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ALSO CALLED: Supply-Chain Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Planning, SCM, Managing Supply Chain, 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 that the ultimate goal of any effective supply chain management system is to reduce inventory (with  … 
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Become a More Demand-Driven Organization
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Today’s global supply chains are marked by lack of visibility and long decision-making times that make it difficult to plan and execute with the speed and precision required by today's volatile markets. This paper explains how to establish a highly collaborative, demand-driven planning process that will help you overcome these modern challenges.
Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Executive Sales and Operations Planning Maturity Levels and Key Solution Criterion
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
ANALYST BRIEF: This Aberdeen Group Research Brief explores the current business challenges faced by companies striving for success with respect to sales and operations planning (S&OP). It delves into the priority allocated to S&OP, the maturity levels associated with S&OP, and the role of technology enablers.
Posted: 03 Feb 2012 | Published: 03 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

International Transportation Management Benchmark Study:Winners See Strategic Value of Visibility
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This third annual study examines how successful firms are managing international transportation and emerging trends in the industry.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Export Operations & Compliance Benchmark Report: Going Global With Regulatory Reform
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This benchmark study from American Shipper covers U.S. export operations and compliance of more than 300 U.S. based exporters.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Three Steps To Strategic Planning Excellence In Wholesale Distribution Companies
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines a set of core analytics customized for wholesaler-distributors.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

The Five Keys to Manufacturing Success
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines clear strategies that can help manufacturers achieve competitive advantage while giving clients the innovative, competitively priced products they demand.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for High-Tech Manufacturers
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

The Idea to Delivery Framework: A Holistic Approach to Deliver Customer Value
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Idea-to-delivery is an approach to delivering customer value that takes into account today's highly volatile, regulated, globally interconnected, and trading partner-dependent business environment. In this paper, find an action plan with the evolutionary steps companies can take today to move toward this new approach.
Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Getting ROI Out of Your ERP system
sponsored by IFS
EGUIDE: In this e-guide, readers will learn more about the basics of ERP and how to reduce maintenance and support costs for these systems.
Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

IFS

Taking Control:Improved Inventory Visibility Leads to Lean Success
sponsored by Plex Systems
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a comprehensive look into inventory inside the manufacturing plant - everything from inventory, to receipt of material, to finished products. Learn how to  take control of your inventory and supply chain to achieve lean manufacturing and increased efficiency and profitability.
Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

Plex Systems

3 Questions to Ensure You’re Collaborating Effectively Across Your Supply Chain
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: To drive market share, sales, product adoption and greater efficiency, many businesses are strategically partnering with suppliers and other supply chain participants to collaborate and share information. In this white paper, find answers to three of the top concerns for organizations developing these collaborative supply chain networks.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Supply Chain Visibility Excellence
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
ANALYST REPORT: As global supply chains become even more complex, gaining end-to-end visibility has become essential for successful management. Use the expert recommendations in this Aberdeen Group report to gain the visibility that can help you control costs and inventory and better manage today's complex, global supply chains.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Onboarding suppliers to sustainable supply chain
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: It is essential to convey sustainability in a meaningful way to manufacturers and clear manner for suppliers. In this tip guide, you will learn best practices for green manufacturing policies, tips for overcoming resistance to green supply chain management and expert insights to identify and manage performance metrics.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

IBM

Tips for managing sustainable supply chains
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Many organizations are eager to jump on the supply chain sustainability bandwagon without fully comprehending what such a program means to the organization. In this tip guide, you will gain expert insights into maintaining consistency and other governance elements to maintain a sustainable supply chain program with broad executive support.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

IBM

Driving Sustained Improvements with Supply Chain Metrics and Analytics
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Managing today's complex, volatile, global supply chains requires the right set of performance metrics as well as the insight into risks and opportunities that analytics provides. Read this paper to learn how to use the widely-accepted SCOR framework to assess and improve your organization's supply chain performance management.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Intelligent Response Management Strategies for Managing Demand-Supply Networks
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
ANALYST BRIEF: Read this Aberdeen Group report to discover the intelligent response management strategies used by top companies to effectively manage their increasingly complex, global demand-supply networks in 2011's uncertain economic times.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

From Idea to Delivery: Take a Holistic, End-to-End Approach to Bringing Products to Market
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Many organizations still struggle with siloed operations for lack of a clear path to collaboration. But with the right IT strategy and organizational change, a company can enable collaboration beyond its four walls and extend out to suppliers, customers, and partners, integrating all processes from idea to delivery. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Becoming Customer Driven - Enabling Distributed B2B Order Management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper focuses on the unique order management of B2B commerce, outlining the requirements for distributed order management as a new business requirement and sharing the experiences of Dal-Tile as they implement an end-to-end distributed order management solution from IBM.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

IBM

Sell. Smarter. Thriving in the age of the empowered customer
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this brief white paper and learn about some smarter commerce technologies available from IBM, including cross-channel selling, distributed order management, customer integration and collaboration and much more! You also will gain insight into different supply chain management platforms that IBM has to offer.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

IBM

E-Payables 2011: Efficiency, Visibility and Collaboration in the Financial Supply Chain
sponsored by Ariba, Inc.
EBOOK: In this e-book, learn about a study based on the responses of 116 professionals between July and August of 2011 that examines best practices of high-performing organizations to discover which aspects of invoice receipt, approval processing, payment, and audit serve differentiate them from their lower-performing counterparts.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

Ariba, Inc.

Beyond EDI: How a Smart Invoice Network Reorders P2P to Drive Global e-Invoicing and Collaboration with All Suppliers
sponsored by Ariba, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn best practices for automating workflow and AP to increase accuracy, overall business efficiency, and decrease costs to improve your AP operations.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

Ariba, Inc.

The Future of Procurement: 2020 And Beyond
sponsored by Ariba, Inc.
EBOOK: This e-book contains discussion and debate around where procurement can and should be setting its sights for the year 2020 and beyond. The primary objective of this resource is to initiate a dialogue on the future of procurement and to create a road map for how to get there.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

Ariba, Inc.

Usability and Compliance: The Carrots and Sticks that Drive E-Procurement Success
sponsored by Simplifying-IT
WHITE PAPER: Enhancing usability is the key to getting beyond tacit user acceptance of an e-Procurement system to the full adoption and compliance that yields cost reduction and full ROI. Read this paper to learn the full compliance strategies that best-in-class organizations are using for their e-Procurement implementations.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012


New User Interface for SAP MM Provides Compelling Alternative to SRM
sponsored by Simplifying-IT
WHITE PAPER: This paper evaluates e-Procurement options for SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) customers that are currently using SAP Materials Management (MM) for their procurement processes and want to enhance functionality.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012


Carson Home - X3 + Payments
sponsored by Sage Software
VIDEO: This webcast provides an overview of how one distribution company leveraged the Sage X3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to streamline and improve the efficiency of their business processes.
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 06 Jan 2012

Sage Software
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  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 information flowThe finances flowThe product flow includes the movement of goods from a supplier to a customer, as well as any customer returns or service needs. The information flow involves transmitting … 
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