating The Chain Supply Chain Performance Management
Jul 2009
The business value of supply chain visibility is simple: it helps one to understand their company's performance. It creates a common context for decision-making across every department and at...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Inventory Rationalization And Right Sizing Strategies
Mar 2009
The impact of inventory on cash flow can be devastating, resulting in everything from payable extensions to missed payrolls and loan defaults. Still, despite the lean six sigma purists who preach...
Provided by Kinaxis
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White Papers
How The Logistics Industry Is Driving An Evolution In Software-As-A-Service
Aug 2009
The software as a service (SaaS) model has been widely embraced thanks to the numerous advantages that on-demand solutions deliver to multiple industries. Logistics-intensive organizations,...
Provided by Descartes Systems Group
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White Papers
Collaborative Transportation Management - Creating Value Through Increased Transportation Efficiencies
Feb 2008
The latest concept in the fields of transportation, logistics and supply chain management is that of 'supply chain collaboration'. One of the recent extensions of the supply chain collaboration...
Provided by CPFR
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White Papers
Challenges And Risks Of RFID Adoption In Manufacturing And Logistics
Jul 2009
RFID has also opened the door to a new era in logistics management or Supply Chain Management (SCM) respectively and to optimization of manufacturing processes. The paper is to highlight selected...
Provided by Technical University of Kosice
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White Papers
Meeting The Challenges Of Supply Chain Management
Feb 2008
Price and margin erosion, high logistics cost, increasingly shorter life cycles, the acceleration of product introductions and a competitive imperative to maintain product availability "On the...
Provided by MeriTalk
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White Papers
The Value Of A Supply Chain Partner
Oct 2009
This paper is for professionals who want to improve business performance through better product design, lower manufacturing costs and lower supply chain investment. With the increasing ease of...
Provided by Trusted Supply Chain Partners
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White Papers
The Benefits And Challenges Of New Technologies In Global Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Non-business professionals should be able to grasp the concept presented in this paper. The general tendency or spirit of this paper shall be to educate the reader or raise attention as to the...
Provided by University of Indianapolis
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White Papers
Bringing Products To Market: Supply Chains Vs. Value Webs
Nov 2007
Companies scramble to satisfy ever-increasing customer demands for customized products, on-time delivery, and complete order fulfillment. Simultaneously, competition intensifies accompanied by...
Provided by Florida A&M University
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White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Traceability Using RFID Technology
Jun 2010
One of the major issues in the supply chain management is product loss or shrinkage. Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) as an emerging technology has generated enormous amount of interest in...
Provided by INTI University College
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White Papers
How Collaborative Logistics Management Increases Supply Chain Efficiency
Jun 2009
Globalization, rapid technological change, shorter product life cycles, changing customer preferences, and hyper competition are just some characteristics of today's business environment. As a...
Provided by University of Borås
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White Papers
Perspectives On Supply Chain And Logistics Management
Jun 2009
Supply chain management has evolved dramatically in recent decades. A system that may have once been self contained within Australia has become an expansive, collaborative, multi-partner network...
Provided by NSW Valuation Services
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White Papers
Logistics And Supply Chain Effectiveness Measure Areas In LNG Companies
Jul 2010
The paper describes the issues of logistics and supply chain measures in companies. It considers different management systems in the area of production, which evolved from isolated production...
Provided by University of Szczecin
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White Papers
The Logistics Of Transporting Wind Turbines
Dec 2009
With the focus on renewable energy worldwide, the rising cost of traditional energy, increased concerns about global warming and government support of alternative energy sources; wind power is...
Provided by Canadian National Railway Company
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White Papers
Innovative Logistics Management
Jan 2008
The paper tries to establish a proper tie between two important qualitative subjects in supply chain management, that is, the information quality management and the process quality management. For...
Provided by Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co
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White Papers
Evaluating And Assessing Your Supply Chain
Jun 2009
A supply chain is the set of activities required to provide products and services to customers, starting at the point of product design and ending with the delivery and installation of the product...
Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group
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White Papers
Balancing Effective Cold Chain Strategies Across The Supply Chain
Oct 2010
The "Cold chain" is simply a supply chain with temperature requirements factored in. Cold chain (or, in some contexts, "Cool chain") encompasses the container of the product being shipped, the...
