Supply Chain Management

chain analytics, and supply chain outsourcing as ways to cut supply chain management (SCM) costs this year. Read this e-guide to explore the latest expert tips and guidance on SCM cost-cutting strategies.

According to a recent Aberdeen Group study, companies are prioritizing supply chain visibility, inventory optimization, supply chain analytics, and supply chain outsourcing as ways to cut supply chain management (SCM) costs this year. In fact, supply chain outsourcing has become so popular that Gartner...

and using IT solutions can create higher resilience for supply chain management.

With supply chains expanding in size and complexity, enlightened professionals and companies are focusing more energy on managing supply chain risk. While the topic is gaining prominence in boardrooms, many companies do not yet have a sufficient grip on the risks they face. Globe-spanning extended supply chains are susceptible to myriad disruptions. These range from the fairly typical and mild fluctuations of the...

between demand and supply. While the adoption of supply chain management systems has been a multi-billion dollar fact of life over the last 20 years, the ability of companies to truly manage their global trading partner networks in an efficient and effective way has failed to live up to vendors' promises.

This report is intended as a "call to arms" for companies currently managing their supply chains as though they were still horizontally-integrated, linear systems. The time for muddling...

given today’s often-daunting challenges. Find out if your supply chain organization is an ‘Operator’, ‘Planner’ or ‘Visionary’, and the strategic capabilities required at each level to advance supply chain performance.

Based on a recent survey of supply chain organizations, this report from the IBM Institute of Business Value demonstrates the benefits of building smarter supply chains and highlights three new rules for optimizing performance given today’s often-daunting challenges. Find...

Some of the biggest opportunities exist in the supply chain and globalization. This Ventana Research white paper explores how you can improve business performance by addressing opportunities and risks within your supply chain and ERP systems.

The supply chain is the primary processing mechanism of every manufacturing company, but in today's competitive global environment, it is also the most complex management challenge. Some of the biggest opportunities exist in the...

we will address the various drivers for the green supply chain trend, share important considerations for satisfying a green supply chain initiative of a customer or initiating your own green supply chain initiative, and discuss the role of enterprise software like ERP in keeping pace with this industry trend.

Industries in every sector are feeling the pressure to reduce their impact on the environment. This pressure is coming for North American manufacturers. This pressure is...

technology developments have the power to transform the supply chain.  With supply chain analytics, manufacturers can foresee possible changes and become more proactive in supply chain planning and execution.  In this eBook, find out the benefits of supply chain analytics, best practices for implementing business intelligence, and the many options available to companies.

This whitepaper addresses the trends surrounding Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and the strategies that manufacturers are using to mitigate risk from their supply network. It contains a case study about how one manufacturer is viewing real-tim... As businesses become increasingly reliant on outsourcing and a global supply chain to remain competitive, managing risk within this supply network is a growing strategic imperative. At stake are billions of dollars of stock...

With so many challenges facing supply chain executives worldwide today, how do they cope? Read this study to discover how the Smarter Supply Chain of the Future can give your business the edge.

With pervasive globalization, Chief Supply Chain Officers face increasing supply chain disruptions. By leveraging advanced analytics, they can create a supply chain that is smarter and more tailored to their customers’ needs. Read the study and see how analytics can also...

Not every business has a material supply chain, but all organizations have an information supply chain. It runs through applications, databases and servers, and it ends in an array of ever-changing products that are critical to the health of the organization. Read this white paper to learn more today.

In a manufacturing supply chain, materials from many different places come together to create a final product. Organizations focus closely on monitoring and improving...

of companies are leveraging in-memory computing to improve supply chain visibility and enable real-time operations. View this comprehensive e-book to learn the many drivers behind in-memory computing and get an introduction to SAP HANA, SAP's game-changing real-time analytics appliance. ...

this year, Ventana Research Inc. released a study that found supply chain analytics appears to be a poorly understood technology in dire need of some best practices. In this tip guide, readers will learn expert advice for putting supply chain analytics to use in manufacturing business intelligence (BI).

Early this year, Ventana Research Inc. released a study that found supply chain analytics appears to be a poorly understood technology in dire need of some best practices. There is substantial...

In this tip guide, readers will learn best practices for supply chain data management to provide a successful, responsive analytics strategy for their organization.

