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Supply Chain Management

ALSO CALLED: Supply-Chain Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Planning, SCM, Managing Supply Chain, and Supply Chain Logistics
DEFINITION: Supply chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies. It is said  … 
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A Platform Approach To Manufacturing Operations Management
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
WHITE PAPER: From a manufacturing executive's perspective, focusing on an open and flexible Manufacturing Operations Management platform creates a competitive weapon. This research provides a roadmap for creating such a platform in a cost effective way that still delivers benefits, such as higher levels of profitability.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009
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The Fast-Payback SAP Projects for Saving Money in 2009: Detailed Data for Business Expense Projects
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This Report, which summarizes detailed data from a field study conducted exclusively for AMR Research SAP Peer Forum clients, was written to help business audiences looking for every opportunity to reduce the total business expenses of their huge, existing investments in SAP.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 | Published: 24 Jun 2009
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Supply Chain Performance Assurance
sponsored by IDS Scheer
WEBCAST: IDS Scheer and PRTM have come together to solve one of the more perplexing problems - how to automate the processes of monitoring, measuring and improving the supply chain. Watch this webcast to learn how to build and measure efficiency within the supply chain.
Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Complex Event Processing in Transportation & Logistics
sponsored by Progress Software, Inc.
PODCAST: With Apama, you can use the power of complex event processing to deliver true operational effectiveness by correlating business-relevant events from warehouse, transportation and vehicle management systems as well as environmental data from sensors, GIS/GPS devices and RFID systems.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 19 Jun 2009
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10 Ways To Use ERP To Lean The Manufacturing Supply Chain
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009
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Fast Track ERP Implementation: Advice from the Field
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: ERP implementations don't have to take months or years. This white paper discusses how Colfax Corp. implemented IFS Applications in as little as nine weeks. It presents a case study of Colfax's complex but rapid rollout, and offers fast tracking tips from Colfax Business Analyst Jay Michael.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009
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Enhanced Spend Management with Improved Data Quality
sponsored by DataFlux Corporation
WEBCAST: In today's current economy, companies are all looking for new ways of squeezing more savings out of their operations in traditional and non-traditional areas such as purchasing, not only as an area of cost savings, but one that has potential to drive competitive advantage. Listen in as Jim Hart and Dan Soceanu of DataFlux discuss enhanced...
Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Which SAP® Warehouse Management Application is Right For You?
sponsored by CDC Global Services - Catalyst
WHITE PAPER: This white paper is designed to give warehouse operations managers and IT managers a useful framework for understanding SAP's newer Warehouse Management (WM) application functionality. It encompasses a look at both the core ERP Central Component (ECC) functionality in addition to the SCM Extended Warehouse Management product.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009
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Case Study: Avocent Increases Its Distribution Capacity and Throughput Without a Costly Physical Expansion
sponsored by CDC Global Services - Catalyst
CASE STUDY: Avocent needed to increase its distribution capacity and throughput without a costly physical expansion. Read this case study to see how Catalyst stood out as the clear choice to partner Avocent on this project plan of upgrading their SAP warehouse management system.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009
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Catalyst XPS: Parcel Shipping Within SAP® ECC and SCM EWM
sponsored by CDC Global Services - Catalyst
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: SAP SCM Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) solution is the next generation SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS) platform designed to provide a complete suite of operational functionality.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009
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Southeastern Container turns to Motorola and decisionpoint systems for RFID asset tracking
sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Southeastern Container is using Motorola fixed and handheld readers, and Motorola antennas to track their reusable bins for effective and accurate inventory control. Exact information on their vital core business assets - the bins - will provide a bin's exact history, lifetime, location, status and contents. Read this case study to learn more.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009
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Nine Ways to Cut Costs While Keeping the Lights On
sponsored by Wipro Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Amidst a macroeconomic global recession, companies are looking for ways to reduce their costs by 25% or more. The following paper represents the top set of cost-reduction initiatives that Wipro clients have effectively implemented.