Provided by DDN
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White Papers
Get It There Green: Why And How To Choose Sustainable Transport Partners
Jun 2009
Transportation is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases (after electricity generation). It plays a significant role because the industry relies so heavily on oil. The U.S. Department...
Provided by EA Logistics
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White Papers
How Does Information Technology Shape Supply Chain Structure?: Evidence On The Number Of Suppliers
Sep 2008
This research investigates the relationship between a manufacturer's use of information technology (particularly electronic procurement) and the number of suppliers in its supply chain. Will a...
Provided by UC Regents
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White Papers
Mitigating The Risk Of A New Workforce By Reducing Rework And Rightsizing On Hand Inventory
Jun 2009
Dramatically increasing the hourly workforce at a rapid pace to support accelerated product demand in an aircraft manufacturing facility in a short amount of time resulted in: increased rework,...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Enabling Cultural Shifts: An Enterprise Approach Toward Lean Thinking
Jun 2009
The Supply Planning Operations team, in a large manufacturing firm, faced a future where their complexity of scope was increasing without an increase in resource levels. As an effort to improve...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Lean Transformation Of A Supply Chain Organization
Jun 2008
There are two basic schools of thought regarding how to approach a Lean transformation. Either start with introducing Lean tools or start with driving a Lean cultural change. Academic researchers...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Forecasting, Demand Management, And Capacity Planning
Aug 2007
A root problem in supply chain management is the unavoidable uncertainty in predicting future demand. This condition manifests itself in the unreliable sales forecasts that form the heart of many...
Provided by Advanced Supply Chain Institute
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White Papers
Decision Analysis Process Model For Alternative Technologies Evaluation Within Warehousing Applications
May 2008
Led by competition, companies strive for competitive advantage. Accepting the value-based holistic concept of the supply chain, organizations realize the importance of increased communication flow...
Provided by Wichita State University
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White Papers
State Of The Art Survey Of Commercial Software For Supply Chain Design
Aug 2009
The excellence of supply chain management is vital not only to obtain high operational efficiency but also to survive in the global competition. In supporting decision makers to make rational and...
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Warehouse Management System
Nov 2009
Warehouse management is the art of movement and storage of materials throughout the warehouse. Warehouse management monitors the progress of products through the warehouse. A warehouse manager...
Provided by Polaris Software Lab
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White Papers
How To Choose A Warehouse Management System
Dec 2009
The greatest challenge to implementing a WMS may not be finding the right system; it might be convincing your management team of the need for it. While most executives agree an accounting system...
Provided by Sage Software
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White Papers
Supply Chain Operations Outsosourcing: A Strategic Approach To Creating Significant Economic Value
Jun 2009
Countless papers, analyst reports and perspective pieces have been written on the merits and the pitfalls associated with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). BPO is widely accepted as a cost...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Building An Ecommerce Business In The Sports Cards Industry Using Online Inventory Management Applications
Sep 2008
With an explosion in choices for Online Inventory Management Applications (OIMA), business owners will find it hard to choose the right provider for their business needs. This white paper outlines...
Provided by Beckett Channel Integration
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White Papers
Perfect Order Metrics-Driving Collaboration In The Food & Beverage Supply Chain
Apr 2009
While food and beverage producers continue to launch a myriad of new products each year, the industry remains a modest growth sector, where opportunities for revenue growth and cost reductions are...
Provided by RedPrairie
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White Papers
Distribution And Logistics Network Planning And Optimization
Mar 2008
Creating the transport networks and schedules that are required to run a company's logistics operation can be a labor intensive and complex task. Some businesses have unwieldy non-integrated...
Provided by Jeppesen
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White Papers
Outsourcing - Demand Supply Management In It Outsourcing Partnerships: Governance In Action
Jul 2009
A large number of IT outsourcing relationships still lack a proper governance structure and mechanisms and this hinders achieving business goals and smooth service provisioning. A lack of IT...
Provided by Atos Origin
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White Papers
Integrated Pricing And Inventory Control With Reference Price Effects
Jul 2007
In this paper the authors study a joint pricing and inventory control model with backlogging for single items under reference price effects. The reference price effect models the empirically well...
