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Global Supply Chain Management: Demand-Supply Networks: Success Factors in 2010

Analyst Insight: Economic volatility has been the cause for the majority of supply chain disruptions in 2008-2009, forcing companies to put an increased emphasis on supply chain management. In today's multi-enterprise demand-supply networks, process collaboration, closed-loop integration between planning and execution, and enhanced focus on intelligence and performance management become key to success.

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Supply Management Costs Are Increasing, According to Benchmarking Report

Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech: Putting the Spotlight on the Process Industry Supply Chain

Analyst Insight: In Aberdeen's Supply Chain Executive's Agenda 2009 study, the following top market pressures were reported by the process industry respondents: economic and financial volatility, rising supply chain management costs, escalating customer service demands, and rising business complexity of managing an increasingly global business network. Process industry firms have a number of differences in the way they manage their manufacturing and supply chains and are now increasing their focus on supply chain performance.

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Food & Beverage: Safety and Traceability

Analyst Insight: The regulatory environment for food and beverage manufacturers is changing. President Obama has reinvigorated the FDA's Food Safety Working Group and change is on the way. It is more important than ever for food and beverage manufacturers to get ahead of the curve and ensure food safety and traceability across their entire supply chains, from the field to the fork.

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Event Management: Visibility Into the Inbound Side Yields Huge Dividends

Analyst Insight: With numerous events and shipments to monitor, where should a company begin and in what areas are today's leaders focused? A recent study of over 209 companies shows that top performers are focusing on inbound supply chain events and are reaping big benefits.

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Critical Visibility And How to Get It

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Global Trade Management: Mitigate Supply Chain Risk with GTM Software

Analyst Insight: The global trade management software market is in constant flux, but the risk mitigation benefits provided by the vendors are unmistakable. Vendors offer solutions across logistics, compliance, and finance, and spending on GTM software remains one of the few bright spots with 53 percent of respondents from our recent survey stating they are going to increase spending on GTM.

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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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Three Partners Join in Security Offering for Air Cargo

Actio Releases Update of Material Disclosure Software

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

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

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