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March 11, 2008Supply Chain Software: The Blurring of Supply Chain Network Optimization, Simulation, and Inventory Optimization Tools
Formerly Distinct Categories are Merging, but Each Software Category has its Role
  Topics : Network design/optimization | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software
   
February 18, 2008Videocast: Bringing Lean Strategies to Companies in Process and Hybrid Manufacturing Industries
In this valuable Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, we explore how Lean manufacturing can be adapted to the process industry using a new generation of technology support that optimizes floor constraints such as tanks, cleaning policies and sequence- dependent changeovers, as well as service level requirements. Companies can reduce waste, work-in-progress inventory and cycle times while increasing throughput by improved resource utilizatiion.
  Topics : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Lean | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software
   
December 19, 2007Supply Chain Software: The 10 Rules for Supply Chain Optimization Technology
Don Ratliff of Georgia Tech says Remembering Guidelines Can Avoid Problems and Improve Financial Results
  Topics : Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software | Supply chain thought leadership
   
October 24, 2007Supply Chain News: Technology Support for Sales and Operations Planning
It is about Process, for Sure, but Leaders Almost Always have Strong Technology Foundation
  Topics : Demand planning/management | Forecasting | Sales and Operarions Planning (S&OP) | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software
   
October 04, 2007ROI and the Elephant in the Room
The ROI from investments in supply chain and logistics software and automation are often dependent on efficiency gains that frankly mean reduced staffing levels - white collar or blue collar. That puts managers in a very tough spot - and often the headcount never really goes away. So did the company really save money? What is the answer here that works for everyone?
  Topics : Logistics costs | Supply chain costs | Supply Chain Planning software
   
August 09, 2007Supply Chain Software: Happy Days Are Here Again?
Across almost all areas of supply chain software, times are good right now. Perhaps the best since the late 1990s. If vendors are selling, it means users are buying. What's driving this surge? We take a look a the factors behind the strong level of supply chain technology investment we're seeing right now.
  Topics : Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software | Supply Chain Trends
   
June 12, 2007Supply Chain Software: Review of i2's Business Content Libraries
Pre-designed Processes/Workflows Show the Great Promise of SOA and Can Help Enable Supply Chain Innovation; i2's Challenge will be Continuing the Build Out of the Library
  Topics : Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software
   
May 31, 2007Supply Chain Optimization versus Simulation
Perhaps no word gets tossed around more in supply chain than optimization. Sorting out optimization from other technical approaches to decision-making, such as heuristics and simulation, isn't easy. We give it a try.
  Topics : Network design/optimization | Supply Chain Basics | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain risk | Supply chain software | Supply Chain Trends
   
May 31, 2007SOA: Walking the Walk, or Just the Talk?
If Supply Chain Software Vendors Use Their Own SOA Tools to Build Functionality, That's a Good Sign; New SCDigest Product Review Feature; On Tap: i2's Business Content Library
  Topics : Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) | Supply Chain Planning software | Vendor selection
   
May 10, 2007It was Supply Chain or Die for Coats NA
Supply chain transformation happens for all kinds of reasons. In the case of Coats North America, a dramatic change in its customer base due to low cost country sourcing meant its supply chain network was badly misaligned. The company took that opportunity to not only reconfigure its supply chain network, but to transform to strategy, processes and technology to move from push to pull.
  Topics : Case studies | Global supply chain | Outsourcing/offshoring | Slotting optimization | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain strategy | Supply chain transformation
   

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