Provided by Vienna University of Economics and Business
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White Papers
An Examination Of The Impact Of Technology Demand Receptivity On Supplier Selection
Feb 2009
Product innovation and speed-to-market have become critical competitive strategies in business management. Responsiveness to market signals is crucial to the success of firms involved in producing...
Provided by National University
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White Papers
Methodology To Forecast Product Returns For The Consumer Electronics Industry
Dec 2009
Reverse logistics has gained much attention in recent years. It is becoming a value added area of a supply chain network day by day. For enterprises, it has therefore become essential to manage...
Provided by University of Texas at Arlington
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White Papers
Complementarities Between Product Design Modularity And IT Infrastructure Flexibility In IT-Enabled Supply Chains
Dec 2009
As contemporary firms become reliant on networks of supply chain partners, their performance increasingly depends on their supply chains' ability to be responsive to changing markets. This...
Provided by Florida State University
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White Papers
Nestlé's Dos And Don'ts For Successful Data Synchronization
Dec 2008
Given the vastly expanded choice and market transparency, writes Lawrie, "Retailers are becoming increasingly dependent on merchandise data to add value to their unique selling proposition....
Provided by GS1
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Webcasts
Supply-Chain Guru Hau Lee Brings Expertise To IESE
Oct 2007
In this webcast, Lee highlights the importance of the whole complete value net, which must be managed and coordinated well in order to make a difference and solve operational problems. He also...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Supply Chain Coordination With Revenue-Sharing Contracts: A Missed Opportunity?
Jul 2007
Coordinating the supply of a product with consumer demand is crucial to the success of any business. Consider, for example, the plight of a video retailer dealing with a capacity problem. Peak...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Newsvendor With Pricing: A Stochastic Elasticity Perspective
Sep 2007
This paper introduces a measure of elasticity of stochastic demand, called the elasticity of lost sales, which offers a unifying perspective on the well-known newsvendor with pricing problem. This...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Learning From Zillow And Zoots
Jan 2009
Zillow is also notable for its approach to managing the service process. Providing real estate appraisals is by no means a new business. The novelty of Zillow is that it gathers the necessary data...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Global Dual Sourcing Strategies
Jun 2009
Many researchers say that their greatest flashes of inspiration come not from extraordinary events but from everyday activities. Intuitive leaps are triggered by observing life unfolding around...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Store Inventory Can Affect Demand: Empirical Evidence From Magazine Retailing
Nov 2007
In retailing, inventory analysis and inventory practice have traditionally been based on the assumption that underlying demand does not vary with inventory levels. A growing body of research...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
A Capacitated Commodity Trading Model With Market Power
Jan 2008
The authors consider in this paper the problem of a trader that may purchase a commodity in one market and resell it in another. The trader is capacitated: the trading volume is limited by...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Whitepapers
Do Technology And Information Really Create Supply Chain Gains?
Sep 2009
Supply chain managers crave innovative ways to cut costs and streamline systems. Often, they turn to technology, hoping for big savings and process improvements. But not every tool that promises...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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White Papers
Tight Credit Is Choking Many Small Suppliers: Watch For Weakened Suppliers To Require Financial Support From Customers
Dec 2009
The major defense and aerospace giants are riding out the worst global economic meltdown in generations with their financial health largely unscathed. But the tens of thousands of small companies...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
An Inventory Allocation System With Backorders And Sales Rejection
Nov 2009
This paper considers a variant of the periodic review system with a virtual warehouse that is due to Eppen and Schrage (1981). Depending on the realized pattern of demand during the delivery...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
A Periodic Review Base Stock Inventory System With Sales
Apr 2010
This paper considers a system in which an order is placed every T periods to bring the inventory position up to the base stock S. It accepts demand until the inventory position reaches a sales...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Inventory Control With Generalized Expediting
Nov 2007
The authors consider a single-item, periodic review inventory control problem where discrete stochastic demand must be satisfied. When shortages occur, the unmet demand must be filled by some form...
