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May 23, 2013

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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 … Definition continues below.
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How enabling Supply Chain visibility can improve the bottom line sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource describes how enabling supply chain visibility can help you eliminate disruptions and improve your bottom line. Learn how you can get started by reading on today. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Inventory Management \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Software \| Productivity \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

IBM Sterling Supply Chain Visibility - Optimize your supply chain network through real-time, end-to-end visibility sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Consult this resource to learn how greater visibility into the supply chain can help you effectively combat efficiency and performance challenges and pave the way for business success. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Customer Satisfaction \| Inventory Management \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Software \| Manufacturing Systems \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains \| Transportation Management

Supply Chain Digest: Benchmarking Global Transportation Management Strategies and Practices 2013 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This benchmark study of over 300 organizations provides insight into the current state of global transportation management. Read on to find proven and practical advice that will help ensure your organization drives global transportation success. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 07 May 2013 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Software \| Procurement \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains \| Transportation Industry \| Transportation Management \| Transportation Management Software

Managing Volatility Through Smart Inventory Planning sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource explores the key trends shaping the consumer products sector, and details how you can use smart inventory optimization tools to drive critical savings across the entire supply chain. See if these tools can solve your manufacturing troubles by reading on now. Posted: 03 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Consumer Market \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Inventory Management \| Inventory Management Software \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Systems \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

SAP Supply Chain Execution Reference Library eBook sponsored by SAP America, Inc. EBOOK: This essential e-book collects a series of articles, videos, and studies related to supply chain management. Read on to learn how you can strategically improve everything from warehouse management to event management with the right tools and strategies in place. Posted: 26 Apr 2013 \| Published: 26 Apr 2013 TOPICS: ERP \| ERP Software \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Event Management Software \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains \| Transportation Management \| Transportation Management Software \| Warehouse Management \| Warehouse Management Software

Four Quick Ways To Unlock Hidden Manufacturing Capacity sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces four quick ways that you can unlock hidden manufacturing capacity and free up resources within your current operations, allowing you to effectively and efficiently meet increased manufacturing demands. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 24 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Capacity Planning \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Software \| Manufacturing Systems \| Productivity \| Supply Chain Management

Herding Geese: The Retail Supply Chain sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com BOOK: Steven Keifer draws on the pioneering work of US retailer, Walmart, to explain the essentials of EDI in the retail supply chain. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 \| Published: 22 Apr 2013 TOPICS: American National Standards Institute \| B2B \| Barcodes \| eCommerce \| eCommerce Services \| EDI \| Internet \| Internet Infrastructure \| Network Architectures \| Purchase Orders \| Retail Channels \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains \| Telnet Protocol

Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This standard is aimed at enhancing the integrity of commercial off the shelf ICT products and helping customers to manage sourcing risk. Posted: 10 Apr 2013 \| Published: 10 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Government Agencies (U.S.) \| Government Information Security \| Governments \| Hackers \| Malware \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Standards \| Security Threats \| Standards \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains \| Virus Protection

Increase Your Visibility for Supply Chain Optimization with Mobile Apps sponsored by Kony WEBCAST: Check out this webcast now to learn about the mobile application approach to increasing visibility for supply chain optimization. Posted: 26 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Dec 11, 2012 TOPICS: CRM \| Mobile CRM \| Mobile Middleware \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Management

Demand-Driven Supply Chain sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In today's dynamic marketplace, the most successful supply chain management programs need to be integrated and demand-driven. Check out this resource to learn about an SAP innovation that can improve your supply chain efficiency, provide full visibility of demand, reduce latencies, and ultimately give your business a competitive advantage. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 \| Published: 22 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Demand Chains \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Manufacturing \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains

S&OP: Best Practices for Better Business sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is rapidly attracting interest from manufacturers around the globe. Read this informative report from IDC that answers pressing questions about S&OP in today's business environment and how an integrated planning platform can benefit your business. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Manufacturing Systems \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chains

Inventory Optimization: A New Approach to Operational Inventory Planning sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In today's business environment, supply chain management cannot afford inefficiencies caused by planners using outdated inventory management models. Read this white paper to discover an SAP application that enables planners to manage today's complex supply chains by facilitating analysis of many variables, constraints, and scenarios. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Inventory Management \| Inventory Management Software \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

Driving Sustained Improvements with Supply Chain Metrics and Analytics sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource explains the importance of clear metrics and powerful analytics in a successfully performance management strategy. Continue on to discover how these principles can help you better manage an ever-changing supply chain in a highly volatile world. Posted: 21 Mar 2013 \| Published: 21 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Metrics \| Supply Chain Management

International Transportation Management Benchmark Study: Getting More From Less sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource reveals the results of a benchmarking survey of over 200 supply chain managers regarding their international transportation management (ITM) practices, processes, and technologies. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Manufacturing Software \| Manufacturing Systems \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains \| Transportation Industry \| Transportation Management \| Transportation Management Software

