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Oracle Introduces App for Project-Driven Supply Chains

Oracle Corp. has introduced an application to support project-driven supply chains.

Do Backward-Looking KPIs Have a Place in S&OP?

Backward-looking KPIs, especially those on safety stock, are a necessity in successful S&OP processes, says Erik Hjerpe of TreeHouse Foods, a private-brand food manufacturer. He explains why this is so and how TreeHouse employs a variety of safety stock strategies.

Can You Hear Me Now? Faulty Logistics Services Hamper Growth of Ecommerce in India

You think you've had bad customer service buying products online - how about the guy in India who ordered his wife a Samsung smartphone, and the package arrived with only a brick and a bar of soap in it!

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Five Beliefs 'Inhibit' B2B Companies in Their Pricing Strategies

When executives in business-to-business markets think about pricing their products, they often raise the white flag before even stepping onto the battlefield. Over the years, they've accumulated beliefs that limit their pricing effectiveness. Five beliefs, in particular, have become ingrained in many companies to the point that they seem immovable.

After-Sales Service, Parts Management to Become More Important to Manufacturers' Profitability, Report Says

As manufacturers continue to competitively differentiate themselves within various industry settings, after-sales service will increasingly become more important in their overall business and profitability strategy, according to Business Strategy: Spare Parts Planning for Service Excellence, a report from IDC Manufacturing Insights. In fact, many discrete manufacturers can expect to capture upward of 30 percent of revenue from service and service-based product strategies.

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Big Calculations Unlock the Value of Data and Enable a Company to Optimize

Speed, Efficiency, Optimization. For many companies, actualizing this powerful trio can seem more like a dream than a concrete, achievable supply-chain goal. There are ways to realize all three, and the evolving excellence of supply chain technology is providing more and more opportunity to do so. Enter Big Calculations: the act of optimizing your business in real time, to create fast and efficient results.

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By the Numbers: How New Analytical Methods Can Help Improve On-Shelf Availability

A conversation with Rahul Tyagi, associate director of retail and CPG with Tata Consultancy Services.

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Businesses Aren't Ready for Radical Change in the Global Workforce

Five years from now, the global work environment will look a lot different than it does today. But many companies aren't prepared to deal with the change.

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Labor Analytics in Healthcare

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Matching Perfect Suppliers, Buyers Doesn't Have to Be That Difficult

Studies document that innovation in engineering and production works best when the two disciplines are contiguous. Pairing the two was problematic for one company until an online marketplace came to the rescue.

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How Red Wing Shoes Streamlined S&OP and Boosted Performance

In a multi-year, multi-phase project covering people, processes and technology, Red Wing Shoes streamlined and improved its S&OP process, cutting planning time from six weeks to three and reducing inventory by 27 percent.

How HD Supply Automated the Complex Task of Supplier Governance

The big North American distributor of industrial products was looking for a means to eliminate paper and curb the flood of e-mail exchanges generated by its supplier-management efforts. It also wanted to keep closer tabs on a growing supplier base. Time for an automated solution.

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