Provided by Washington University Olin
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White Papers
Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport
Feb 2010
Purchasing goods from distant locations introduces a significant lag between when a product is shipped and when it arrives. These transit lags are trade barriers for firms facing volatile demand,...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Competing For Shelf Space
Nov 2007
This paper studies competition for shelf space in a multi-supplier retail point. This paper considers a retailer that seeks to allocate her shelf space to maximize her profit. Because products...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Myopic Inventory Policies Using Individual Customer Arrival Information
Nov 2007
This paper investigates optimality of myopic policies using the single-unit decomposition approach in inventory management. This paper derives, under certain conditions, closed-form replenishment...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Efficiency Through Wholesale Price Renegotiation
Nov 2007
In a decentralized supply chain, double marginalization is an important source of inefficiency. This paper suggests a simple mechanism to reduce it, that uses a wholesale price contract and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Inventory In Vertical Relationships With Private Information And Interdependent Values
Feb 2010
This paper studies if borrowers optimally conserve debt capacity to take advantage of investment opportunities due to temporarily low asset prices, when financing is subject to collateral...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
External Resource Sourcing: Does Experience Help Firms Select Governance Modes?
Nov 2008
This paper explores whether firms make better governance choices as they gain experience in different modes of governing external resource sourcing, modes that include acquisitions, alliances, and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Case Studies
Sony Canada Launches New High Velocity Supply Chain
Jan 2010
When Sony Canada wanted to improve its supply chain management capabilities in the consumer electronics marketing, sales and distribution division, they had a clear vision in mind. The enhancement...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Creating Advantage From Adversity
Jan 2009
By putting in place rigorous approaches to manage both the supply of goods and services as well as the demand for them, procurement departments can help to enhance significantly their business's...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Supply Chain From Manufacturing To Shelf
Jul 2009
The Kellogg's Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan, USA. They experimented with different ways to cook cereals without losing the...
Provided by MBA Publishing
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Case Studies
Building A Sustainable Supply Chain
Jul 2008
It is easy to think about the present without considering the future. Consumers want more goods and services to improve their standard of living. The problem is they make choices about goods and...
Provided by MBA Publishing
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Case Studies
Engine Manufacturer Flies High With On-Time Delivery, Supplier Network Transformation And Aftermarket Plan
May 2010
Deloitte assisted a major aerospace manufacturer to achieve its goal of improving On Time Delivery (OTD), bringing in efficiency in the functioning of its supplier network, and lastly, of putting...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
P&G's Logistics Revolution: Co-CreatingValue
Feb 2010
P&G has one of the most progressive procurement organizations. In a highly competitive industry of consumer packaged goods, it was essential for P&G to know consumers' pulse and understand their...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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White Papers
Getting Real Results From Your Purchase-To-Pay Opportunities
Aug 2007
The question usually isn't whether a company should improve its business through more effective procurement operations but rather how to unlock the sizeable value potential within its reach....
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Paper Profits
May 2010
A major global packaging systems and paper manufacturing company had merged to form a single large company, but were unable to fully utilize the benefits of the merger. The merged company wanted...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Managing Performance Based Logistics Success For A Multibillion-Dollar Aeronautics Company
Jul 2009
A leading aeronautics company that specializes in military aircraft products was looking to improve its existing performance based logistics (PBL) strategies. To this end, the company had fixed up...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Popular Consumer Brands Need Leading-Edge Supply Chains
Jan 2010
A large multinational consumer and foodservice manufacturer wanted to save on excess inventory on a global basis. Towards this end, they wanted to simplify the complex supply chain by implementing...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Achieving High Performance In The Supply Chain: Inventory Optimization
Mar 2009
Even with thoughtfully established inventory policies, many companies continue to operate at the extremes, with excessive inventory for some items binding up cash flow while other items suffer...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
High Performance Through Supply Chain Planning: Accenture Research and Insights into Supply Chain
Apr 2009
Globalization has driven rapid and fundamental change in every aspect of nearly every company's business - particularly in the ways they source, manufacture and distribute products and provide...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
High Performance Through Service Management: Accenture Research And Insights Into Service Management Mastery
Aug 2009
In nearly every industry today, managing after-sales customer service effectively has become critical to achieving high performance. Manufacturing high-quality products and distributing them on...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Sustainable Sourcing: A New Approach To High Performance In Supply Chain Management
Sep 2008
Sustainability is about minimizing a business' negative impacts on people, societies and the environment while maintaining or enhancing value for customers, business partners and shareholders....
