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Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them to restructure their supply chains, align business processes, define and establish company-supplier relationships,
and integrate information systems to share in (...)
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Properly implemented supplier relationship management solutions can help companies overcome some of today's business challenges
by allowing them t...
Published:
2007-01-19
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Abstract:
Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle
is to manage for outcomes—procure performance rather than parts and people. It requires total business process reorientation
from services and maintenance through procurement techn (...)
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supply chain management articles for auto parts:
Moving to a performance-based service business model will have huge implications for the whole value chain. Its principle
is to manage for outcom...
Published:
2004-06-22
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supply chain management articles for auto parts:
... care • finance • manufacturing • supply chain management
• IT management. ... such as auto parts or chairs. ...
articles Order management articles Finally, I ...
Published:
2007-11-26
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Abstract:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Lean Supply Chain. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.
When flexibility and speed are requisites for success, it’s the lean organization that leads the race. World-class manufacturing
organizations know the value of focusing on t (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Lean Supply Chain. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and
Time-Bound. When flexibility ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
SYSPRO remains a stalwart vendor within the mid-market accounting, manufacturing, and distribution software markets. The
current market trend is towards vendors that can provide comprehensive solutions for small and medium-sized companies with
a justifiable return on investment (ROI), and SYSPRO seems to (...)
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SYSPRO remains a stalwart vendor within the mid-market accounting, manufacturing, and distribution software markets. The current
market trend is t...
Published:
2003-03-15
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Abstract:
The acquisition of Vastera by JPMorgan Chase indicates that finance in GTM is just as important as the physical movement
of goods. However, there are still a number of issues that need to be reconciled or at least addressed (...)
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The acquisition of Vastera by JPMorgan Chase indicates that finance in GTM is just as important as the physical movement of
goods. However, there ...
Published:
2005-05-12
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Abstract:
Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are functionally on par with mere nuances in ease of configuration or industry focus to differentiate the winner.
ERP vendors have taken advantage of this unfavora (...)
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Within the warehouse management system (WMS) market, which is still the main breadwinning offering for most of the SCE vendors,
most products are ...
Published:
2004-04-27
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... Kartokromo, Owner/Director Sint Maarten Auto Clinic. ... some of the
leading asset management software vendors with integrated supply chain
functionality. ...
Published:
2010-07-08
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Abstract:
The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity
to tap into and benefit from this market's huge (and growing) potential can yield sizable returns for supply chain management
software vendors. (...)
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The nature of the organized retailing market in India may present challenges for software providers, but the opportunity to
tap into and benefit f...
Published:
2009-07-27
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Abstract:
Like the previous few SSA GT acquisitions, this merger too seems aimed at enlarging SSA GT's customer base, market share,
and more importantly, its predictably recurring support revenue and consequently larger R&D pool. Both companies have notable
customer bases with a wide geographic spread (particularl (...)
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Like the previous few SSA GT acquisitions, this merger too seems aimed at enlarging SSA GT's customer base, market share,
and more importantly, it...
Published:
2003-09-27
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Abstract:
TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic examines new SAP products for supply chain executives to expand beyond the traditional
boundaries of SCM, PLM, and ERP. Major new SAP products are being released in the realms of supply chain management (SCM),
manufacturing execution systems (MES), and product lifecy (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic examines new SAP products for supply chain executives to expand beyond the traditional
boundaries of SCM, PL...
Published:
2012-02-28
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Abstract:
Increasingly, every user company's success is contingent upon its ability to make an almost immediate finished product or
service delivery to customers. As supply chains become more dynamic and operate in near real-time, the lines between planning
and execution continue to blur, which bodes well for thei (...)
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Increasingly, every user company's success is contingent upon its ability to make an almost immediate finished product
or service delivery to cust...
Published:
2004-07-01
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This continues a reprint of the summary chapter from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Navision by Dr.
Scott Hamilton. (...)
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This continues a reprint of the summary chapter from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Microsoft Navision by Dr. Scott
Hamilton.
Published:
2005-07-06
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Abstract:
The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose supply chain communications and management capabilities need to be able to manage that critical relationship. (...)
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The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s
enterprise, whose ...
Published:
2005-03-22
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... Auto sales fell to a 16-year-low as would ... provides many options
when faced with supply chain disruptions, including ... their in-house
SCM risk management program. ...
Published:
2008-11-13
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Abstract:
Quote-to-order systems include quotation management and pricing configuration solutions. Pricing configuration engines automate
pricing and quoting processes for manufacturers with complex requirements. Their benefits include quotes that are quick and
accurate, leading to increased customer satisfaction. (...)
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Quote-to-order systems include quotation management and pricing configuration solutions. Pricing configuration engines automate
pricing and quotin...
Published:
2007-11-16
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Abstract:
Provia's approach to radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance was to offer a bolt-on or drop-in product that works
in conjunction with a company's existing logistics transactional software solution and process flows. This should put the
suppliers back into control of prioritizing their IT project (...)
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Provia's approach to radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance was to offer a bolt-on or drop-in product that works
in conjunction with a c...
Published:
2004-08-12
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Abstract:
While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like accounting and HR. Moreover, flow should be a company-wide strategy that impacts more than manufacturing. (...)
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While lean/flow leverages practices to stay ahead of actual demand, traditional approaches better coordinate secondary, back-office
systems like a...
Published:
2004-01-15
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Abstract:
While BRAIN North America may have created a notable customer base due to its products’ functional appropriateness for the
lower tiers of the automotive industry, its German parent’s impending insolvency might, in the worst-case scenario, leave
all of them in the lurch. (...)
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While BRAIN North America may have created a notable customer base due to its products’ functional appropriateness for the
lower tiers of the auto...
Published:
2002-08-12
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Abstract:
Product lifecycle management (PLM) implementation brings its own set of challenges, whether considering vendor selection,
employee perception management, or actual implementation. However, based on experience and study, it is possible to describe
the best practices for overcoming these challenges. (...)
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... design collaboration, intellectual supply chain management,
and global ... globally dispersed design chain (covering suppliers ...
tools and project management tools, 8, ...
Published:
2006-07-05