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Forecasting & Demand Planning: Enabling Sell-Side Collaboration

Analyst Insight: Companies no longer have the luxury of being able to expend significant resources to have a multi-phased demand management process and technology roll-out. They need to be laser-focused on the right mix of processes and tools suitable to their unique environment. The two key determinants are: type of supply chain and the planning window.

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Automotive: Where Is Supply Chain Software for the Industry Coming from and Where Is It Heading?

Analyst Insight: The automotive industry has one of the most complex supply chains, upstream (hundreds of part and accessory suppliers) and downstream (thousands of car dealers, repair shops, etc). Most, if not all, automotive manufacturers use different software systems in different locations, but even at the same location, for different purposes. Often, these systems are old or incompatible, which makes integration difficult.

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Food & Beverage: The United States Gets Serious About Food Safety

Analyst Insight: The recent, highly publicized food incidents and drug recalls have eroded public confidence in the FDA's ability to protect consumers from harm. The goal of the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, is to restore public confidence in the process. To do so, she is enacting new procedures designed to enforce existing laws.

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Revving Up for Recovery

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YRC Worldwide Introduces 'Green Balance Calculator'

3PLs: Expedited Carrier Services & Outsourcing in North America

Analyst Insight: With broad and expandable carrier networks, outsourced service providers seem well positioned to either make educated decisions as a provider of outsourced carrier selection services or to serve as an educator of shippers, to inform them of available options and potentially provide competitive performance information.

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Poor Planning Undermines Logistics Support and Profitability of CPG Promotions

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Kinaxis Launches Free Benchmarking Service to Measure Supply Chain Performance

Study Details Impact of Maintaining Moratoria on Certain Oil, Gas Development in U.S.

Recovery Eludes EMS Sector But Continues in Electronics Supply Chain

SupplyPro Teams Up With SY-CON for Manufacturing Efficiency

Toyota May Be Object lesson in How Not to Handle Product Recalls

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