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
The Hidden Costs And Complexity Of Managing Multiple ADM Suppliers
May 2009
As Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) outsourcing services hove grown rapidly based on the power of the labor arbitrage value proposition, many organizations outsourcing ADM utilized...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Outsourcing And Procurement Mastery: How Procurement Masters Leverage Outsourcing On The Path To High Performance
Aug 2008
What does it mean to achieve mastery in the various dimensions of the procurement function? Has the trend toward greater reliance on outsourcing providers affected the strategies and operations of...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Auto Transport Company - Things To Consider When Appointing A Transport Company
Apr 2010
When a particular person or an individual decides or is planning to ship his car abroad, the first thing what that individual accomplishes is that he does perform an extensive research. The car is...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Rising Ocean Freight Rates Time For Renegotiation
Mar 2010
With container transport ocean freight rates rising by an astronomical 55% in three months, it is easy to see that these rates will continue to climb further. Therefore, this is the optimal time...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Things To Know While Choosing An Auto Transport Company
May 2010
Are you having a hard time choosing the right auto transport company? It is obvious to face tough times as you think of moving your car from one place to another. It is important to understand few...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management
Sep 2009
In today's world of liberalization and globalization, economies are opening their doors towards each other because no one is self sufficient, and getting confined to themselves may result in their...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Vital Aspect Of Process Of Transportation Freight Forwarding Companies
Mar 2010
Freight forwarding companies are almost the backbone of the transportation industry. Without them, businesses would be at a loss to find ways to transport goods to various countries and their...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Freight Shipping Service - An Art Which Has To Be Mastered
May 2010
Freight shipping service is like an art form which takes years to learn and master. The best shipping companies have been in the industry for years and they have had enough time to build up on the...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Ocean Freight Forwarders- Guide II
May 2010
When you contact ocean freight forwarders for international shipping, there would be many factors which would decide the cost that you would have to bear. There are mainly two elements, the actual...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
The Demand-Driven Supply Chain
Jan 2009
The report was based on desk research and in-depth interviews with executives from around the world about the challenges and opportunities they face in developing more demand-driven global supply...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
-
Whitepapers
Orchestrating The Chain Supply Chain Performance Management
Jul 2009
The business value of supply chain visibility is simple: it helps one to understand their company's performance. It creates a common context for decision-making across every department and at...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Inventory Rationalization And Right Sizing Strategies
Mar 2009
The impact of inventory on cash flow can be devastating, resulting in everything from payable extensions to missed payrolls and loan defaults. Still, despite the lean six sigma purists who preach...
Provided by Kinaxis
-
White Papers
How The Logistics Industry Is Driving An Evolution In Software-As-A-Service
Aug 2009
The software as a service (SaaS) model has been widely embraced thanks to the numerous advantages that on-demand solutions deliver to multiple industries. Logistics-intensive organizations,...
Provided by Descartes Systems Group
-
White Papers
Collaborative Transportation Management - Creating Value Through Increased Transportation Efficiencies
Feb 2008
The latest concept in the fields of transportation, logistics and supply chain management is that of 'supply chain collaboration'. One of the recent extensions of the supply chain collaboration...
Provided by CPFR
-
White Papers
Challenges And Risks Of RFID Adoption In Manufacturing And Logistics
Jul 2009
RFID has also opened the door to a new era in logistics management or Supply Chain Management (SCM) respectively and to optimization of manufacturing processes. The paper is to highlight selected...
Provided by Technical University of Kosice
-
White Papers
Meeting The Challenges Of Supply Chain Management
Feb 2008
Price and margin erosion, high logistics cost, increasingly shorter life cycles, the acceleration of product introductions and a competitive imperative to maintain product availability "On the...
Provided by MeriTalk
-
White Papers
The Value Of A Supply Chain Partner
Oct 2009
This paper is for professionals who want to improve business performance through better product design, lower manufacturing costs and lower supply chain investment. With the increasing ease of...
Provided by Trusted Supply Chain Partners
-
White Papers
The Benefits And Challenges Of New Technologies In Global Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Non-business professionals should be able to grasp the concept presented in this paper. The general tendency or spirit of this paper shall be to educate the reader or raise attention as to the...
