17 May 2012

Supply Chain Management & Strategy in Europe

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Three ways to innovate

Awards logo Innovation can be game changing in supply chain – in fact, it is such a vital area for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards that it needs three categories: Innovation in SC Practice; Innovation in Fulfilment; and Innovation in Use of Technology...

The Blog

Are supply chains still too fragile?
Supply chain risk issues are still causing concern in the US IT industry, according to a new study by BDO, the accounting and consulting organisation. In fact, the concerns have increased in each of the past three years ...

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White Papers

Using distribution and fulfilment as a competitive advantage
The best retailers and e-commerce companies carefully select and intelligently apply automation not only to boost productivity, but also to turn the DC into a competitive advantage ...

Building the Profit-Focused Supply Chain
Understanding your 'Cost to Serve' at every point throughout your supply chain will give you more opportunities for profit improvement. Companies that adopt Profit Focused Supply Chain Management recognise that understanding accurate details relating to...

Successful S&OP through Integrated Business Planning
Sales and operations planning can enable any organisation to streamline its activities and boost profitability – but only if it is properly understood and implemented. This series of articles from experts at Oliver Wight reveal the secrets of...

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Corporate Insight

Driving a competitive value chain
This year’s pre-conference day at ESC 2012 was a veritable supply chain feast for the audience of senior European supply chain professionals... ...

Argos
Argos, the largest non-food retailer in the UK, partnered with Vanderlande Industries on an automated distribution centre, including WCS, which lowered operational costs and improved efficiency, productivity and picking accuracy. ...

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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Features

ERP: the tangled web
Enterprise Resource Planning systems have served linear supply chains well over the years. But, with the emergence of complex supply chain networks, requirements have changed......

Exploring the dark side of collaboration
Future progress on collaboration relies on honing the creativity of supply chain professionals to realise the potential that exists outside traditional activities; to venture into the dark side – co-opetition...

S&OP: Managing volatility
A new era of sales & operations planning has arrived as companies learn to deal with an increasingly volatile business environment...

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Viewpoint

Are we learning something new about our supply chains?
There is no doubt that the sustainability agenda has become established within organisations, and it appears to be teaching some new lessons about how supply chains work ...

The next best place to source components
Is the Far East still the best place to source components? It’s the commonly accepted wisdom, but it is now being challenged in the UK by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ...

How collaboration trimmed truck travel by 204m miles
Times are changing: it is now possible to see vehicles blazoned with advertising for Nestlé’s Kit Kat, loading up with supplies of United Biscuits’ Hobnobs and Jaffa cakes. The era of collaboration really is with us...

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