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Understanding And Managing Supply Chain Risk. Secure Documents and Other Software to Use In Your System, Understanding And
Managing Supply Chain Risk. As supply chains continue to grow in size and complexity, companies are focusing more of their
energies on managing supply chain risk. While the topic is g (...)
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Understanding And Managing Supply Chain Risk. Secure Documents and Other Software to Use In Your System, Understanding And
Managing Supply Chain Ri...
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2010-03-11
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For the past few weeks, all eyes (and hearts) have been on the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami. What is needed
in a disaster like this is an "Instant Supply Chain"--ultra-rapid creation of a distribution network with coordination between
the many decentralized players. To meet these chall (...)
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For the past few weeks, all eyes (and hearts) have been on the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami. What is needed
in a disaster like ...
Published:
2005-01-28
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i2 Technologies is the largest and fastest growing vendor of supply chain management software with $456 million in revenue
over the last twelve months and a 48% average growth rate over the last five years. Fueled by a powerful sales and marketing
machine and corporate development strategy, i2 will maint (...)
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i2 Technologies is the largest and fastest growing vendor of supply chain management software with $456 million in revenue
over the last twelve mo...
Published:
1999-08-01
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Advances in leaner and faster supply chains have, in many cases, come at the price of increased brittleness. It is time to
make supply chains more resilient, and deal with risk more intelligently to maintain the gains from lean strategies, and take
performance to the next level. (...)
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Advances in leaner and faster supply chains have, in many cases, come at the price of increased brittleness. It is time to
make supply chains more...
Published:
2004-04-23
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The arrival of the new economy has brought significant changes to the existing business landscape. In particular, the retail
industry is quickly learning the value of developing strategic working relationships with vendor partners to improve supply
chain efficiency. (...)
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The arrival of the new economy has brought significant changes to the existing business landscape. In particular, the retail
industry is quickly l...
Published:
2001-12-02
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There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bottom line responsibility for the performance of the enterprise would do well to evaluate every potential
new program from the perspective outlined here. (...)
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There remains no shortage of experts and solutions that purport to have the keys to improving your supply chain. However,
executives who bear bot...
Published:
2002-11-13
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Through this effort, they express how their customers, and the industry in general, are creating a more
innovative supply chain. (...)
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Performance addresses issues surrounding how the new economy is transforming the supply chain and ultimately, how Andersen
conducts business. Thro...
Published:
2001-12-08
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During the last twenty years, businesses migrated from vertical integration to a virtual model, outsourcing all their non-core
functions. This has created challenges in aligning the strategies and activities of all these functions dispersed across the
supply chain, each in separate legal entities. The ne (...)
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During the last twenty years, businesses migrated from vertical integration to a virtual model, outsourcing all their non-core
functions. This has...
Published:
2005-05-20
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The year 2001, which was an exceptional year of financial performance for PeopleSoft, including record total revenue, record
profit, and more than $500 million of generated cash, might have become its liability as well, as it might be quite difficult
to repeat. (...)
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The year 2001, which was an exceptional year of financial performance for PeopleSoft, including record total revenue, record
profit, and more than...
Published:
2002-06-19
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Once we cross the border of the enterprise, traditional enterprise-centric systems fail to provide visibility or a way to
understand and act, all in sync with our supply chain partners. This is why the delivery architecture of an application is
critical, especially for addressing multi-enterprise intera (...)
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Once we cross the border of the enterprise, traditional enterprise-centric systems fail to provide visibility or a way to
understand and act, all ...
Published:
2005-06-28
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TradeBeam has been striving to distinguish itself by offering more than order and shipment tracking. It aims to improve the
management of core global trade activities: order, shipment, and financial settlement. (...)
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TradeBeam has been striving to distinguish itself by offering more than order and shipment tracking. It aims to improve the
management of core glo...
Published:
2005-06-07
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In addition to offering buyers a fixed price guarantee for upgrades to its SCE software, HighJump is challenging competitors
to do the same. (...)
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In addition to offering buyers a fixed price guarantee for upgrades to its SCE software, HighJump is challenging competitors
to do the same.
Published:
2001-06-28
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TradeBeam offers a hosted GTM solution. Its ongoing acquisitions will eventually create an end-to-end solution linking physical
and financial supply chains enabling companies to manage and execute global trade activities from a single software platform. (...)
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TradeBeam offers a hosted GTM solution. Its ongoing acquisitions will eventually create an end-to-end solution linking physical
and financial supp...
Published:
2005-06-04
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To optimally complete the global trade cycle, a business must automate, track, and provide visibility to the entire global
trade management process to optimize its supply and distribution chains. (...)
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To optimally complete the global trade cycle, a business must automate, track, and provide visibility to the entire global
trade management proces...
Published:
2005-06-18
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Jeffrey Hollender has a broader definition of the Value Chain that includes the true end-to-end responsibilities as well
as sustainability, a term (if you are not familiar with) means, not only recognizing all the costs incurred in the chain-human,
environmental etc. (...)
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Jeffrey Hollender has a broader definition of the Value Chain that includes the true end-to-end responsibilities as well as
sustainability, a term...
Published:
2004-03-18
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Many corporations have failed the customer; they focus on transactions, rather than customers. Ann Grackin recently talked
to Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin, co-authors of The Support Economy, Why Corporations are Failing Individuals and The Next
Episode of Capitalism, who have inspiring and radical id (...)
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Many corporations have failed the customer; they focus on transactions, rather than customers. Ann Grackin recently talked
to Shoshana Zuboff and ...
Published:
2004-11-02
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It appears that a real magic bullet to attract smaller enterprises is yet to be produced, although the company has successfully
addressed marketing and selling to both large and smaller enterprises. All in all, although on the right track, PeopleSoft
has to be careful that it does not overstretch itself (...)
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It appears that a real magic bullet to attract smaller enterprises is yet to be produced, although the company has successfully
addressed marketin...
Published:
2002-06-25
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... many options when faced with supply chain disruptions, including ...
A Final Thought My research into this topic ... management was similar to an insurance
program to ...
Published:
2008-11-13
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In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches used
to measure cost for sourcing decisions of direct materials fall short. (...)
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In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches
used to measure cost for sou...
Published:
2004-04-23
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PeopleSoft claims that its next major release, PeopleSoft 8, which is due in a few weeks time, will allay persistent perceptions
that PeopleSoft is still not a full-fledged player in manufacturing. (...)
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PeopleSoft claims that its next major release, PeopleSoft 8, which is due in a few weeks time, will allay persistent perceptions
that PeopleSoft i...
Published:
2000-07-17