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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Using SOA for an Electronic Dispatch and Delivery System
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
CASE STUDY: A large fuel logistics and delivery company with over 77 fixed based terminals, 2500 trucks, and 3500 truck drivers in 36 states was using a paper and phone based system to deliver over 2 million loads of petroleum per year. PSC was engaged to design the end-to-end solution to automate the company's complex business process.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009
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Complex Manufacturing - Executive Agenda
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
WHITE PAPER: In this executive agenda, we will examine how you can make your business more customer-focused while continuing to cut costs and how can you extend lean principles to customer service activities without impacting potential growth.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
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How To Improve Yard and Supply Chain Performance
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
ANALYST BRIEF: Traditionally, yard management systems have been implemented on the customer's premises. However, a new generation of yard management systems is emerging, based on the "software as a service" model, which enables smaller yards to cost justify these applications.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2008
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20 Steps To Delivering The Perfect Order
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
ANALYST REPORT: How can business process and applications professionals lead the charge in optimizing the processes and systems to deliver the perfect order? How does a business process and applications professional know the key steps to supporting a perfect order? Forrester has developed a best practices checklist of 20 steps required to support a perfect order.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Mar 2009
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Distributed Order Management: Maximizing Customer and Partner Sales Online
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper examines the importance of distributed order management. We explain the changing market conditions that have given rise to it and discuss the emergence of a new type of business whose charter is to steer consistency of brand as a product or service is marketed and sold across an extended selling chain.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
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Road Map To The Perfect Order - Best Practice Strategies For Success
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
ANALYST REPORT: In the quest for a perfect order, enterprises must design their new road map to address process ownership, process optimization, technology support, and solution agility. Though "perfect order" may mean so many things to so many people, 63% of enterprises, in an August 2007 Forrester survey believe that a "perfect order" exists.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
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The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Hubs, Q4 2008
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
ANALYST REPORT: In the second update to the industry's only process-focused order management assessment of its kind, Forrester evaluated eight leading order management solutions in a 152-criteria evaluation. We found that Sterling Commerce and Oracle E-Business Suite led the pack among the Leaders who delivered technologies that support the perfect order.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Operational Excellence: The New Lever of Profitability and Competitive Advantage
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: The paper provides valuable evidence about the benefits of achieving aligned operational excellence. In it you'll discover why companies that build and align their operational capabilities for strategic advantage earn a distinct execution premium in their business performance.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009
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SAP® Support of the Healthecare Supply Chain's Ongoing Effort to Ensure Patient Safety and Drive Business Value
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
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Enabling The Lean Enterprise: A Three-Tiered Approach to Improving Your Operations
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Recently, many businesses have used lean principles to move from a decentralized corporate management mode to a hybrid model - recognizing that different functions require different levels of centralized management to be efficient and effective. Read this whitepaper to learn a three-tiered approach to improving your operations.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
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Compliant Manufacturing Operations In Life Sciences Companies
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: With compliant manufacturing operations, you can deliver quality products to customers consistently and meet good manufacturing practices regulations at the lowest cost possible - all key to leading the competition. How can you achieve such objectives? With software and services from SAP and our partners.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
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Presentation Transcript: Best Practices to Gain Visibility and Control of Your Demand Network
sponsored by E2open
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript of the "Best Practices to Gain visibility and Control of Your Demand Network" webcast E2open and AMR Research will discuss new demand network management trends and technologies that will enable multi-enterprise companies to maximize the potential of their demand networks by providing more visibility and control.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Published: 03 Jun 2009
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An Introduction to Complex Event Processing and its Role in Modern IT Architectures
sponsored by Progress Software, Inc.
WEBCAST: Complex Event Processing enables you to respond to fast-changing conditions, take advantage of opportunities, and pre-empt threats.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  that the ultimate goal of any effective supply chain management system is to reduce inventory (with the assumption that products are available when needed). As a solution for successful supply chain management, sophisticated software systems with Web interfaces are competing with Web-based application service providers (ASP) who promise to provide part or all of the SCM service for companies who rent their service.Supply chain management flows can be divided into three main flows:The product flowThe … 
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