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Can an ERP system help in green supply chain management? Find out in this comprehensive report. Manufacturers are facing pressure
from regulators and customers to document their impact on the environment, including not only the simple carbon footprint,
but other gas emissions, discharges to waterways, lan (...)
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Can an ERP system help in green supply chain management? Find out in this comprehensive report. Manufacturers are facing pressure
from regulators a...
Published:
2010-04-19
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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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Click Commerce has evolved beyond its roots, into a provider of much more comprehensive on-demand supply and demand chain
management software, consulting, hosting, and related services that should enable users throughout the world to collaborate
in near real time. (...)
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Click Commerce has evolved beyond its roots, into a provider of much more comprehensive on-demand supply and demand chain
management software, con...
Published:
2006-11-14
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Today’s manufacturers face increasing global competition and complex manufacturing networks. Supply chain management provides
manufacturers with the needed visibility into their supply chain, as well as software solutions, to help give them a competitive
edge. (...)
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Today’s manufacturers face increasing global competition and complex manufacturing networks. Supply chain management provides
manufacturers with t...
Published:
2008-04-11
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For the past few weeks, all eyes (and hearts) have been on the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami. What is needed
in a disaster like this is an "Instant Supply Chain"--ultra-rapid creation of a distribution network with coordination between
the many decentralized players. To meet these chall (...)
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For the past few weeks, all eyes (and hearts) have been on the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami. What is needed
in a disaster like ...
Published:
2005-01-28
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The lack of effective game plans is typically cited as a leading cause of poor system implementation. The following guidelines
provide suggestions for improving the effectiveness of sales and operations planning (S&OP) game plans. (...)
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The lack of effective game plans is typically cited as a leading cause of poor system implementation. The following guidelines
provide suggestions...
Published:
2004-03-26
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materials management supply chain:
... s ability to procure vital raw materials and meet ... seen the development
of risk management teams being ... potential exposure to risk, including their supply
chain. ...
Published:
2008-11-13
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Material requirements planning is a system that strives to plan replenishment just before a withdrawal from stock, which
does not work in some manufacturing environments. (...)
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Material requirements planning is a system that strives to plan replenishment just before a withdrawal from stock, which does
not work in some man...
Published:
2005-08-08
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There are critical objectives that Supply Chain Management Software must satisfy to meet the challenges faced by wholesale
distributors. (...)
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There are critical objectives that Supply Chain Management Software must satisfy to meet the challenges faced by wholesale
distributors.
Published:
2001-09-12
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... must be quick to respond to these rapid changes while making sure the cost of materials
and finished goods stays low. Supply chain management (SCM) software ...
Published:
2009-06-04
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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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Commerce One has announced a broad range of initiatives aimed at extending its E-procurement solutions and technology across
the supply chain. The company announced that this completes its procurement offerings; what will it do next? (...)
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Commerce One has announced a broad range of initiatives aimed at extending its E-procurement solutions and technology across
the supply chain. The...
Published:
2000-03-17
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With manufacturing now a global industry, moving product throughout complex supply chains remains a challenge for most organizations.
But transportation management systems are spearheading the way to help solve the dilemmas of today’s manufacturers, offering
functionality that eases the transfer of goo (...)
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materials management supply chain:
With manufacturing now a global industry, moving product throughout complex supply chains remains a challenge for most organizations.
But transpor...
Published:
2009-08-31
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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materials management supply chain:
Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising fuel costs and increased international trade, supply chain management software can help ETO organizations
get—and stay—ahead of the competition. (...)
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising f...
Published:
2008-07-18
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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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materials management supply chain:
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
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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In this article, we examine capabilities of five top Supply Chain Management software vendors in several key areas of functionality:
material procurement planning, manufacturing planning and scheduling, distribution and transportation management, and inventory
management and warehousing. (...)
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materials management supply chain:
In this article, we examine capabilities of five top Supply Chain Management software vendors in several key areas of functionality:
material proc...
Published:
2002-03-14
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Significant differences exist between the new parts production supply chain and the service and replacement parts supply
chain. Companies using conventional, new product inventory methods are missing opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness. (...)
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Significant differences exist between the new parts production supply chain and the service and replacement parts supply chain.
Companies using c...
Published:
2005-08-01
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QAD has long shifted its focus from being a mere ERP vendor dedicated to the industrial mid-market to fully leveraging the
Internet in the applications it provides to manufacturers and distributors to link their back-office systems to those of their
business partners via private trading exchanges. (...)
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materials management supply chain:
QAD has long shifted its focus from being a mere ERP vendor dedicated to the industrial mid-market to fully leveraging the
Internet in the applica...
Published:
2003-09-22