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October 29, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Transportation Management Right-Sizing

In this outstanding Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, we will cut through the hype to discuss the pluses and minuses of each approach to TMS and present simple criteria to help you determine which is best for your business.

TOPICS : Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

October 28, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Leveraging the Supplier Ecosystem

Part 4 of our Strategic Supplier Management Videocast series. This session brings it all together, and looks at supplier management trends in the consumer goods to retail industry.

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management | Retail industry supply chain

October 22, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Inventory Optimization - A Perspective from the Boardroom

In this outstanding Webcast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, you will gain the perspective of a Ron Berg, Sr. VP of Inventory Management at United Stationers, who validates the value of supply chain and inventory optimization technology to the all-important business leaders in the boardroom.

TOPICS : Inventory optimization

October 21, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: The Agile Supply Chain: Why it Matters, How to Get There

In this era of unprecedented supply chain and business dynamics, it is essential that companies increase their supply chain agility and adaptability.But what does really mean? And how can companies understand their current level of supply chain agility, what it will take to improve agility, and the resulting benefits? In this provocative Videocast, we will explore these topics and more in the question for improved supply chain agility.

TOPICS : Agile supply chain | Supply chain excellence | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply Chain Integration | Supply chain visibility

October 16, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Selecting ERP Systems for Mid-Market Companies

In this outstanding Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, we provide expert insight into understanding the differences between ERP offerings and the right way to structure an ERP selection project for success.

TOPICS : ERP

October 15, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Implementing Supplier Scorecards

In part 3 of our Strategic Supplier Management, we discussed the trends, challenges and opportunties for implementing supplier scorecards. Featuring Kate Vitasek of Supply Chain Visions.

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Metrics/Performance measurement | Procurement/Supplier Management | Retail industry supply chain

October 14, 2008

On Demand Videocast: Blurring the Line Between Manufacturing and Logistics

In this outstanding Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, you'll learn about the powerful trend of how manufacturing and logistics operaitons are starting to blur in many companies, do to trends such as postponement, JIT and many more, and the software companies are using to solve Production Logistics problems.

TOPICS : Collaboration | Logistics | Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Execution (SCE)

September 30, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Strategic Supplier Management in the Supply Chain 2

Part 2 of Series: Achieving the Perfect Order - the Right Metric for Managing Supply Chain Excellence. Featuring Kate Vitasek of Supply Chain Visions

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Metrics/Performance measurement | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supplier relationship management | Supply chain excellence | Supply Chain Integration

September 25, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Adding Actionable Intelligence at Electrolux

In this outstanding Videocast we explore key trends and issues with Supply Chain Visibility. You will also learn how Electrolux realized that the key to sustainability and risk reduction is to increase supply chain transparency by getting connected to their complete ecosystem of suppliers and customers, adding actionable intelligence to all critical business processes and creating global and uniform collaborative capabilities.

TOPICS : Collaboration | Supply Chain Integration | Supply chain visibility

September 23, 2008

On-Demand Videocast: Inventory Optimization in Sales and Operations Planning

In part 3 of our excellent videocast series on Inventory Optimization, we look at the role of Inventory Optimization in a Sales and Operations Planning Process - and the emerging best practice of SIOP.

TOPICS : Inventory management | Inventory optimization | Sales and Operarions Planning (S&OP) | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software | Supply chain strategy