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Value Redesign: Boosting Effectiveness of Value Engineering

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a key lever of profitable growth for organizations that introduce highly engineered, function-rich products. Such products, exemplified by the iPhone, are characterized by complex design engineering and extended supply chains.

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Supply Chain Managers, CFOs Need to Work Together, Study Says

Nothing focuses a supply chain manager's mind like discovering a way to improve the supply chain network. Given this, a new Ernst & Young survey should interest supply chain managers. It reveals that, when chief financial officers (CFO) and supply chain leaders form a closer business partnership within a company, they report better results in a number of areas, including the company's financial position.

So, Is the Economy Improving or Not?

Why the pessimism about the economy? Last Monday, we learned that U.S. factories are expanding at their fastest pace in more than two years, capping the manufacturing industry's best six-month period since the recession ended in June 2009.

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Labor Abuse in Asia: A Problem That Won't Go Away

It's no secret that working conditions in overseas factories are often miserable. Manufacturers and retailers, bombarded by decades of public outcry, have had plenty of time to do something about it. So why are we still having this discussion?

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How Agilent Technologies Measures Up

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First Solar: Balancing Cost and Customer Service

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NCR: An Old-Line Company Never Stops Changing

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Real-Time Data Enhances Quality of Food Supply Chain

Striving to become an integral part of the customer's routine, there's no room for unreliability or variation - predictability rests at the heart of the value proposition for quick-serve restaurants (QSR) across the board. Consequently, customers have historically tolerated preservative-infused, glorified hockey pucks disguised as burgers with a side of greasy fries and a sugar-laden soda drink and called it a day's dinner.

Enter the 10th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award Competition

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 10th annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition. Submissions consist of a case study describing the supply chain innovation with award emphasis on innovation and measurable results. Finalists are asked to present their case study at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference.

How Contract Manufacturers Are Expanding Their Services

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How First Solar Keeps Pace With Demand

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Applied Materials: Invisible, But Everywhere

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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