Provided by University of Indianapolis
-
White Papers
Bringing Products To Market: Supply Chains Vs. Value Webs
Nov 2007
Companies scramble to satisfy ever-increasing customer demands for customized products, on-time delivery, and complete order fulfillment. Simultaneously, competition intensifies accompanied by...
Provided by Florida A&M University
-
White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Traceability Using RFID Technology
Jun 2010
One of the major issues in the supply chain management is product loss or shrinkage. Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) as an emerging technology has generated enormous amount of interest in...
Provided by INTI University College
-
White Papers
How Collaborative Logistics Management Increases Supply Chain Efficiency
Jun 2009
Globalization, rapid technological change, shorter product life cycles, changing customer preferences, and hyper competition are just some characteristics of today's business environment. As a...
Provided by University of Borås
-
White Papers
Perspectives On Supply Chain And Logistics Management
Jun 2009
Supply chain management has evolved dramatically in recent decades. A system that may have once been self contained within Australia has become an expansive, collaborative, multi-partner network...
Provided by NSW Valuation Services
-
White Papers
Logistics And Supply Chain Effectiveness Measure Areas In LNG Companies
Jul 2010
The paper describes the issues of logistics and supply chain measures in companies. It considers different management systems in the area of production, which evolved from isolated production...
Provided by University of Szczecin
-
White Papers
The Logistics Of Transporting Wind Turbines
Dec 2009
With the focus on renewable energy worldwide, the rising cost of traditional energy, increased concerns about global warming and government support of alternative energy sources; wind power is...
Provided by Canadian National Railway Company
-
White Papers
Innovative Logistics Management
Jan 2008
The paper tries to establish a proper tie between two important qualitative subjects in supply chain management, that is, the information quality management and the process quality management. For...
Provided by Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co
-
White Papers
Evaluating And Assessing Your Supply Chain
Jun 2009
A supply chain is the set of activities required to provide products and services to customers, starting at the point of product design and ending with the delivery and installation of the product...
Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group
-
White Papers
Balancing Effective Cold Chain Strategies Across The Supply Chain
Oct 2010
The "Cold chain" is simply a supply chain with temperature requirements factored in. Cold chain (or, in some contexts, "Cool chain") encompasses the container of the product being shipped, the...
Provided by DDN
-
White Papers
Get It There Green: Why And How To Choose Sustainable Transport Partners
Jun 2009
Transportation is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases (after electricity generation). It plays a significant role because the industry relies so heavily on oil. The U.S. Department...
Provided by EA Logistics
-
White Papers
How Does Information Technology Shape Supply Chain Structure?: Evidence On The Number Of Suppliers
Sep 2008
This research investigates the relationship between a manufacturer's use of information technology (particularly electronic procurement) and the number of suppliers in its supply chain. Will a...
Provided by UC Regents
-
White Papers
Mitigating The Risk Of A New Workforce By Reducing Rework And Rightsizing On Hand Inventory
Jun 2009
Dramatically increasing the hourly workforce at a rapid pace to support accelerated product demand in an aircraft manufacturing facility in a short amount of time resulted in: increased rework,...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
White Papers
Enabling Cultural Shifts: An Enterprise Approach Toward Lean Thinking
Jun 2009
The Supply Planning Operations team, in a large manufacturing firm, faced a future where their complexity of scope was increasing without an increase in resource levels. As an effort to improve...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
White Papers
Lean Transformation Of A Supply Chain Organization
Jun 2008
There are two basic schools of thought regarding how to approach a Lean transformation. Either start with introducing Lean tools or start with driving a Lean cultural change. Academic researchers...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
White Papers
Forecasting, Demand Management, And Capacity Planning
Aug 2007
A root problem in supply chain management is the unavoidable uncertainty in predicting future demand. This condition manifests itself in the unreliable sales forecasts that form the heart of many...
Provided by Advanced Supply Chain Institute
-
White Papers
Decision Analysis Process Model For Alternative Technologies Evaluation Within Warehousing Applications
May 2008
Led by competition, companies strive for competitive advantage. Accepting the value-based holistic concept of the supply chain, organizations realize the importance of increased communication flow...