Supply chain analytics and manufacturing business intelligence (BI) require substantial work just to collect and organize the data because so much of it comes from external sources such as subcontractors, suppliers, and syndicated data services.

In this tip guide, readers will learn best practices for supply chain data...

his team from Citrix Systems used Birst to optimize their Supply chain. Birst helped Citrix quickly digitize the entire Citrix supply chain, gain real-time visibility into sales forecasts, bookings, shipments, tracking numbers, backlog, product reliability, inventory, material forecast, and more.

Read this case study to learn how Fred Tiso and his team from Citrix Systems used Birst to optimize their Supply chain. Birst helped Citrix quickly digitize the entire Citrix supply chain, gain...

s economic climate, no manufacturer can afford to fund any supply chain management (SCM) project that fails to deliver results. This white paper describes seven success factors for today’s SCM projects, which have been identified by seasoned executives with decades of experience in the field.

In today’s economic climate, no manufacturer can afford to fund any supply chain management (SCM) project that fails to deliver results. Fortunately, some best practices exist to guide companies through these...

this white paper now and see examples of seven essential supply chain reports designed to answer your most pressing questions.

Do you need easy, on-demand access to the information required to drive change and improve supply chain performance?

Learn how IBM Cognos solutions can harness data from multiple systems, wrapping the critical information into easy-to-understand reports that help you identify and respond to trends as they are happening. Download this white paper now and see...

mobile application approach to increasing visibility for supply chain optimization.

If you take a close look at your supply chain, there's a good chance you'll find five key areas that can be improved by leveraging mobility: Supplier, manufacturing, warehouse, transport and customer.

View this informative webcast now to learn how you can leverage mobile applications to increase visibility for supply chain optimization and ensure your operations are running as smoothly and efficiently as...

But before manufacturers can analyze trends with supply chain analytics, they need a strategy for integrating large volumes of data from multiple sources.

This e-guide examines the business case for manufacturing BI, and shows how manufacturers can take both demand and supply side signals into account when predicting future needs.

cloud computing, industry experts believe that although supply chain analytics has been around for a decade, it is truly on the verge of taking off. In this tip guide, readers will discover the advantages of advanced manufacturing business intelligence (BI).

Industry experts believe that although supply chain analytics has been around for a decade, it is truly on the verge of taking off. Supply chain analytics is being propelled by the demands of globalization and enabled by the convergence...

material, and labor costs to more effectively manage the supply chain. Most companies lack this kind of cross-value chain insight because the required data is stored in disconnected systems, such as supply chain, HR, order management, billing, procurement, financial, and CRM systems. Moreover, the traditional business intelligence tools in use are typically confined to one subject or functional area, difficult to use and maintain, and cannot provide insight across the entire corporate...

or avoid, the potential for unsatisfied customers.

Current supply chain and commerce strategies aren’t equipped to meet the demands of today’s tech-savvy consumers. Expectations are high and supply chains can’t keep up.

Discover how a smarter commerce strategy can enable you to keep customers loyal. Get insight on how to improve:

• Business processes through automation
• Supply chain performance
• Inventory control

6 key factors to help businesses integrate their supply and demand chains more effectively.

 

By Dale Vile

 

Effective business-to-business (B2B) integration is key to the performance of supply and demand chains, which in turn impacts the competitiveness of companies and economies as a whole. So what’s the state of play in this area, and how can organisations optimise their trading activity?

 

The highly interdependent nature of business in many industries means the way in which...

to get tips on how the cloud can be leveraged for ERP, supply chain management, and global inventory management, and learn what to look out for in a still-maturing market.

As more and more cloud options for supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications arrive on the market, manufacturers need to weigh their options carefully to determine if the promised reduction in IT infrastructure costs is worth the risk of trusting mission-critical systems to outside...

order management, offering insight into its CRM, ERP and supply chain management components. Read these insightful articles now to learn about this option's strengths and weaknesses, how to properly define the sales process and so much more.

Sales order management can be tedious, rife with challenges stemming from manual and inefficient processes.

Technology is available, though, to offer greater control and efficiency of your sales order management processes.

This e-book, packed with four expert...

producers that have achieved world-class status in supply chain management and collaboration – and the resulting benefits. 

Learn what leading companies do differently to outperform their peers. From strategy decisions to investment in information technology and performance measurement systems, MPI’s latest research explains how your company can realize tangible returns though greater flexibility and improved delivery performance.