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For the coffee producer Mother Parkers, scheduling coffee production across two plants was an ever-increasing challenge.
Mother Parkers decided to take proactive steps toward consolidating its day-to-day scheduling data by engaging Supply Chain
Consultants (SCC) to help. SCC applied its scheduling algori (...)
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... SCC applied its scheduling algorithms to improve schedule attainment,
visibility, and stability—exactly what Mother Parkers needed. ...
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2010-03-11
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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable effort in polishing Internet front ends with sophisticated graphics and animation, they must also give
attention to back end fulfillment operations. Invisible to (...)
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The face of business is rapidly evolving from traditional brick-and-mortar facades to electronic ones. While web businesses
spend considerable eff...
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1999-11-01
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... Optimization utilizes advanced and sophisticated scheduling algorithms
to dissect the service chain problem and solve it in the most efficient and intelligent ...
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2010-04-13
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SSI shows deep understanding of the requirements for chemical, drug, and mill-based industries. Consequently, it has developed
such must-have capabilities as potency controls, container movements, top-down and bottom-up traceability, and controls for
customs and excise, shelf life, and location validatio (...)
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SSI shows deep understanding of the requirements for chemical, drug, and mill-based industries. Consequently, it has developed
such must-have capa...
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2006-07-25
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... True labor optimization requires the following: change management, enterprise integration, and appropriate
complex scheduling algorithms that require ...
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2011-03-30
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Managing constraints in any manufacturing or service environment can be difficult. But with the right tools, accurate data,
and a skilled user, a management team can manage the throughput of its constraints to support the goals of its company. (...)
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Managing constraints in any manufacturing or service environment can be difficult. But with the right tools, accurate data,
and a skilled user, a ...
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2008-08-01
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Announced over two years ago, SAP's Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is geared toward the supply chain management market,
where it will compete head-to-head with established best-of-breed vendors like i2 and Manugistics. With a massive 190 pilot
implementations underway around the globe, a picture of (...)
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Announced over two years ago, SAP's Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is geared toward the supply chain management
market, where it will compet...
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1999-09-01
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Managing Time Off Is No Vacation.Reports and Other Dynamic System to Use In Your Organization of Managing Time Off Is No Vacation.
Companies with a large, complex workforce face distinct management challenges. Not only do you need to determine which employee
is best suited to perform a specific job on a g (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
Managing Time Off Is No Vacation.Reports and Other Dynamic System to Use In Your Organization of Managing Time Off Is No Vacation.
Companies with a...
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2010-03-11
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LaserShip.com, a nationwide online network of independent same-day delivery companies in the U.S., has licensed Descartes’
DeliveryNet solution for transportation and logistics to enable the distribution of e-commerce purchases to businesses and
consumers. (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
LaserShip.com, a nationwide online network of independent same-day delivery companies in the US, has licensed Descartes’ DeliveryNet
solution fo...
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2000-08-17
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scheduling algorithms:
... The others, such as Adexa, Asprova, Ortems, Preactor, Taylor Scheduling, AspenTech,
Logility ... Not only were these planning methods and algorithms too complex and ...
Published:
2010-12-01
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Deciding that acquisition is the better part of valor, Numetrix cancelled its IPO to combine fortunes with ERP vendor J.
D. Edwards & Company. Though technologically adept in the areas of supply chain planning and optimization, Numetrix has lacked
a successful marketing strategy, a primary factor in its (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
Deciding that acquisition is the better part of valor, Numetrix cancelled its IPO to combine fortunes with ERP vendor JD Edwards
& Company. Tho...
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1999-09-01
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Abstract:
Deciding that acquisition is the better part of valor, Numetrix cancelled its IPO to combine fortunes with ERP vendor J.
D. Edwards & Company. Though technologically adept in the areas of supply chain planning and optimization, Numetrix has lacked
a successful marketing strategy, a primary factor in its (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
Deciding that acquisition is the better part of valor, Numetrix cancelled its IPO to combine fortunes with ERP vendor JD Edwards
& Company. Tho...
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1999-09-01
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Kinaxis Inc. is answering the needs of global manufacturers by delivering an on-demand response management service. These
services are designed to help manufacturers drive quick responses to ever-changing global supply chains and fulfillment networks. (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
Kinaxis Inc. is answering the needs of global manufacturers by delivering an on-demand response management service. These
services are designed to...
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2008-03-19
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scheduling algorithms:
... Yet, the service chain is bigger than just optimized scheduling on the day of service.
Even the best optimization algorithms can hit an early limit if the rest ...
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2010-05-06
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The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment. (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment.
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2000-04-04
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scheduling algorithms:
... ie, inventory optimization and manufacturing scheduling/sequencing), both Manugistics
and i2 have developed proprietary algorithms (oftentimes heuristic-based ...
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2008-09-19
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scheduling algorithms:
... slew of tricky parameters up around each of those algorithms for every ...
retail issues beside these (eg, store workforce planning & scheduling, planograms, task ...
Published:
2011-03-10
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Many best-of-breed advanced planning and scheduling (APS) vendors have come and gone since the late 90s, when APS was hyped
as a tool that would be a key enabler for manufacturing companies. But one vendor that has distinguished itself is Preactor,
a world leader in production planning and scheduling sof (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
Many best-of-breed advanced planning and scheduling (APS) vendors have come and gone since the late 90s, when APS was hyped
as a tool that would b...
Published:
2010-11-30
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Abstract:
As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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scheduling algorithms:
As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
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2004-12-24
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scheduling algorithms:
... approach is to use service chain optimization algorithms that balance ...
is that conflicting forces pull any company’s service scheduling optimization decisions ...
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2010-04-21