Analyze Huge Volumes of Demand Data for Integrated, Real-Time Decision Making sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource introduces a new data management platform that allows you to quickly collect, aggregate, and analyze market and demand data in order to drive better decision making in sales, marketing, your supply chain, and the rest of your enterprise. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Content Management \| Content Management Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| SAP (Product) \| Supply Chain Management

Next Generation Revenue Management for Manufacturing & Tech Companies sponsored by Revitas, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover techniques for integrating revenue, contract, incentive, and supply chain management to curb inefficiency and waste. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 11 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Contract Management \| ERP \| Incentive Management \| Supply Chain Integration \| Supply Chain Management

Business Transformation Study: LUKOIL MID-EAST sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: LUKOIL MID-EAST LTD. operates a large oil and gas field in Iraq that demands a precise but flexible supply of materials. Facing a large number of operational routines and procurement processes and a new market of Iraqi suppliers, LME turned to the SAP Supplier Relationship Management application. Posted: 07 Mar 2013 \| Published: 21 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Procurement \| SAP (Product) \| Supplier Management \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Management

Top 7 Tips for Choosing a Mobile BI Solution sponsored by GrapeCity WHITE PAPER: View this white paper to find out how you can manage your business intelligence (BI) in today's mobile enterprise. It discusses the analytic possibilities available for mobile organizations and what you can do to ensure your reporting solution is effective. Posted: 26 Feb 2013 \| Published: 26 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Business Integration Software \| Business Intelligence \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Device Management Software \| Supply Chain Management

Reducing Healthcare Costs Through Supply Chain Management sponsored by Infor EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchHealthIT.com demonstrates how hospitals can integrate supply chain management into their overall strategic IT plan. Read now to learn how to form a collaborative relationship between IT and supply chain executives. Posted: 19 Feb 2013 \| Published: 19 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Health Care Applications Software \| Health Care Industry \| Health Care Software \| Medical Practice Management \| Medical Records Management \| Medical Software \| Supply Chain Automation \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Integration \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| Supply Chains

Case Study: Washington Fruit sponsored by Intermec WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines Washington Fruit and Produce, Co installed a new hardware system to improve inventory management and accuracy, increase operation efficiency and increase throughput.Read on to discover how they achieved these goals by leveraging a combination of mobile computers, vehicle-mount computers, scanners, and industrial printers. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 \| Published: 13 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Hardware \| Inventory Management \| Printers \| Scanners \| Supply Chain Management

Case Study: LoBue Citrus sponsored by Intermec WHITE PAPER: This case study explores the process to achieve their goals to replace the manual system with an automated food traceability system in order to improve inventory accuracy, the speed of trace-backs, and to reduce time spend on physical inventories. Posted: 13 Feb 2013 \| Published: 13 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Inventory Management \| Supply Chain Management

Intermec Retail: 70 Series RFID Ultra-Rugged Mobile Computers sponsored by Intermec WEBCAST: Innovative retailers are leveraging item-level radio frequency identification (RFID) to redefine delivery, warehouse and store-front operations with more accurate traffic data.In this brief webcast, learn about the cost-saving and accuracy benefits of one such integrated RFID tool. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 \| Premiered: Feb 12, 2013 TOPICS: Data Quality \| Retail Channels \| RFID \| Supply Chain Management \| Warehouse Management

CK3X: At Glance sponsored by Intermec WEBCAST: Access this brief webcast to discover a handheld system that offers pallet tag accuracy of 99.9% and perfect orders of 99%. Discover a mobile computing tool that offers best-in-class processing architecture, battery life, scanning and device configuration. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 \| Premiered: Feb 12, 2013 TOPICS: Distribution Centers \| Order Management Systems \| Supply Chain Management

Solution Spotlight: Achieving End-to-End Order Management sponsored by IBM and Oxford Consulting EGUIDE: Optimal order management can provide higher sales volumes and order sizes – but many legacy systems lack the end-to-end visibility needed to reach order management perfection. Read this expert guide to gain practical tips for significantly improving your order management system including how to reduce waste, inefficiency, and more. Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 20 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Order Management Systems \| Sales Order Management \| Sales Orders \| Supply Chain Management

Solution Spotlight: Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM) EDI sponsored by IBM and ComResource EGUIDE: You know the business benefits of effective supply chain management (SCM) and electronic data interchange on their own, but what about the advantages of incorporating the two? This expert guide delves into the business value of SCM EDI including what to look for when evaluating a vendor or service provider. Posted: 18 Feb 2013 \| Published: 18 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Data Integration \| Data Interchange Standards Association \| EDI \| Supply Chain Automation \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Integration \| Supply Chain Management

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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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