Provided by Wichita State University
-
White Papers
State Of The Art Survey Of Commercial Software For Supply Chain Design
Aug 2009
The excellence of supply chain management is vital not only to obtain high operational efficiency but also to survive in the global competition. In supporting decision makers to make rational and...
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology
-
White Papers
Warehouse Management System
Nov 2009
Warehouse management is the art of movement and storage of materials throughout the warehouse. Warehouse management monitors the progress of products through the warehouse. A warehouse manager...
Provided by Polaris Software Lab
-
White Papers
How To Choose A Warehouse Management System
Dec 2009
The greatest challenge to implementing a WMS may not be finding the right system; it might be convincing your management team of the need for it. While most executives agree an accounting system...
Provided by Sage Software
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Operations Outsosourcing: A Strategic Approach To Creating Significant Economic Value
Jun 2009
Countless papers, analyst reports and perspective pieces have been written on the merits and the pitfalls associated with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). BPO is widely accepted as a cost...
Provided by SAS Institute
-
White Papers
Building An Ecommerce Business In The Sports Cards Industry Using Online Inventory Management Applications
Sep 2008
With an explosion in choices for Online Inventory Management Applications (OIMA), business owners will find it hard to choose the right provider for their business needs. This white paper outlines...
Provided by Beckett Channel Integration
-
White Papers
Perfect Order Metrics-Driving Collaboration In The Food & Beverage Supply Chain
Apr 2009
While food and beverage producers continue to launch a myriad of new products each year, the industry remains a modest growth sector, where opportunities for revenue growth and cost reductions are...
Provided by RedPrairie
-
White Papers
Distribution And Logistics Network Planning And Optimization
Mar 2008
Creating the transport networks and schedules that are required to run a company's logistics operation can be a labor intensive and complex task. Some businesses have unwieldy non-integrated...
Provided by Jeppesen
-
White Papers
Outsourcing - Demand Supply Management In It Outsourcing Partnerships: Governance In Action
Jul 2009
A large number of IT outsourcing relationships still lack a proper governance structure and mechanisms and this hinders achieving business goals and smooth service provisioning. A lack of IT...
Provided by Atos Origin
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White Papers
Integrated Pricing And Inventory Control With Reference Price Effects
Jul 2007
In this paper the authors study a joint pricing and inventory control model with backlogging for single items under reference price effects. The reference price effect models the empirically well...
Provided by Vienna University of Economics and Business
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White Papers
An Examination Of The Impact Of Technology Demand Receptivity On Supplier Selection
Feb 2009
Product innovation and speed-to-market have become critical competitive strategies in business management. Responsiveness to market signals is crucial to the success of firms involved in producing...
Provided by National University
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White Papers
Methodology To Forecast Product Returns For The Consumer Electronics Industry
Dec 2009
Reverse logistics has gained much attention in recent years. It is becoming a value added area of a supply chain network day by day. For enterprises, it has therefore become essential to manage...
Provided by University of Texas at Arlington
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White Papers
Complementarities Between Product Design Modularity And IT Infrastructure Flexibility In IT-Enabled Supply Chains
Dec 2009
As contemporary firms become reliant on networks of supply chain partners, their performance increasingly depends on their supply chains' ability to be responsive to changing markets. This...
Provided by Florida State University
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White Papers
Nestlé's Dos And Don'ts For Successful Data Synchronization
Dec 2008
Given the vastly expanded choice and market transparency, writes Lawrie, "Retailers are becoming increasingly dependent on merchandise data to add value to their unique selling proposition....
Provided by GS1
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Webcasts
Supply-Chain Guru Hau Lee Brings Expertise To IESE
Oct 2007
In this webcast, Lee highlights the importance of the whole complete value net, which must be managed and coordinated well in order to make a difference and solve operational problems. He also...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
An Analysis Of Strategic Supplier Selection And Evaluation In A Generic Pharmaceutical Firm Supply Chain
Feb 2010
Selecting and evaluating the right suppliers is imperative for an organization's global marketplace competitiveness. Improper selection and evaluation of potential suppliers can dwarf an...
Provided by Alabama A&M University
