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Technologies Of The Year -- Powerchain Version 4.0 Optiant supply-chain optimization tool helps save total inventory costs in complex manufacturing and distribution environments. |
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August 17, 2011 |
Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy in Real Time Mobile technologies are helping manufacturers innovate and manage today's challenges while setting the stage for ongoing improvements in customer engagement, profitability and cost efficiency in the years to come. |
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May 1, 2004
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Getting Real With Real Time Manufacturers achieve real-time goal by focusing on slices of key data, not the entire enterprise. |
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Real-Time One Domino at a Time Real-time data can prevent distortions in product demand forecasts. But as Network Services' CIO learned, it isn't something that can happen all at once. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Viewpoint -- Technology Enables Supply Chain Innovation At Sun Sun Microsystems uses a "one-touch" supply chain. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2006
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Outsoucing: Supply-Chain Stretch With a little help from vendor partners, manufacturers meet growing value-chain challenges. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
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Supply Chain Solutions A roundup of the latest supply chain technology applications for the manufacturing industries. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2005 |
Tying Supply Chain To Customers How Dell succeeds in an increasingly competitive market. |
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Working on the Chain With profits down and perils up, companies are focusing on supply-chain management. |
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Start with Demand Demand-driven manufacturing is radically altering how some businesses serve customers. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2001
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Supply-Chain Strategist Looking for the definitive textbook on multitier-supply-chain management? There isn't one. But there is Jeff Trimmer, who is determined to find and improve upon manufacturing's best practices through the National Initiative for Supply Chain Integration... |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2005 |
Qualifying, Monitoring Key To Supply-Chain Success An interview with electronics manufacturer Solectron Corp.'s CEO and president Mike Cannon about best practices in global supply-chain management. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
12 Ways to Reduce Inventories Reducing demand variability and improving forecast accuracy are top strategies to reducing inventories. |
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September 1, 2008
Randy Myers |
Digging In With the economy in the pits, companies are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to cut supply-chain costs. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Operations Intelligence Augments Business Intelligence Business Intelligence leverages the data captured in ERP systems. |
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February 1, 2009
Herb Bradshaw |
The Big Picture: Leadership Insights from the IW Best Plants -- Thomas & Betts Discovers the 'Voice of the Customer' By focusing on what the customer wants, T&B has built strong, mutually beneficial relationships with its suppliers. |
IndustryWeek
June 17, 2009
Glenn Nowak |
ERP For Me Industry-specific manufacturers need industry-specific enterprise resource planning systems. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
3PLs Flourish As Manufacturers Stick To What They Do Best Manufacturers are learning sometimes it's better to let somebody else do the work. |
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June 17, 2003
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BI: Everything Must Go Corporate managers often feel boxed in by their own supply chains. Business-intelligence software may open them up to new possibilities. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2003
George Taninecz |
Best-Laid Plans Diverse manufacturers are migrating to demand-planning and demand-management applications, but best practices must underpin software deployment. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2002
Tonya Vinas |
Manufacturing Deserves Investment The Timken Co. is a $2.5 billion manufacturer of industrial equipment based in Canton, Ohio. We recently interviewed W.R. "Tim" Timken about the misconceptions many analysts and investors have regarding manufacturing... |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2003
John S. McClenahen |
Get Ready For The Next SARS Although severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a virus that came out of Asia eight months ago, has not been the threat to manufacturing supply chains once feared, now is not the time for U.S. manufacturing executives to let their guards down. |
National Defense
June 2009
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Manufacturing Matters to the Nation's Economy and Security A detailed discussion of the nation's manufacturing challenges and their implications for national security. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007
Robert J. Bernabucci |
Unlocking the Value in Supply Chain Finance Globalization is driving a growing interest in global supply chain finance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 29, 2005
David Bovet |
Risk and Reward in Supply Chain Management While there are no easy answers -- and, in most cases, no "right" answers -- there are frameworks for thinking about how to manage risk more effectively. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
UPS's Eskew on "the Next Logical Step" How did the package deliverer decide to become Corporate America's supply-chain manager? The CEO explains. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Ron Lowy |
From the Publisher -- Paint to Win Whether this is a good year for manufacturing will depend largely on you. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Supply Chains Also Work In Reverse Manufacturers are discovering profits in the "lost world" of returned products. |
IndustryWeek
November 16, 2011
Patricia Panchak |
Manufacturing Moves to Center Stage Public-policy leaders are taking yet another look at manufacturing's importance to the U.S. economy. This time, let's make sure they get it right. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2004
John Teresko |
Forward, March! Have you 'optimized' excess inventory and lowered costs in your supply chain? Great. But that's only the first step. Get ready to rally the troops for supply chain versus supply chain. |
The Motley Fool
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Know Your Numbers: Durable Goods Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data. By identifying and recognizing trends in manufacturing activity, you can better predict economic conditions and use your knowledge of the economy to inform your investment decisions. |
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August 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Logistics in the Process Industries: By The Numbers Over 60% of best-in-class manufacturers have implemented a transportation management system. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2001
Tim Stevens |
View From On High IndustryWeek's survey of upper-level manufacturing executives shows what makes top-performing companies tick... |
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February 1, 2003
David Drickhamer |
Special Delivery Logistics service providers want to manage your supply chain. Are they ready? |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2009
Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: Embrace Flexible Manufacturing The economic crisis in the US has many believing the food industry will undergo major changes in the next few years, but the jury is still out on how those changes will take form. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005
Tonya Vinas |
IW Value-Chain Survey: A Map Of The World A 2005 Value-Chain Survey sets benchmarks for global manufacturers in procurement, new product development, supply-chain planning and logistics. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
Material Requirements Planning: 9 Lives And Counting In its latest version, material requirements planning is one of several tools used for capacity and materials planning. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009
David Blanchard |
Keep the Bean Counters Satisfied Most supply chains are focusing on cutting costs at the expense of customer service. |
IndustryWeek
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Benefiting From The Boom A wealth of software categories and vendors give manufacturers many paths to improvement. |
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Manufacturing Software: How Well Do you Know Your System? Food processors expect more from manufacturing software, and they are getting it. |
CRM
June 2, 2003 |
CRM Defined: Real-Time Enterprise A real-time enterprise (RTE) shares information with employees, customers, and partners in real time through the complete supply and demand chains. This allows the company to instantly alert individuals to changes in customer demand, inventory, competitive actions, and profitability. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2004
David Drickhamer |
Ties That Bind IndustryWeek Value Chain Study reveals manufacturers' struggle to add value from product development to delivery. |
IndustryWeek
January 19, 2011 |
How to Win the Energy Race Overcoming risks to the supply chain will be key to energy and green initiatives. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008 |
New ERP Solutions Hit the Market A look at some new IT solutions for manufacturers. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2005 |
Keeping Up With The Times The switch to demand planning reflects changes in consumer habits. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009 |
Logistics On a Bumpy Road to Recovery Supply chains are being redefined as a reaction to the recession. Are you prepared for a recovery? |
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John S. McClenahen |
Manufacturing Business Outlook Shows Continuing Contraction However, survey suggests makings of manufacturing recovery exist, reports Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI... |
