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Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and key operational metrics? Do they have the tools to available to consider a broad set of possible
options and their inherent trade-offs? (...)
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Companies make decisions about their supply chains every day. But do they really understand the impact of their decisions
on the P&L, Balance She...
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2003-07-21
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High-level strategic decisions often have multiple, cascading cost impacts. The reaction of the costs to changes in the
supply chain system is not predictable in a simple relationship that is based on current standard costs, because strategic
changes often involve step changes in costs that alter the ba (...)
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High-level strategic decisions often have multiple, cascading cost impacts. The reaction of the costs to changes in the supply
chain system is no...
Published:
2003-07-22
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In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches used
to measure cost for sourcing decisions of direct materials fall short. (...)
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In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches
used to measure cost for sou...
Published:
2004-04-23
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Advanced planning and optimization makes supply chain systems cost effective. It is the brain of the supply chain because
it works on top of all other software tools that plan, monitor, and control supply chain activities and control them. (...)
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Advanced planning and optimization makes supply chain systems cost effective. It is the brain of the supply chain because
it works on top of all o...
Published:
2005-08-20
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Maintaining an effective supply chain is clearly an integral part of a manufacturing company’s livelihood. Using Web-enabled
tools, the enterprise is able to transform the procurement function of its supply chain from a cost center to a powerful business
unit. (...)
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Maintaining an effective supply chain is clearly an integral part of a manufacturing company’s livelihood. Using Web-enabled
tools, the enterprise...
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2002-10-24
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Through this effort, they express how their customers, and the industry in general, are creating a more
innovative supply chain. (...)
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Thro...
Published:
2001-12-08
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply
chain management (SCM) of spare and replacement parts. (...)
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The growing pressure for improving customer responsiveness and profits has lately changed the traditional role of supply chain
management (SCM) of...
Published:
2005-07-28
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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 th (...)
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This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision h...
Published:
2004-06-22
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Great Plains has established itself as a global small-to-medium enterprises (SME) market leader. It now derives almost 20%
of revenue outside of the US market and has the potential of reaching $300 million in revenues in fiscal 2001. Its extensive
and efficient global indirect channel model that consists (...)
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Great Plains has established itself as a global small-to-medium enterprises (SME) market leader. It now derives almost 20%
of revenue outside of t...
Published:
2000-10-05
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During the last two decades, many of the old vertically integrated enterprise/empires have splintered into numerous core-competency-focused
firms, loosely bound into the so-called virtual extended enterprises. (...)
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During the last two decades, many of the old vertically integrated enterprise/empires have splintered into numerous core-competency-focused
firms,...
Published:
2004-02-12
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better
aligned and prepared to take on the challenges ahead. (...)
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better aligned
and prepared to t...
Published:
2006-01-11
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International Business Machines Corp. plans to cut as much as 10% of the workforce at its personal computer division, or
as many as 1,000 jobs, in a cost-cutting effort to turn around the division that lost nearly $1 billion last year. (...)
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... other places, such as overhauling (or revamping) the cost structure and supply chain.
This means a dramatic restructuring (in either cost or business model) is ...
Published:
1999-10-13
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PeopleSoft has once again proven the naysayers wrong about its ability to sell supply chain management. Its Accelerated
Supply Chain Management offering bundles core e-business functionality into a scaled down package for the mid market, a segment
that not even SCM market leader i2 has conquered. (...)
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PeopleSoft has once again proven the naysayers wrong about its ability to sell supply chain management. Its Accelerated Supply
Chain Management o...
Published:
2001-07-24
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This guide to supply chain management (SCM) functions/features will help you determine which SCM features are a high priority
for your organization. This guide to supply chain management (SCM) functions/features will help you determine which SCM features
are a high priority for your organization. Learn ab (...)
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This guide to supply chain management (SCM) functions/features will help you determine which SCM features are a high priority
for your organization...
Published:
2010-05-04
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Cost, time, resources, cash, and risk have always been the basics of project management. But as business as a whole becomes
more project- rather than process-oriented, management technologies must in turn become more project-centric. (...)
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Cost, time, resources, cash, and risk have always been the basics of project management. But as business as a whole becomes
more project- rather t...
Published:
2009-04-20
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
Published:
2002-04-09
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Here we are in the New Year. So, what should the going forward picture be of the Supply Chain portfolio? Something old, something
new, something from a service provider, something blue. OK, enough of that. (...)
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Here we are in the New Year. So, what should the going forward picture be of the Supply Chain portfolio? Something old, something
new, something f...
Published:
2004-02-12
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Combining deep analytics with BI solution functionality, expanding in certain verticals, and by acquiring several well thought
out companies, have been key for SAS to further entrench itself in the market. (...)
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Combining deep analytics with BI solution functionality, expanding in certain verticals, and by acquiring several well thought
out companies, have...
Published:
2005-08-11
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As major retailers increase their share of the market and exploit technology for business process improvement, consumer packaged
goods (CPG) manufacturers risk losing ground in the market place, if they cannot meet retailers demands for compliance. (...)
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As major retailers increase their share of the market and exploit technology for business process improvement, consumer packaged
goods (CPG) manuf...
Published:
2005-10-11
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To meet these challenges, heavy investments have been made in extensive spare ad replacement parts networks. (...)
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The quintessential business challenge is to minimize downtime on assets while minimizing the cost of spare and replacement
parts inventory. To mee...
Published:
2005-07-30