Innovative partner networks
Industry leaders focused on the critical issues of creating and managing effective supply chain partner networks at the latest Supply Chain Standard Round Table, sponsored by Wesupply.
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Published:
22 July 2008
Balancing risk
Two major humanitarian disasters - the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake - provided a sombre backdrop to ''Supply Chain Standard''s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting's
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Published:
30 May 2008
Getting to grips with collaboration
For an older generation, ''collaboration'' has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential
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Published:
30 May 2008
Reducing the risk of sc transformation
Retailers and manufacturers are under immense pressure to increase the performance of their supply chains, so it is not surprising that many resort to tough tactics in response to growing competition.
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Published:
30 May 2008
Oliver Wight
Oliver Wight is a leading specialist consultancy, operating in over 20 countries worldwide, delivering business excellence for clients through sustainable behaviour change.
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Published:
08 May 2008
Reducing the risk of SC transformation
Once companies have made an initial change investment, how do they optimise their supply chains and continually drive for incremental improvements in people and processes? Sue Pryce shows the way.
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Published:
30 April 2008
Oracle - Global supply chains: Understanding risks and rewards
This Economist Intelligence Unit briefing paper on ŒGlobal supply chains:
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Published:
21 April 2008
Addressing the last link in the chain
The adoption of a sound strategy at the port-to-destination leg of the supply chain can have a direct impact on the amount and position of inventory, accuracy of forecasting, availability of product at DC, store or manufacturing line, and ultimately the...
Published:
01 April 2008
The challenges of returns processing
At almost every ''Supply Chain Standard'' Roundtable over the past year or so, the conversation has come around to reverse logistics - the business of pulling goods back from some point in the supply chain, be it a distribution centre, a store, or a...
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01 April 2008
Oracle - Transportation Management for Process Manufacturing
Oracle Transportation Management delivers special value to the process manufacturing industry by combining broad logistics capabilities with the deep transportation management functionality necessary for today’s single- and multimode, multibusiness...
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19 March 2008
Oracle - Transportation Management for Consumer Packaged Goods
Oracle Transportation Management delivers special value to the consumer packaged goods industry by combining broad logistics capabilities with the deep transportation management functionality necessary for today’s single- and multimode, multibusiness...
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19 March 2008
Oracle and Demantra - Demantra Deduction & Settlement
Matching deductions can be a nightmare when tracking down deal terms, invoices, tear sheets, and other key information, which is often kept in different places.
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Published:
19 March 2008
Oracle and Demantra - Growing Revenue from CPFR
Most supply chain projects to date have been all about reducing operating costs through inventory reductions, better transportation planning, lower transaction costs, and improved supplier management.
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Published:
19 March 2008
Swisslog - Procter & Gamble
A casestudy on the LoadBuilder module at the Reading site of Procter & Gamble, which has helped to drive down transport costs and offers flexibility in meeting P&G’s customer needs.
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Published:
18 March 2008
BearingPoint. - 2008 Supply Chain Monitor 'How mature is the Green Supply Chain?'
A global survey of the Green Supply Chain, undertaken by management and technology consultancy BearingPoint, in partnership with Supply Chain Standard, sheds new light on what business is doing to meet consumer and shareholder demand for action.
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Published:
07 February 2008