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October 10, 2006

SOP Report: Why Is Sales and Operations Planning So Hot?

With Businesses Becoming Ever More Complex, S&OP is a Necessity

TOPICS : Demand planning/management | Sales and Operarions Planning (S&OP)

September 20, 2006

SOP Report: The Bang for the Buck from Sales and Operations Planning

The Hard and Soft Benefits of S and OP are Indisputable

TOPICS : Demand planning/management | Sales and Operarions Planning (S&OP)

April 28, 2005

Transportation Management: The Last Frontier in Reducing Logistics Costs

Doug Metcalfe, Director of Transportation Solutions (Irista), offers Expert Insight on Transportation Management Solutions, the last untamed frontier in operation efficiency and cost reduction.

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Parcel shipping/parcel systems | Supply chain thought leadership | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

March 17, 2005

It's Time to Upgrade Mobile Warehouse Worker Technology

Ivan Perez-Mendez, VP of Engineering, Cadre Technologies, Inc., shares his thoughts on the need to upgrade warehouse worker technology.

TOPICS : Distribution | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

March 10, 2005

Thinking About Transportation Metrics

Robert Shagawat, President & CEO, Shippers Commonwealth, LLC, shares his thoughts about success metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) in the transportation arena over the years.

TOPICS : Metrics/Performance measurement | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

February 24, 2005

Viewing Supply Chains As Growth Levers - Part II

Gene Tyndall, SCDigest Contributing Editor, discusses the need for supply chain managers to more proactively support and promote the capabiility of supply chain excellence by moving beyond cost-only focus to embrace business-driven objectives in part 2 of this series.

TOPICS : Managing effectively | Supply chain excellence | Supply chain thought leadership | Supply chain value

February 10, 2005

Viewing Supply Chains As Growth Levers

SCDigest Contributing Editor Gene Tyndall says that excellence in supply chain or logistics management leads to profitable growth.

TOPICS : Supply chain excellence | Supply chain thought leadership | Supply chain value

February 03, 2005

Should You Push or Pull RFID Data?

SCDigest Contributing Editor, Mark Fralick, explains why it's important to understand how supply chain managers and RFID vendors will deal with the "context" of read data.

TOPICS : RFID software | RFID | Supply chain strategy

January 27, 2005

Best-of-Breed SCM and ERP: The Right Perspective is all in the View

Karin Bursa (Logility) shares four possible views why users prefer BoB SCM solutions over ERP systems and believe these solutions offer the tools and proven methodology necessary to accelerate the achievement of business objectives that lead to a competitive advantage.

TOPICS : Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software

January 20, 2005

Can an RFID System Play Well with the Rest of Your Network? (Part II)

SCDigest Contributing Editor, Mark Fralick, presents Part II in his series on RFID implementation.

TOPICS : RFID